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Mary Berry and Chris Bavin search for the nation's best home cook.

Claudia Winkleman hosts as Mary Berry, Angela Hartnett and Chris Bavin put ten of the nation’s best home cooks through their paces.

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Britain's Best Home Cook: Series 1

Claudia Winkleman

Mary Berry

Chris Bavin

Dan Doherty

Antonia Lloyd

Andrew Palmer

Claire Nosworthy

David Crerar

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Best Home Cook: Series 1: Episode 7: The Semi-Final

The Semi-Final

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Episode 7: The Semi-Final

BBC One - Best Home Cook, Series 1, The Semi-Final

The semi-finalists must create ultimate drinks' party canapes for the exacting judges.

The semi-finalists must impress the judges with their ultimate drinks' party canapes before improvising with ginger or orange.

Claudia Winkleman presents the series looking for Britain's best home cook. It's the semi-final and Mary Berry, Dan Doherty and Chris Bavin continue to test the last four home cooks. The semi-finalists have two and a half hours to prepare their ultimate drinks party with a selection of four savoury canapes, one sweet canape and a drink designed to showcase their individual personality.

Then it's the cooks' challenge which tests their inventiveness and creativity with a key ingredient. The cooks with the most perfect drinks parties from challenge one determine the key ingredient choice between orange or ginger. 

In the morning the cooks return, and in just one hour must win over the judges and avoid the elimination round. Based on their performance in these two challenges, the judges decide who deserves to be in the final and who must cook again. The judges have chosen a classic Italian dish that requires precision, care and skill. At the end one cook must part from the group, leaving just three finalists in contention for the title of Britain's best home cook.

Best Home Cook: Series 1

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Mary Berry, Dan Doherty and Chris Bavin search for the nation's best home cook.

Claudia Winkleman hosts as Mary Berry, Dan Doherty and Chris Bavin put ten of the nation's best home cooks through their paces.

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