Taste the Nation

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Taste the Nation
Presented by Nick Hancock
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of episodes30
Production
Producer ITV Studios
Running time60 minutes (inc. advertisements)
Original release
Network ITV
Release16 March (2009-3-16) 
24 April 2009 (2009-4-24)
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.

Contents

The Chefs

RegionChef
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
WalesGraham Tinsley

Series Guides
Series 1: 16 March – 24 April 2009

Round 1

Team 1Chef CaptainTeam 2Chef CaptainWinner
Cornwall John Burton Race Nottinghamshire Anthony Worral ThompsonCornwall
Aberdeenshire Nick Nairn Middlesex Ed BainsAberdeenshire
Lancashire Merrilees Parker North Yorkshire Rosemary ShragerLancashire
Glamorgan Graham Tinsley Lincolnshire Martin BlunosGlamorgan
Perthshire Nick Nairn Leicestershire & Rutland Anthony Worral ThompsonPerthshire
Cheshire Merrilees Parker Wiltshire John Burton RaceWiltshire
Surrey Ed Bains Suffolk Martin BlunosSurrey
Carmarthenshire Graham Tinsley Northumberland Rosemary ShragerNorthumberland
Cambridgeshire Martin Blunos Somerset John Burton RaceSomerset
Shropshire Merrilees Parker Gloucestershire Anthony Worral ThompsonGloucestershire
West Yorkshire Rosemary Shrager Kent Ed BainsKent
Monmouthshire Graham Tinsley Midlothian Nick NairnMidlothian
Devon John Burton Race East Riding of Yorkshire Rosemary ShragerDevon
Hertfordshire Ed Bains Warwickshire Anthony Worral ThompsonWarwickshire
Norfolk Martin Blunos Lanarkshire Nick NairnNorfolk
Denbighshire Graham Tinsley County Down Merrilees ParkerCounty Down

Round 2

Team 1Chef CaptainTeam 2Chef CaptainWinner
CornwallJohn Burton RaceLancashireMerrilees ParkerCornwall
AberdeenshireNick NairnGlamorganGraham TinsleyAberdeenshire
WiltshireJohn Burton RacePerthshireNick NairnPerthshire
SurreyEd BainsNorthumberlandRosemary ShragerNorthumberland
GloucestershireAnthony Worral ThompsonKentEd BainsKent
SomersetJohn Burton RaceMidlothianNick NairnSomerset
WarwickshireAnthony Worral ThompsonDevonJohn Burton RaceWarwickshire
NorfolkMartin BlunosCounty DownMerrilees ParkerCounty Down

Quarter finals

Team 1Chef CaptainTeam 2Chef CaptainWinner
SomersetJohn Burton RaceNorthumberlandRosemary ShragerNorthumberland
KentEd BainsWarwickshireAnthony Worral ThompsonKent
AberdeenshireNick NairnPerthshireNick NairnAberdeenshire
CornwallJohn Burton RaceCounty DownMerrilees ParkerCounty Down

Semi finals

Team 1Chef CaptainTeam 2Chef CaptainWinner
AberdeenshireNick NairnCounty DownMerrilees ParkerAberdeenshire
KentEd BainsNorthumberlandRosemary ShragerNorthumberland

Final

Team 1Chef CaptainTeam 2Chef CaptainWinner
AberdeenshireNick NairnNorthumberlandRosemary ShragerNorthumberland

Chef Victories

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See also

References