Ready Steady Cook

Series 16

Two teams of chefs, Red Tomato and Green Pepper compete to create the best dish using a handful of ingredients brought in by members of the public.
Where to Watch Series 16
136 Episodes
  • Episode 1
    E1
    Episode 1Young clarinettist Julian Bliss and entrepreneur Martin Holstead lock horns. Ainsley Hariott presides.
  • Episode 2
    E2
    Episode 2Grange Hill stars Holly Quin-Ankrah and Jack McMullen join James Martin and Paul Rankin.
  • Episode 3
    E3
    Episode 3Farmers Charlotte and Ben Hollins cook with chefs Brian Turner and Lesley Waters.
  • Episode 4
    E4
    Episode 4Ballet dancers Oliver Taylor and Claire Jobanputra partner Gino D'Acampo and Tony Tobin.
  • Episode 5
    E5
    Episode 5Young footballers Mark Staunton and Lizzie Edwards sign up Brian Turner and James Martin.
  • Episode 6
    E6
    Episode 6Paul Rankin and Lesley Waters are under starter's orders. Ainsley Hariott presides.
  • Episode 7
    E7
    Episode 7Gino D'Acampo and James Tanner work their magic.
  • Episode 8
    E8
    Episode 8Ainsley Harriott referees as chefs Lesley Waters and James Martin show off their skills.
  • Episode 9
    E9
    Episode 9Chefs James Tanner and Tony Tobin are given some uncanny inspiration
  • Episode 10
    E10
    Episode 10Ainsley Harriott hosts as Paul Rankin and Nick Nairn go head to head in the kitchen.
  • Episode 11
    E11
    Episode 11Ainsley Harriott tests the culinary skills of sports commentator Graeme Le Saux and TV presenter Sarah Cawood, aided by chefs Gino D'Acampo and Ross Burden.
  • Episode 12
    E12
    Episode 12James Martin and Nick Nairn flex their culinary muscles.
  • Episode 13
    E13
    Episode 13Ainsley Harriott referees as chefs Lesley Waters and James Martin show off their skills.
  • Episode 14
    E14
    Episode 14Chefs Tony Tobin and Paul Rankin cook-off in the kitchen.
  • Episode 15
    E15
    Episode 15Big Brother's Glyn and Jennie are aided by Lesley Waters and Gino D'Acampo.
  • Episode 16
    E16
    Episode 16Atlantic rowers Rachel Smith and Lin Griesel cook off.
  • Episode 17
    E17
    Episode 17Lucy Benjamin and rugby player Matt Stevens join Paul Rankin and James Tanner.
  • Episode 18
    E18
    Episode 18James Martin and Tony Tobin try to outdo one another.
  • Episode 19
    E19
    Episode 19Chefs Brian Turner and Lesley Waters race against the kitchen clock, and each other.
  • Episode 20
    E20
    Episode 20Rani and Abs from CBBC's Best of Friends cause havoc for Nick Nairn and James Martin.
  • Episode 21
    E21
    Episode 21Nick Nairn and James Martin impress the audience as they work culinary magic.
  • Episode 22
    E22
    Episode 22Trawlermen James West and Jimmy Buchanan compete.
  • Episode 23
    E23
    Episode 23Tony Tobin and Gino D'Acampo try the culinary test.
  • Episode 24
    E24
    Episode 24Chefs James Martin and Tony Tobin are in the kitchen.
  • Episode 25
    E25
    Episode 25Gino D'Acampo and Nick Nairn stir up trouble in the kitchen.
  • Episode 26
    E26
    Episode 26James Tanner and Phil Vickery cook delectable desserts.
  • Episode 27
    E27
    Episode 27Mind-control expert Drew McAndrew and escapologist Tom Lyon guest in a special Halloween edition.
  • Episode 28
    E28
    Episode 28Brian Turner and James Martin compete in a pudding-themed episode, creating desserts against the clock.
  • Episode 29
    E29
    Episode 29With chefs Ross Burden and Lesley Waters.
  • Episode 30
    E30
    Episode 30Chefs Paul Rankin and Phil Vickery rustle up tasty desserts as part of Pudding Week.
  • Episode 31
    E31
    Episode 31Paul Rankin and Nick Nairn take on the challenge.
  • Episode 32
    E32
    Episode 32Culinary delights from James Tanner and Phil Vickery.
  • Episode 33
    E33
    Episode 33Chefs James Martin and Tony Tobin race to create a meal in just 20 minutes.
  • Episode 34
    E34
    Episode 34With celebrity chefs Paul Rankin and James Tanner.
  • Episode 35
    E35
    Episode 35Chefs Gino D'Acampo and Tony Tobin compete.
  • Episode 36
    E36
    Episode 36Nick Nairn and James Tanner take on the challenge.
  • Episode 37
    E37
    Episode 37With chefs Gino D'Acampo and James Tanner.
  • Episode 38
    E38
    Episode 38Nick Nairn and James Martin prepare meals against the clock. Ainsley Harriott presents.
  • Episode 39
    E39
    Episode 39Dragons' Den investors Deborah Meaden and Richard Farleigh join the cookery contest.
  • Episode 40
    E40
    Episode 40Children in Need special with Sam and Mark.
  • Episode 41
    E41
    Episode 41Chefs Lesley Waters and Tony Tobin compete.
  • Episode 42
    E42
    Episode 42Hollyoaks brothers Nick and John Pickard guest.
  • Episode 43
    E43
    Episode 43Cookery contest, with Phil Vickery and Lesley Waters.
  • Episode 44
    E44
    Episode 44Two stars of TV's Bad Girls compete in the kitchen.
  • Episode 45
    E45
    Episode 45With celebrity chefs Nick Nairn and Paul Rankin.
  • Episode 46
    E46
    Episode 46Brian Turner and Phil Vickery celebrate British produce.
  • Episode 47
    E47
    Episode 47With chefs Nick Nairn and James Tanner.
  • Episode 48
    E48
    Episode 48Lesley Waters and Gino D'Acampo use English wines when competing to create the most popular dish.
  • Episode 49
    E49
    Episode 49Chefs Brian Turner and James Tanner compete.
  • Episode 50
    E50
    Episode 50Cooking challenge with Lesley Waters and Tony Tobin.
  • Episode 51
    E51
    Episode 51Chefs Lesley Waters and James Martin compete.
  • Episode 52
    E52
    Episode 52A vodka expert and a party organiser give advice for anyone in a panic over Christmas.
  • Episode 53
    E53
    Episode 53Chefs James Martin and Phil Vickery create festive meals in just 20 minutes and Christmas bell ringers perform.
  • Episode 54
    E54
    Episode 54Abba tribute band Bjorn Again enter the culinary fray.
  • Episode 55
    E55
    Episode 55Cooking up the food of love with seduction experts Johnny Savoir and Wayne Elise.
  • Episode 56
    E56
    Episode 56All Angels choir girls sing for their supper.
  • Episode 57
    E57
    Episode 57Quizmasters Judith Keppel and CJ De Mooi put their cooking skills up for scrutiny.
  • Episode 58
    E58
    Episode 58Cirque de Celebrite contestants Grace Adams and Kenzie hope for well balanced meals.
  • Episode 59
    E59
    Episode 59The participants of ITV1's Ladette to Lady come calling for some haute cuisine.
  • Episode 60
    E60
    Episode 60Rocket on, Tommy? Cannon and Ball cook off.
  • Episode 61
    E61
    Episode 61More culinary creations are whipped up in 20 minutes.
  • Episode 62
    E62
    Episode 62Kitchen duel between two popular chefs.
  • Episode 63
    E63
    Episode 63Kitchen duel between two celebrity chefs.
  • Episode 64
    E64
    Episode 64Culinary duel.
  • Episode 65
    E65
    Episode 65Kitchen duel in which two celebrity chefs race to create a meal in just 20 minutes.
  • Episode 66
    E66
    Episode 66Kitchen duel.
  • Episode 67
    E67
    Episode 67Kitchen duel.
  • Episode 68
    E68
    Episode 68On-the-spot recipes.
  • Episode 69
    E69
    Episode 69Kitchen duel.
  • Episode 70
    E70
    Episode 70Culinary challenge.
  • Episode 71
    E71
    Episode 71With Newsround presenters Ellie Crisell and Lizo Mzimba.
  • Episode 72
    E72
    Episode 72Brian Turner and James Tanner race against the clock to make a culinary masterpiece.
  • Episode 73
    E73
    Episode 73Chefs Gino D'Acampo and Tony Tobin go head-to-head.
  • Episode 74
    E74
    Episode 74Phil Vickery and Nick Nairn battle it out in the culinary challenge. Ainsley Harriott hosts.
  • Episode 75
    E75
    Episode 75With chefs James Martin and Lesley Waters.
  • Episode 76
    E76
    Episode 76Angela Rippon and James Rylands guest.
  • Episode 77
    E77
    Episode 77With Gino D'Acampo and Tony Tobin.
  • Episode 78
    E78
    Episode 78Guest chef Garrey Dawson takes on Paul Rankin.
  • Episode 79
    E79
    Episode 79Guest Alex Mackay battles it out with regular Nick Nairn.
  • Episode 80
    E80
    Episode 80Talented chefs battle it out against the clock, creating delicious dishes in 20 minutes. Presented by Ainsley Harriott with chefs Gino D'Acampo and Tony Tobin.
  • Episode 81
    E81
    Episode 81Cooking contest.
  • Episode 82
    E82
    Episode 82Athlete Sophie Hancock asks Brian Turner for help.
  • Episode 83
    E83
    Episode 83Today's chefs are James Tanner and Nick Nairn.
  • Episode 84
    E84
    Episode 84With Tony Tobin , Gino D'Acampo and Ainsley Harriott.
  • Episode 85
    E85
    Episode 85Talented chefs battle it out against the clock, creating delicious dishes in 20 minutes. Presented by Ainsley Harriott with chefs Brian Turner and Phil Vickery.
  • Episode 86
    E86
    Episode 86Polar explorers Michael McGrath and Pen Hadow guest.
  • Episode 87
    E87
    Episode 87Chefs Gino D'Acampo and Alex Mackay race to complete meals in 20 minutes.
  • Episode 88
    E88
    Episode 88Fat Men Can't Hunt stars Dionne Da Costa and Martin Coxall reminisce about their hunter-gatherer lifestyles. Chefs Brian Turner and Nick Nairn cook, and Ainsley Harriott presents
  • Episode 89
    E89
    Episode 89With chef Tony Tobin.
  • Episode 90
    E90
    Episode 90Olympic sailing medal-winners Sarah Webb and Nick Rogers gear up to win gold.
  • Episode 91
    E91
    Episode 91With CBeebies presenters Pui Fan Lee and Chris Jarvis.
  • Episode 92
    E92
    Episode 92Brian Turner and Phil Vickery race to create a meal.
  • Episode 93
    E93
    Episode 93Casualty make-up artists Marcus Whitney and Beverley Pooley guest in the kitchen.
  • Episode 94
    E94
    Episode 94With celebrity chefs Lesley Waters and Nick Nairn.
  • Episode 95
    E95
    Episode 95Cookery contest with Brian Turner and James Tanner.
  • Episode 96
    E96
    Episode 96Nick Nairn and Gino D'Acampo join Ainsley Harriott.
  • Episode 97
    E97
    Episode 97Talented chefs battle it out against the clock, creating delicious dishes in 20 minutes. Presented by Ainsley Harriott with chefs Lesley Waters and Garrey Dawson.
  • Episode 98
    E98
    Episode 98Talented chefs battle it out against the clock, creating delicious dishes in 20 minutes. Presented by Ainsley Harriott with chefs James Tanner and Phil Vickery.
  • Episode 99
    E99
    Episode 99Talented chefs battle it out against the clock, creating delicious dishes in 20 minutes. Presented by Ainsley Harriott with chefs Gino D'Acampo and Lesley Waters.
  • Episode 100
    E100
    Episode 100Talented chefs battle it out against the clock, creating delicious dishes in 20 minutes. Presented by Ainsley Harriott with chefs Gino D'Acampo and Brian Turner.
  • Episode 101
    E101
    Episode 101The Fron Male Voice Choir sing for their supper.
  • Episode 102
    E102
    Episode 102With Comedy Dave and Dom from Radio 1's Chris Moyles Show.
  • Episode 103
    E103
    Episode 103Racing drivers Tiff Needell and Vicki Butler Henderson team up with chefs Paul Rankin and Phil Vickery to prepare the fastest food in town. Presented by Ainsley Harriott.
  • Episode 104
    E104
    Episode 104Chefs James Martin and Phil Vickery cross spatulas.
  • Episode 105
    E105
    Episode 105Chefs Gino D'Acampo and Nick Nairn are paired with the directors of a traditional, family-run smokehouse from Yorkshire. Presented by Ainsley Harriott.
  • Episode 106
    E106
    Episode 106Rhubarb growers compete: who will crumble first?
  • Episode 107
    E107
    Episode 107Guests are egg producers from Northumberland.
  • Episode 108
    E108
    Episode 108Ainsley Harriott presents another show featuring some of Britain's finest food producers. Chefs Phil Vickery and Garrey Dawson meet a couple of gourmet, heritage potato producers.
  • Episode 109
    E109
    Episode 109Award-winning sausage makers are the contestants.
  • Episode 110
    E110
    Episode 110With guests The X-Factor's Ray Quinn and his mother.
  • Episode 111
    E111
    Episode 111Atomic Kitten's Natasha Hamilton and her mum guest.
  • Episode 112
    E112
    Episode 112With Olympic champ Denise Lewis and her mum Joan.
  • Episode 113
    E113
    Episode 113Presented by Ainsley Harriott with chefs James Tanner and Paul Rankin. In the lead-up to Mothering Sunday, heart-throb Duncan James and his mum Fiona are the guests today.
  • Episode 114
    E114
    Episode 114A Comic Relief special.
  • Episode 115
    E115
    Episode 115Brian Turner and Paul Rankin take part in the kitchen duel.
  • Episode 116
    E116
    Episode 116Tony Tobin and Phil Vickery compete in the kitchen.
  • Episode 117
    E117
    Episode 117Kitchen duel, with Lesley Waters and Paul Rankin. Ainsley Harriott presents.
  • Episode 118
    E118
    Episode 118Talented chefs battle it out against the clock, creating delicious dishes in 20 minutes. Presented by Ainsley Harriott with chefs Brian Turner and Garrey Dawson.
  • Episode 119
    E119
    Episode 119Paul Rankin and Gino D'Acampo compete in the kitchen against the clock.
  • Episode 120
    E120
    Episode 120Paul Rankin and Tony Tobin take on the challenge.
  • Episode 121
    E121
    Episode 121Chefs Brian Turner and Phil Vickery compete.
  • Episode 122
    E122
    Episode 122Kitchen duel with Paul Rankin and Nick Nairn.
  • Episode 123
    E123
    Episode 123Spurs and England striker Jermain Defoe and fiancee Charlotte Meares guest today.
  • Episode 124
    E124
    Episode 124With the keepers of BBC's Animal Park
  • Episode 125
    E125
    Episode 125James Tanner and Tony Tobin take on the challenge.
  • Episode 126
    E126
    Episode 126Talented chefs battle it out against the clock, creating delicious dishes in 20 minutes. Presented by Ainsley Harriott with chefs Nick Nairn and Paul Rankin.
  • Episode 127
    E127
    Episode 127Gymnast Beth Tweddle and her coach join the cooking contest.
  • Episode 128
    E128
    Episode 128TV gardeners Sven Wombwell and Chris Collins join chefs Nick Nairn and James Tanner.
  • Episode 129
    E129
    Episode 129Today's guest chefs are Lesley Waters and Nick Nairn.
  • Episode 130
    E130
    Episode 130Chefs Paul Rankin and James Tanner mix it up.
  • Episode 131
    E131
    Episode 131With Nell McAndrew and Floella Benjamin.
  • Episode 132
    E132
    Episode 132Talented chefs battle it out against the clock, creating delicious dishes in 20 minutes. Presented by Ainsley Harriott with chefs James Tanner and Phil Vickery.
  • Episode 133
    E133
    Episode 133Chefs Paul Rankin and Nick Nairn vie for culinary glory.
  • Episode 134
    E134
    Episode 134With Lesley Waters and Paul Rankin.
  • Episode 135
    E135
    Episode 135Talented chefs battle it out against the clock, creating delicious dishes in 20 minutes. Presented by Ainsley Harriott with chefs Nick Nairn and Lesley Waters.
  • Episode 136
    E136
    Episode 136With David Tennant and his father Sandy McDonald.
Cast of Series 16
  • Ainsley HarriottSelf - Host/Chef
 
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