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We're in Cheshire this week, home to cheese and a grinning cat. It's also home to a partying freelance writer, a posh vet, a flash hairdresser, a hard-nosed businesswoman and a socialite farmer's wife, all hoping to grab the glittering £1000 cash prize. All the hosts think they've got the right ingredients for the perfect dinner party, but with a big prize at stake, the competition is fierce and the comments knife-sharp.
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Nicola loves to socialise and has decided that the best way to win over her guests is to ply them with alcohol
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Katie is no stranger to dinner parties as she's been cooking for over 50 years
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It’s the turn of posh vet Edward Davies who believes in buying his food as locally as possible
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Jan’s hoping to win over her fellow diners with a three-course meal of all her favourite foods and she’s also got a trick up her sleeve
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Despite the fact that he’s only cooking for five, Howard asks friend Andy to be his commis chef doing all the chopping but not the washing up
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Amateur chefs compete for dinner party prowess
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