I do like to watch this but I'm amazed at how many non-blondes there are.
Why do woman feel the need to be blonde!?
5 Reviews
Mostly entertaining with non blondes
darrell-2371515 April 2020
first poke your biscuits!
gilleliath7 June 2019
Probably no supposed dating show has a lower success rate than this, in terms of people continuing to date afterwards - maybe 1%? Which just goes to show, we don't care that much about happy endings. Essentially it's people watching - very like Come Dining With Me, except the one-on-one setup means there's much less irritating showing off.
The soundtrack tells you that the expected audience is significantly older than the 20-something recruitment consultants on most of the shows, and the similarity of menus (and even décor - Union Jack cushions!) is surely no coincidence. The vast majority of people have little or no cooking ability; often a complete dog's dinner miraculously turns into a presentable dish, and we have a standing joke about how it's actually the cameraman who does the cooking. He probably also thinks of the flirtatious phrases for the menus which tend to get the blokes, particularly, so hot under the collar.
The show didn't really find its feet till Natalie Casey took over. Though in the approved Dave Lamb style, her voiceover has its own humour and has got funnier has time has gone on.
No-one can say it's great art, but it's been reliably watchable for a lot of episodes - good work!
The soundtrack tells you that the expected audience is significantly older than the 20-something recruitment consultants on most of the shows, and the similarity of menus (and even décor - Union Jack cushions!) is surely no coincidence. The vast majority of people have little or no cooking ability; often a complete dog's dinner miraculously turns into a presentable dish, and we have a standing joke about how it's actually the cameraman who does the cooking. He probably also thinks of the flirtatious phrases for the menus which tend to get the blokes, particularly, so hot under the collar.
The show didn't really find its feet till Natalie Casey took over. Though in the approved Dave Lamb style, her voiceover has its own humour and has got funnier has time has gone on.
No-one can say it's great art, but it's been reliably watchable for a lot of episodes - good work!
Mostly highly entertaining, if somewhat doomed on the romance front
jrarichards7 October 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Logically, the concept of cooking a meal for a date at one's home ought to have more going for it in terms of possibilities for true acquaintanceship than a meeting in the crowded, noisy or chaotic circumstances of a pub or club, or indeed the not-unknown possibility of meeting someone at work.
On the other hand, this is a filmed (?camera-crew-in-the-home?) blind date format in which the description of a meal is the criterion by which a participant arrives at a shortlist of 3 from among an original 5. The opportunity to date 3 people in 3 days would still seem to offer a certain chance of romantic success, though the episode post-scripts makes it clear that this ALMOST NEVER happens.
So, like Cilla Black's "Blind Date" before it, this series is scientifically interesting in indicating how complex and non-random finding a partner must actually be - it's a somewhat sobering result, though sobriety as such is not always on show here, and narrator Natalie Casey is the reverse of sober (in the sense of serious), and - rigidly scripted or no - comes over as distinctly funny and charming. Probably, she is the main reason for watching (though this is a voice only), as one might question how entertaining it otherwise is to see people prepare three course meals in their place of residence.
Despite all these possible downsides, the show somehow gels, and I personally finding myself willing participants on to making some kind of connection, and hoping that ONE DAY a romance may finally spring up from the show. I'm not holding my breath, though!
On the other hand, this is a filmed (?camera-crew-in-the-home?) blind date format in which the description of a meal is the criterion by which a participant arrives at a shortlist of 3 from among an original 5. The opportunity to date 3 people in 3 days would still seem to offer a certain chance of romantic success, though the episode post-scripts makes it clear that this ALMOST NEVER happens.
So, like Cilla Black's "Blind Date" before it, this series is scientifically interesting in indicating how complex and non-random finding a partner must actually be - it's a somewhat sobering result, though sobriety as such is not always on show here, and narrator Natalie Casey is the reverse of sober (in the sense of serious), and - rigidly scripted or no - comes over as distinctly funny and charming. Probably, she is the main reason for watching (though this is a voice only), as one might question how entertaining it otherwise is to see people prepare three course meals in their place of residence.
Despite all these possible downsides, the show somehow gels, and I personally finding myself willing participants on to making some kind of connection, and hoping that ONE DAY a romance may finally spring up from the show. I'm not holding my breath, though!
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williams-michael-128342 May 2022
Hilarious throughout, Drue makes the episode
chrisnhibbert25 January 2019
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