Come Dine With Me arrives in Ireland!
A brand new series filmed exclusively in Ireland.
TV3 Weekdays at 9pm sponsored by Londis
It’s the award winning show with a cult following and for the first time ever its coming to Ireland! Come Dine with Me has been filmed all over the country in 5 different locations and will deliver more fantastic food and a collection of competitive cooks ready to shock and delight with an eccentric mix of hosting styles. With the iconic, much-loved sarcastic observations from narrator Dave Lamb, TV3’s brand new series Come Dine With Me Ireland gives you the chance to get involved in plenty of dinner party action. The knives (and forks) are out as a group of strangers compete for the title of ultimate dinner party host.
Every week five strangers, who love to entertain, take it in turns to throw a dinner party in their own personal style. But this is a feast with a twist: after each dinner, the guests secretly score the host out of ten – based on the food, entertainment and atmosphere. And at the week’s end, the top-scoring chef wins €1, 000 in cash.
All the contestants think they know exactly what makes the perfect dinner party, but unfortunately, their guests don’t always agree.
For the first time ever producers filmed in 5 different locations including 2 in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford. Hosts from all walks of life take the Come Dine With Me challenge – providing astonishing and hilarious insights into their homes and their dinner party secrets.
The show is sponsored by Londis and will be broadcast weekdays on TV3 at 9pm for 2 weeks in June, 2 weeks in July and 2 weeks in August with transmission details of the first 2 weeks confirmed, details as follows:
6th June Cork
13th June Dublin
This long awaited series has everything you could ask for – rows, laughs, snobbery, fights, se and some very strong language! Needless to say the Irish have done themselves proud when it comes to creating great entertainment. Ben Frow TV3
Sponsors Londis will also be implementing an integrated communications programme highlighted by a nationwide in-store promotion which will create a seamless connection between the show and the Londis brand, “The Big Dish Out utilises the cash prize mechanic of the show and gives Londis customers the chance to win cash on the spot. A consumer must spend €20 in-store to receive a 12 panel scratch card. If customers match 4 symbols successfully, they will win cash prizes of up to €50 on the spot! Some lucky customers will also walk away with specially designed Come Dine With Me Aprons. The promotion will run for a total of 8 weeks and will see thousands of euros worth of cash claimed by customer’s in Londis stores nationwide.
Ruth Norton, Londis Marketing Manager is in no doubt of the natural fit between the two brands: “Come Dine With Me enables Londis to engage with our target market through a highly relevant and entertaining vehicle, highlighting our ‘closeness’ to our consumers given our convenient locations and broad product range. Featuring its unique blend of humour and food, Come Dine With Me has a proven track record of delivering high quality entertainment and very strong viewing figures. The 12 stings we have created allow us to build on this association by positioning Londis as the Dinner Party Saviour”.
For further information on Come Dine With Me please contact Deirdre Crookes 01 497 0313 / 087 2210550 /
For further information on Londis initiatives around the sponsorship please contact Darragh Rea MCsquared 086 8981062 /
Maureen Catterson 01 419 3430 or
Cork Day 1
This week we are in the county of Cork where 5 amateur cooks think they have what it takes to host a winning dinner party and be crowned the host with the most, cashing in on a one thousand euro prize.
Country living, animal lover David Roche thinks his menu of a West Cork seafood platter, chateaubriand and warm Chocolate cake dessert is a winning combination. He'll need to pull out all the stops as glamorous jewellery designer, Victoria Shorten, strict vegetarian, Luisa Costello, pro hunting country mum, Helena Crowley-Hayes and office clerk, Jamie Knoblauch will be marking him for his efforts at the end of the night.
All the attention is on Luisa from the start as she freaks out over a spider she spots on the ceiling and to the disbelief of the other guests reveals her true Italian origins at the table despite her strong Cork accent. As if Luisa wasn't enough to cope with, David finds his dog Rudy has taken a liking to his seafood starter after finding it resting on the stairs.
Doggy disasters aside, Helena is made to reveal her pro-hunting history and David strangely attempts to win back some valuable points by suggesting his guests venture out into the dark to search for his beloved horse Gina.
But will they find his wild country dining experience a winner or will it be one animal too far?
Cork Day 2
For our second night in Cork we’re with country loving, Helena Crowley Hayes. Horse mad Helena is the daughter of a farmer and proud of her rural roots. She’s determined to give her guests a true taste of the country including not one but three desserts. Helena is extremely nervous about cooking for strict vegetarian Luisa Costello. However, animal loving, Luisa might be more concerned by Helena’s planned entertainment - a hunting horn blowing competition.
Cork Day 3
It’s the third night in Cork and an opportunity for confirmed vegetarian, Luisa Costello to spread the word of vegetables to her four guests. It’s going to be an interesting evening as Luisa will not compromise by offering a menu for the carnivores. She will not be having any entertainment and her aversion to dress codes is very evident. Will sparks fly? During the course of the evening everyone gamely tries to embrace this culinary world with varied responses. Luisa has to resort to methods that she claims to despise in order to get a high score.
Cork Day 4
For our penultimate night in Cork we’re with accounts clerk Jamie Knoblauch. A man with a checked shirt for every occasion. It’s Schnapps, schnitzel and strudel as Jamie turns to his German roots as inspiration for his dinner party. With a trained chef for a Dad, Jamie is confident he can wow his guests but what will picky vegetarian Luisa Costello make of her Quorn Schnitzel? As the evening progresses the conversation veers from tofu to tattoos and ends with a confused Helena Crowley Hayes believing Jamie is descendsed from a long line of vampire hunters! To cap it all, Jamie produces a large glass boot full of German beer! This could get messy.
Cork Day 5
For the final night in Cork it’s the opportunity for businesswoman Vikki Shorten to see if she can top her competitor scores and scoop the prize. It’s going to be a trying evening for all concerned, as tension between Luisa and Helena starts to surface, David and Helena have an aversion to the main course of lamb and Jamie has to decide which of his checked shirts he will wear. As the evening progresses the conversation covers first impressions and the morality of meat. Things get a bit heated but Vikki tries to cool things down with a surprise celebrity visit. Who will win the prize and who will not be a happy bunny?!!