Karen Cullen
Speciality: Lamb with Apricots
First to bid for the culinary crown in Nottingham is busy entrepreneur Karen Cullen. Things start badly in the kitchen when the pastry for her asparagus and cheese tart falls flat, she has to fish an insect out of her homemade ice cream and then it simply won't set. Can Karen keep her cool and calmly cook her way to that £1,000 prize?
Speciality: Lamb with Apricots
First to bid for the culinary crown in Nottingham is busy entrepreneur Karen Cullen. Things start badly in the kitchen when the pastry for her asparagus and cheese tart falls flat, she has to fish an insect out of her homemade ice cream and then it simply won't set. Can Karen keep her cool and calmly cook her way to that £1,000 prize?
Gordon Todd
Speciality: Simple Beef Stroganoff
Hairdresser-turned-restaurant critic Gordon Todd's motto is "If you fail to prepare, then prepare to fail". But he's not as ready as he thinks when he starts cooking his starter - oven baked brie - and discovers he's bought camembert by mistake. When the guests arrive, Gordon provokes the wrath of Karen when he claims the recipe is all his own work.
Speciality: Simple Beef Stroganoff
Hairdresser-turned-restaurant critic Gordon Todd's motto is "If you fail to prepare, then prepare to fail". But he's not as ready as he thinks when he starts cooking his starter - oven baked brie - and discovers he's bought camembert by mistake. When the guests arrive, Gordon provokes the wrath of Karen when he claims the recipe is all his own work.
Jenny Cross
Speciality: Salmon Steaks
Psychic Jenny Cross swaps her crystal ball for a mixing bowl. She claims to have already used her paranormal powers to predict that the winner will be Tuesday night's cook, Gordon; but she's still determined to outdo him with her menu of melon and prosciutto salad and wild smoked salmon. But even her psychic powers can't predict that she's bought the wrong melon.
Speciality: Salmon Steaks
Psychic Jenny Cross swaps her crystal ball for a mixing bowl. She claims to have already used her paranormal powers to predict that the winner will be Tuesday night's cook, Gordon; but she's still determined to outdo him with her menu of melon and prosciutto salad and wild smoked salmon. But even her psychic powers can't predict that she's bought the wrong melon.
Jarrod Pepper
Speciality: Kangaroo Fillet
Cocky Aussie sales rep Jarrod Pepper's laying on the most unusual menu ever seen on Come Dine with Me: crocodile and prawn kebabs followed by roasted kangaroo. He reckons it's bound to send him hopping into top spot; but will his English guests be so sure? He's soon running into trouble with his pavlova and has to ring his prospective mother-in-law for help.
Speciality: Kangaroo Fillet
Cocky Aussie sales rep Jarrod Pepper's laying on the most unusual menu ever seen on Come Dine with Me: crocodile and prawn kebabs followed by roasted kangaroo. He reckons it's bound to send him hopping into top spot; but will his English guests be so sure? He's soon running into trouble with his pavlova and has to ring his prospective mother-in-law for help.
Sam Hughes
Speciality: Chocolate Cheesecake
For first class trolley dolly Sam Hughes, presentation is everything. She's determined to reach for the sky with a sumptuous service that wouldn't be out of place in the upper class lounge of an America-bound Jumbo, but are her hopes of bagging that prize left on the runway? Or does the secret spicy ingredient in her chicken help her soar away with that £1,000?
Speciality: Chocolate Cheesecake
For first class trolley dolly Sam Hughes, presentation is everything. She's determined to reach for the sky with a sumptuous service that wouldn't be out of place in the upper class lounge of an America-bound Jumbo, but are her hopes of bagging that prize left on the runway? Or does the secret spicy ingredient in her chicken help her soar away with that £1,000?