RECKON you know everything about cult reality TV show Come Dine With Me? Well, think again. After 15 years and almost 2,000 episodes of tears, tantrums and kitchen meltdowns on the Channel 4 favourite, writer – and contestant – Benjy Potter lifts the saucepan lid on what really goes on . . .
As a die-hard fan of the show there was only one way to find out if the tantrums, cooking disasters and crisp £20 notes are real — and that was to appear on it myself.
Firstly, getting on is much harder than I had ever thought. It’s ten steps, including online application, phone interview, audition tape and mental-health check.
Three months after first logging on to the Channel 4 site, in a white wine-induced haze, I got a call to confirm my place. I’m.