Come Dine with Me Ireland explained

Producer:ITV Studios
Narrated:Dave Lamb
Starring:Various
Country:Ireland
Language:English
Network:TV3
Runtime:30 minutes (primetime)
Num Series:2
Num Episodes:50

Come Dine with Me Ireland is an Irish television programme, first broadcast on TV3 on 6 June 2011. The show has five amateur chefs competing against each other hosting a dinner party for the other contestants. Each competitor then rates the host's performance with the winner winning a €1,000 cash prize. It is based on the British format Come Dine with Me, which airs globally on various television networks. Between January 2011 to June 2011 TV3 broadcast the UK version at 18:30 each week night. Like the UK version, the Irish version includes an element of comedy through comedian Dave Lamb, who provides a dry and "bitingly sarcastic" narration.[1] A second series of the show, including two celebrity specials, aired as part of TV3's autumn schedule.

The show was later broadcast internationally on Channel 4 and More4 in the UK where it was titled Come Dine with Me Ireland.[2]

First series

Episodes Premiered Location Winner Contestants
1–56 June 2011CorkHelena David Roche Helena Crowley Hayes Louisa Costello Jamie Knoblauch Vikki Shorten
6–1013 June 2011DublinEimhearCora Murphy Darragh McCausland Johnny Cox Eimhear O'DalaighKeith Murphy
11–1518 July 2011LimerickJane and GrahamNadia Sakni Cyril O'Neill Kathleen McKeown Jane Higgins-Sheedy Graham Culleton
16–2025 July 2011WaterfordRoseRonnie Moore Danny Kidney Alexis O'Byrne Gary Wallace Rose Jones
21–251 August 2011GalwayDannyBruce Henry Mary Murphy Lisa Mulholland Danny Dowling Peter O'Neill
26–3029 August 2011DublinEmma and MartinUna Quill Monica O'Mara Aiden Crevan Emma Carr Martin Butler

Second series

Episodes Premiered Location Winner Contestants
1–524 November 2012Dublin
Celebrity Special
RozannaGeorge McMahon
6–101 December 2012Dublin
Celebrity Special
Pippa and ShaneShane Byrne
11–158 December 2012Cavan and MonaghanTanyaTony Sheridan Pauline Farrelly Patrick Walsh Tanya Moany King Colette McGahern
16–2015 December 2012KerryDervilAudrey Logue-Duggan Stephen Leane Melissa Perry Dervil Fleming Sean Treacy
21–2512 January 2013SligoDimitarTrish Buckley Maria Tesler Monica Cogan Aoife McGowan Dimitar Dosev
26–3019 January 2013Dublin
Celebrity Special
JoeBrian McEvoy Joe Rooney
31–352 February 2013CorkMaryKeira O'Connell Joe Byrne Mary Rossiter Billy Galvin Fiona Buckley

Notes and References

  1. Kate Jackson."Is Come Dine with Me the bitchiest show on the box?". Daily Mirror. 18 April 2008.
  2. Web site: Come Dine with Me: Ireland – Episode Guide – Channel 4 . 30 August 2015 . 28 August 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150828160621/http://www.channel4.com/programmes/come-dine-with-me-ireland/episode-guide . dead .