Couples Come Dine With Me, Channel 4, review
Channel 4 has added a moreish new ingredient to the reality TV recipe
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Just as our appetite for the bottomless supply of Come Dine With Me had begun to fade, Channel 4 has added a moreish new ingredient to the reality TV recipe.
Couples Come Dine With Me pits three couples against each other in the dinner party challenge. Now, in addition to passing judgement on other people’s hospitality and cooking, we also get to assess if their relationships pass muster.
In tonight’s episode, we meet North London fashionistas Darren and Sian, high-flying toffs Stephen and Ayesha and the hilariously tetchy Dawn and Simon.
They’ve been married for longer than Sian’s been alive (27 years) and never a cross word.
“You’ve done a wonderful job, wife,” says Simon surveying her caramelised garlic tart with chili jam. “I hope you choke on it,” is Dawn’s icy reply. She’s joking. Probably.
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