Fern Britton hosts the competitive cookery show which sees nine home cooks whittled down in three increasingly intense culinary battles until one rises to glory to claim the one thousand pound cash prize. Packed with cooking titbits for viewers, a different professional chef presides over the kitchen each week. Gordon Ramsay puts the knife skills of contestants to the test with a mix of Braeburn and Granny Smith apples, followed by a pork loin deboning and finishing with the perfect pork dish.