Come Dine With Me turns up the heat with new format

Channel 4 has announced that the latest series of popular show Come Dine with Me is to take on a new set up that will add a ‘distinctive change’ to the long-running series.

30 hour-long episodes of the show, which originally began broadcasting in 2005, have been commissioned and will see three sets of couples – either romantically involved, housemates or family members – competing to win a cash prize of £1000.

Each couple will cook for the other two pairs, rate each other’s culinary skills and give their own views on one another’s relationships.

David Sayer, commissioning editor for Daytime said: “This new series will have everything viewers love about Come Dine with Me plus an exciting new twist which will see whether couples’ can stand the pressure of throwing a dinner party for demanding guests and with a cash prize at stake.”