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| Taste the Nation | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | Nick Hancock |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
| Production | |
| Producer | ITV Studios |
| Running time | 60 minutes (inc. advertisements) |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 16 March – 24 April 2009 |
| Related | |
| ITV Food | |
Taste the Nation is a British daytime cookery show on the ITV Network. The judges are Henrietta Green, William Sitwell and Richard Johnson. Nick Hancock is the host of the show, which airs weekdays at 5pm.
The Chefs
| Region | Chef |
|---|---|
| The North East | Rosemary Shrager |
| Scotland | Nick Nairn |
| South East | Ed Bains |
| North West | Merrilees Parker |
| South West | John Burton Race |
| Midlands | Anthony Worral Thompson |
| The East | Martin Blunos |
| Wales | Graham Tinsley |
Series Guides
Series 1: 16 March – 24 April 2009
| Team 1 | Chef Captain | Team 2 | Chef Captain | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall | John Burton Race | Nottinghamshire | Anthony Worral Thompson | Cornwall |
| Aberdeenshire | Nick Nairn | Middlesex | Ed Bains | Aberdeenshire |
| Lancashire | Merrilees Parker | North Yorkshire | Rosemary Shrager | Lancashire |
| Glamorgan | Graham Tinsley | Lincolnshire | Martin Blunos | Glamorgan |
| Perthshire | Nick Nairn | Leicestershire & Rutland | Anthony Worral Thompson | Perthshire |
| Cheshire | Merrilees Parker | Wiltshire | John Burton Race | Wiltshire |
| Surrey | Ed Bains | Suffolk | Martin Blunos | Surrey |
| Carmarthenshire | Graham Tinsley | Northumberland | Rosemary Shrager | Northumberland |
| Cambridgeshire | Martin Blunos | Somerset | John Burton Race | Somerset |
| Shropshire | Merrilees Parker | Gloucestershire | Anthony Worral Thompson | Gloucestershire |
| West Yorkshire | Rosemary Shrager | Kent | Ed Bains | Kent |
| Monmouthshire | Graham Tinsley | Midlothian | Nick Nairn | Midlothian |
| Devon | John Burton Race | East Riding of Yorkshire | Rosemary Shrager | Devon |
| Hertfordshire | Ed Bains | Warwickshire | Anthony Worral Thompson | Warwickshire |
| Norfolk | Martin Blunos | Lanarkshire | Nick Nairn | Norfolk |
| Denbighshire | Graham Tinsley | County Down | Merrilees Parker | County Down |
| Team 1 | Chef Captain | Team 2 | Chef Captain | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall | John Burton Race | Lancashire | Merrilees Parker | Cornwall |
| Aberdeenshire | Nick Nairn | Glamorgan | Graham Tinsley | Aberdeenshire |
| Wiltshire | John Burton Race | Perthshire | Nick Nairn | Perthshire |
| Surrey | Ed Bains | Northumberland | Rosemary Shrager | Northumberland |
| Gloucestershire | Anthony Worral Thompson | Kent | Ed Bains | Kent |
| Somerset | John Burton Race | Midlothian | Nick Nairn | Somerset |
| Warwickshire | Anthony Worral Thompson | Devon | John Burton Race | Warwickshire |
| Norfolk | Martin Blunos | County Down | Merrilees Parker | County Down |
| Team 1 | Chef Captain | Team 2 | Chef Captain | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somerset | John Burton Race | Northumberland | Rosemary Shrager | Northumberland |
| Kent | Ed Bains | Warwickshire | Anthony Worral Thompson | Kent |
| Aberdeenshire | Nick Nairn | Perthshire | Nick Nairn | Aberdeenshire |
| Cornwall | John Burton Race | County Down | Merrilees Parker | County Down |
| Team 1 | Chef Captain | Team 2 | Chef Captain | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeenshire | Nick Nairn | County Down | Merrilees Parker | Aberdeenshire |
| Kent | Ed Bains | Northumberland | Rosemary Shrager | Northumberland |
| Team 1 | Chef Captain | Team 2 | Chef Captain | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeenshire | Nick Nairn | Northumberland | Rosemary Shrager | Northumberland |
| Nick | John | Rosemary | Ed | Merrilees | Anthony | Martin | Graham |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
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