| Genre: | Cooking Reality |
| Presenter: | Claudia Winkleman |
| Judges: | Mary Berry (2018–2021) Chris Bavin (2018–2021) Angela Hartnett (2020–2021) Dan Doherty (2018) |
| Composer: | Matthew Cracknell Peter Nickalls |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Num Series: | 3 |
| Num Episodes: | 24 |
| Executive Producer: | Claire Nosworthy |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes |
| Channel: | BBC One |
| Company: | KEO Films |
Best Home Cook (previously Britain's Best Home Cook) is a competitive cooking show produced by KEO Films and distributed internationally by Endemol Shine Group. It premiered on BBC One in May 2018, presented by Claudia Winkleman, with judges Mary Berry, Chris Bavin, and Dan Doherty.[1] A second series, with "Britain's" dropped from the title and Angela Hartnett replacing Doherty, returned in January 2020.[2] The series was created in the wake of Berry's previous show, The Great British Bake Off, departing the BBC for Channel 4,[3] and has received mixed reviews from critics.[4] The programme was axed in 2022.[5]
| Cook | Age | Occupation | Hometown | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyrus Kay | 27 | Wine consultant and entrepreneur | York | |
| Dipa Jakhu | 44 | Civil servant | Wolverhampton | |
| Fiona Hamill | 59 | Retired shop keeper | County Down, Northern Ireland | |
| Josie Ingram | 37 | Wealth client executive | Glasgow | |
| Katie Davies | 32 | Police emergency call handler and dispatcher | Neath, Wales | |
| Philip Friend | 48 | Maths teacher | Surrey | |
| Pippa Middlehurst | 28 | Oncology research biobank technician | Salford | |
| Queta "Q" Double | 38 | Children's A&E nurse | Balcombe, West Sussex | |
| Tobi Akingbolagun | 27 | Compliance manager | London | |
| Trevor Jones | 29 | Farmer | Kent |
| Contestant | Episode | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||
| Pippa | ULT | ULT | ULT | E | ULT | E | WINNER | |||||||||
| Dipa | E | E | E | ULT | ULT | E | E | |||||||||
| Philip | E | ULT | E | E | ULT | E | ||||||||||
| Tobi | ULT | E | ULT | E | E | OUT | ||||||||||
| Katie | ULT | ULT | ULT | OUT | ||||||||||||
| Trevor | E | E | OUT | |||||||||||||
| Cyrus | ULT | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Josie | E | E | OUT | |||||||||||||
| Q | OUT | |||||||||||||||
| Fiona | OUT | |||||||||||||||
(WINNER) This cook won the competition.
(RUNNER-UP) This cook finished in second place.
(ULT) The cook was one of the judges' favourites in the ultimate challenge.
The cook got through to the next round.
(E) The cook was in the elimination round, but not eliminated.
(OUT) The cook was eliminated.
| Cook | Age | Occupation | Hometown | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayo Salau | 28 | Accountant | London | |
| Elisabetta Ludica | 52 | NHS receptionist | London | |
| Georgia May Salamat | 24 | Model | London | |
| Kate Smith | 62 | Farmer's wife | Devon | |
| Katie Mahady | 33 | Supermarket supervisor | Essex | |
| Oli Mannion | 34 | Restaurant supervisor | Cheshire | |
| Robin Watkinson | 63 | Maintenance supervisor | Bristol | |
| Sarah Woods | 42 | Pharmaceutical recruitment partner | Cheshire | |
| Sean Hughes | 37 | IT project manager | Warwickshire | |
| Suzie Arbuthnot | 36 | Accountant | Northern Ireland |
| Contestant | Episode | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||
| Suzie | ULT | ULT | ULT | ULT | E | WINNER | ||||||||||
| Georgia | ULT | ULT | ULT | E | ULT | E | ||||||||||
| Sarah | E | ULT | ULT | E | ||||||||||||
| Oli | E | E | E | OUT | ||||||||||||
| Katie | ULT | E | E | OUT | ||||||||||||
| Robin | E | E | ULT | E | OUT | |||||||||||
| Elisabetta | ULT | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Ayo | ULT | E | ULT | OUT | ||||||||||||
| Kate | OUT | |||||||||||||||
| Sean | OUT | |||||||||||||||
Oli was not well enough to compete in the Rustle-up challenge and was automatically placed into the elimination challenge.
(WINNER) This cook won the competition.
(RUNNER-UP) This cook finished in second place.
(3RD PLACE) This cook finished in third place.
(ULT) The cook was one of the judges' favourites in the ultimate challenge.
The cook got through to the next round.
(E) The cook was in the elimination round, but not eliminated.
(OUT) The cook was eliminated.
| Celebrity | Age | Known for | Hometown | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desiree Burch | 42 | Comedian & television presenter | California, United States | |
| Ed Balls | 53 | Retired Labour politician | Norfolk, England | |
| Ed Byrne | 48 | Comedian & actor | Dublin, Ireland | |
| 30 | Former The Only Way Is Essex star | Essex, England | ||
| Gareth Thomas | 46 | Former Wales rugby player | Bridgend, Wales | |
| Karim Zeroual | 27 | Television presenter & actor | London, England | |
| Rachel Johnson | 55 | Journalist & author | London, England | |
| 33 | Actress | Westhoughton, England | ||
| Shobna Gulati | 54 | Actress | Oldham, England | |
| 34 | Receptionist on Celebs Go Dating | London, England |
| Contestant | Episode | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||
| Ed Balls | ULT | ULT | ULT | E | E | ULT | ULT | E | ||||||||
| Tom | E | E | E | ULT | ||||||||||||
| Rachel | ULT | E | ULT | E | E | |||||||||||
| Ferne | ULT | E | ULT | ULT | E | ULT | OUT | |||||||||
| Shobna | ULT | ULT | ULT | E | OUT | |||||||||||
| Ed Byrne | ULT | E | OUT | |||||||||||||
| Karim | E | E | E | OUT | ||||||||||||
| Ruth | E | E | OUT | |||||||||||||
| Gareth | ULT | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Desiree | OUT | |||||||||||||||
(WINNER) This cook won the competition.
(RUNNER-UP) This cook finished in second place.
(3RD PLACE) This cook finished in third place.
(ULT) The cook was one of the judges' favourites in the ultimate challenge.
The cook got through to the next round.
(E) The cook was in the elimination round, but not eliminated.
(OUT) The cook was eliminated.