From snogging to puking, cheating and passing out - prepare to pick your jaw off the floor (and probably your dinner), with the most shocking moments in Come Dine With Me history
Lip service - East Lancashire
When 68-year-old Mayoress Carol met perma-tanned hairdresser Jonny, it wasn't your typical Hollywood romance. But that didn't stop the sprightly snipper from breaking Carol's 'no kissing' rule by greeting her with a tongue sandwich on the second night. The verdict? "She had pretty juicy lips for a 68-year old," reported Jonny. "He's snogging a pensioner," shrieked Sue. "That's someone's Grandma!"
Still, it stopped gassy Carol from burping for about four seconds - at least we hope it did...
Lesley had a little lamb - Celebrity Special
She's gone down in Come Dine history as the show's most hapless celeb cook, thanks to her three-course catalogue of disasters. There was the Roquefort salad with no Roquefort in it, the pineapple surprise that was hollow, and her infamous slow-cooked lamb... which was cooked so slowly that it had to be hacked up by her guests and fried until it was edible.
Oh, and don't forget the rock-hard carrots. And the oven without a temperature knob. We'd carry on, but we're laughing too hard.
Cougar patrol Edinburgh
When a guest introduces herself as 'Luscious Liz' on the first night, you know things are going to get interesting. The self-confessed cougar took a liking to young Andy, and on the night of her party she set out to get her claws in. "I think it would be an absolute crime if I didnt try to accost Andy tonight" declared the hostess. No Liz, it would be a crime if you did.
Sauce for the goose - Walsall
Vegetarian Georgina and carnivorous Christian didn't exactly hit it off from the start. But when Christian's turn to host came round, he went to a lot of effort to cater for his guest, with a vegetarian pasta bake - unfortunately smothered in non-vegetarian Parmesan. The caring host then looked on in silence while Georgina ate a roast potato that had been cooked in goose fat.
"If you want to go hungry, go hungry," he said. "I don't really care."
Deck the floor with plates of pudding - Celebrity Christmas Special
Take four eccentric celebs, a dollop of Christmas spirit and a generous splash of booze the recipe for memorable dining disaster, courtesy of Sherrie Hewson. The Loose Woman's festive feast started on a wobbly note, when two of her guests legged it to the pub before she'd even served starters. Her chances of winning went through the floor when her 'Christmas pudding surprise' ended up there too.
To cheat or not to cheat? - Essex
Come Dine With Me sees an awful lot of cheating - packet food, frozen pastry, a little 'help' from secret staff - but none so brazen as Keeley Lawrence. The trainee actress put to work all her dramatic skills and none of her cooking skills, as she paid her favourite restaurant to cook the whole meal for her and pass it through the window. Unsurprisingly, she won.
Snake ache - York
After a tense dinner, Claire Baron thought a visit from her pet snake would be just the thing to charm her scaly guests. But poor Fluffy's nervy tummy took an antisocial turn on the table, resulting in one of the show's most gruesome moments to date. Dessert, anyone?
A toilet trip - Coventry
Come Dine With Me is no stranger to the odd dicky tummy. But no digestive pyrotechnics are more memorable than Coventry's James, who managed a few bites of Marie's smoked haddock fishcakes with poached egg and hollandaise sauce before noticing a raw bit, racing to the loo and throwing it all back up again. Noisily.
"Probably a bit of bread got stuck," shrugged the ever-optimistic hostess.
Smoked shamon - Croydon
Possibly the only Come Dine With Me contestant to have released their own charity single, Croydon's Keith Preddie was such a big Michael Jackson fan that he started his meal with his very own prayer to the king of pop.
But when the entertainment portion of the evening rolled round, it wasn't his idol Keith chose to impersonate it was a miniskirted Tina Turner. Bad, or simply the best? We couldn't possibly say.
Dawn of the Sleepy - Croydon
And finally, no Come Dine With Me conversation is complete without a mention of the legendary Preston episode - a show with more nuts than a monkeys buffet. By the fourth night of the week, hostess Dawn Barry was feeling so 'tired and emotional' that she sent herself to bed, leaving her guests to cook their own dinner. From a packet.
