| Runtime: | approx. 30 minutes (incl. adverts) |
| Starring: | Morgan Alling |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Network: | TV4 |
| Last Aired: | present |
| Num Seasons: | 5 |
| Num Episodes: | 182 |
Halv åtta hos mig (Swedish for Half past seven in my home) is a TV4 television programme shown in Sweden, first broadcast on 6 October 2008.[1] The show is based on the ITV Studios television format Come Dine with Me broadcast on Channel 4 UK. The show has four 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 15,000 SEK cash prize. An element of comedy is added to the show through comedian Morgan Alling, who provides a sarcastic narration. The show was previously hosted by comedian Helge Skoog.
| Episodes | Premiered | Location | Contestants | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–4 | 6 October 2008 | Stockholm | Peter Barlach | Irenka Carlsson | Lisa Almgren | Khaled Bakkar | |
| 5–8 | 13 October 2008 | Skåne | Mikael Håkansson | Valerie Thunell | Malin Lindell | Jens Holst | |
| 9–12 | 20 October 2008 | Karlstad | Ingella Arwidsson | Jonas Langegård | Lena Marie Andersson | Joakim Näzell | |
| 13–16 | 3 November 2008 | Stockholm | Mats Lindberg | Christina Estemars | Jolanta Bujak | Magnus Billström | |
| 17–20 | 10 November 2008 | Jönköping | Noah Likhaya | Pelle Tengblad | Susanne Dalsätt | Lisa Lejon | |
| 21–24 | 17 November 2008 | Gothenburg | Sara Vahlberg | Mattias Gereny | Sverker Toreskog | Anna Nelson | |
| 25–28 | 24 November 2008 | Umeå | Niklas Gustafsson | Christer Johansson | Josefin Holmgren | Erik Wennberg | |
| 29–32 | 1 December 2008 | Stockholm | Carlo Borsatti | Jeanette Predin | Mithras Ljungberg | Anni Bernhard | |
The last four episodes of the first series were shown over two weeks on 1, 2, 8 and 9 December 2008. The final episode had 373,000 viewers.
| Episodes | Premiered | Location | Contestants | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–4 | 2 February 2009 | Stockholm | Johanna Figaro | Ardy Strüwer | Philip Hedberg | Usha Ananthakrishnan | |
| 5–8 | 9 February 2009 | Linköping | Lars Mårelius | Björn Rallare | Elisabeth von Satzger | Willy Svahn | |
| 9–12 | 16 February 2009 | Malmö | Christopher Larsson | Martin Wezowski | Rosemarie Geiss | Louise Karlsson | |
| 13–16 | 23 February 2009 | Falun / Borlänge | Håkan Fåhraeus | Kerstin Sahlin | Kalle Fjällrud | Anna-Lena Strömmer | |
| 17–20 | 2 March 2009 | Stockholm | Lena Helt | Arya Monfared | Philip Ajeenah | Mathias Kemi | |
| 21–24 | 9 March 2009 | Gotland | Tomas Lönnhammar | Margaretha Olin | Josefin Ringbom | Tommy Andersson | |
| 25–28 | 16 March 2009 | Örebro | Jessica Gunnarsson | Peter Ebkar | Lillemor Essén | Peter Lindberg | |
| 29–32 | 23 March 2009 | Västerås | Katarina Feltendahl | Johan Benzeriane | Matti Koskinen | Annsofi Söderholm | |
| 33–36 | 30 March 2009 | Uppsala | Johan Helander | Katrin Mandl | Therez Olsson | Örjan Swing | |
| 37–40 | 6 April 2009 | Gothenburg | Dennis Bergsman | Madeleine Karlenfjälls | Anders Taube | Anna West | |
| Episodes | Premiered | Location | Contestants | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–4 | 6 September 2010 | Stockholm | Daniel | Irina | Lasse | Lillemor | |
| 5–8 | 13 September 2010 | Malmö | Adjovi | Nils-Olof | Therese | Per | |
| 9–12 | 20 September 2010 | Gothenburg | Jennifer | Jonatan | Staffan | Sofie | |
| 13–16 | 27 September 2010 | Falkenberg | Mikaela | Lasse | Kerstin | Fredrik | |
| 17–20 | 4 October 2010 | Stockholm Couples | Johan & Maria | Bo & Birgitta | Cecilia & Björn | Fredrik & Matthias | |
| 21–24 | 11 October 2010 | Malmö | Isa | Ola | Christine | Fredrik | |
| 25–28 | 18 October 2010 | Eskilstuna | Eric | Alexander | Inger | Madeleine | |
| 29–32 | 8 November 2010 | Stockholm | Per | Lisa | Björn | Greta | |
| 33–36 | 15 November 2010 | Borås | Jasna | Bengt | Christian | Pia | |
| 37–40 | 22 November 2010 | Piteå | Crister | Siw | Jennie | Hans | |
| 41–44 | 29 November 2010 | Stockholm | Nihan | Sonja | Efrem | Andreas | |
| 45–48 | 6 December 2010 | Öland | Lotta | Michel | Staffan | Marika | |
| Episodes | Premiered | Location | Contestants | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–4 | 10 January 2011 | Stockholm | Nic | Ellinor | Sandra | Johnny | |
| 5–8 | 17 January 2011 | Västerås | Anna | Mikael | Örjan | Mika | |
| 9–12 | 24 January 2011 | Östersund | Ingrid | Johan | Olle | Sara | |
| 13–16 | 31 January 2011 | Stockholm | Monica | Linda | Rickard | Ulf | |
| 17–20 | 7 February 2011 | ? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
| 21–24 | 14 February 2011 | Stockholm | Karolina | Pehr | Mimmi | Marcus | |
| Episodes | Premiered | Location | Contestants | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–4 | 29 Augusti 2011 | Uppsala | Helena | Bruno | Susanne | Micke | |
| 5–8 | 5 September 2011 | Stockholm | Torkel Knutsson | Louise Eriksson | Torbjörn Bernhardsson | Malena Enget | |
438,000 viewers watched the first episode of series 3, with 863,000 watching the final episode.[2]
833,000 viewers watched the first episode of series 4, with 880,000 watching the episode shown on Wednesday 3 February 2010.[2]
788, 000 viewers watched 5 October 2010 episode with a 24.8% share of all viewers. It was the most-watched non-news programme of the day.[3]