# Halv åtta hos mig

Halv åtta hos mig (Swedish for Half past seven in my home) is a TV4 television programme shown in Sweden, first broadcast on 6 October 2008. The show is based on the ITV Studios television format Come Dine with Me broadcast on Channel 4 UK. The show has four amateur chefs competing against each other hosting a dinner party for the other contestants. Each competitor then rates the host's performance with the winner winning a 15,000 SEK cash prize. An element of comedy is added to the show through comedian Morgan Alling, who provides a sarcastic narration. The show was previously hosted by comedian Helge Skoog.

## Series 1: Autumn 2008

| Episodes | Premiered | Location | Contestants | Contestants | Contestants | Contestants |
| 1–4 | 6 October 2008 | Stockholm | Peter Barlach | Irenka Carlsson | Lisa Almgren | Khaled Bakkar |
| 5–8 | 13 October 2008 | Skåne | Mikael Håkansson | Valerie Thunell | Malin Lindell | Jens Holst |
| 9–12 | 20 October 2008 | Karlstad | Ingella Arwidsson | Jonas Langegård | Lena Marie Andersson | Joakim Näzell |
| 13–16 | 3 November 2008 | Stockholm | Mats Lindberg | Christina Estemars | Jolanta Bujak | Magnus Billström |
| 17–20 | 10 November 2008 | Jönköping | Noah Likhaya | Pelle Tengblad | Susanne Dalsätt | Lisa Lejon |
| 21–24 | 17 November 2008 | Gothenburg | Sara Vahlberg | Mattias Gereny | Sverker Toreskog | Anna Nelson |
| 25–28 | 24 November 2008 | Umeå | Niklas Gustafsson | Christer Johansson | Josefin Holmgren | Erik Wennberg |
| 29–32 | 1 December 2008 | Stockholm | Carlo Borsatti | Jeanette Predin | Mithras Ljungberg | Anni Bernhard |
The last four episodes of the first series were shown over two weeks on 1, 2, 8 and 9 December 2008. The final episode had 373,000 viewers.

## Series 2: Spring 2009

| Episodes | Premiered | Location | Contestants | Contestants | Contestants | Contestants |
| 1–4 | 2 February 2009 | Stockholm | Johanna Figaro | Ardy Strüwer | Philip Hedberg | Usha Ananthakrishnan |
| 5–8 | 9 February 2009 | Linköping | Lars Mårelius | Björn Rallare | Elisabeth von Satzger | Willy Svahn |
| 9–12 | 16 February 2009 | Malmö | Christopher Larsson | Martin Wezowski | Rosemarie Geiss | Louise Karlsson |
| 13–16 | 23 February 2009 | Falun / Borlänge | Håkan Fåhraeus | Kerstin Sahlin | Kalle Fjällrud | Anna-Lena Strömmer |
| 17–20 | 2 March 2009 | Stockholm | Lena Helt | Arya Monfared | Philip Ajeenah | Mathias Kemi |
| 21–24 | 9 March 2009 | Gotland | Tomas Lönnhammar | Margaretha Olin | Josefin Ringbom | Tommy Andersson |
| 25–28 | 16 March 2009 | Örebro | Jessica Gunnarsson | Peter Ebkar | Lillemor Essén | Peter Lindberg |
| 29–32 | 23 March 2009 | Västerås | Katarina Feltendahl | Johan Benzeriane | Matti Koskinen | Annsofi Söderholm |
| 33–36 | 30 March 2009 | Uppsala | Johan Helander | Katrin Mandl | Therez Olsson | Örjan Swing |
| 37–40 | 6 April 2009 | Gothenburg | Dennis Bergsman | Madeleine Karlenfjälls | Anders Taube | Anna West |

## Series 5: Autumn 2010

| Episodes | Premiered | Location | Contestants | Contestants | Contestants | Contestants |
| 1–4 | 6 September 2010 | Stockholm | Daniel | Irina | Lasse | Lillemor |
| 5–8 | 13 September 2010 | Malmö | Adjovi | Nils-Olof | Therese | Per |
| 9–12 | 20 September 2010 | Gothenburg | Jennifer | Jonatan | Staffan | Sofie |
| 13–16 | 27 September 2010 | Falkenberg | Mikaela | Lasse | Kerstin | Fredrik |
| 17–20 | 4 October 2010 | Stockholm Couples | Johan & Maria | Bo & Birgitta | Cecilia & Björn | Fredrik & Matthias |
| 21–24 | 11 October 2010 | Malmö | Isa | Ola | Christine | Fredrik |
| 25–28 | 18 October 2010 | Eskilstuna | Eric | Alexander | Inger | Madeleine |
| 29–32 | 8 November 2010 | Stockholm | Per | Lisa | Björn | Greta |
| 33–36 | 15 November 2010 | Borås | Jasna | Bengt | Christian | Pia |
| 37–40 | 22 November 2010 | Piteå | Crister | Siw | Jennie | Hans |
| 41–44 | 29 November 2010 | Stockholm | Nihan | Sonja | Efrem | Andreas |
| 45–48 | 6 December 2010 | Öland | Lotta | Michel | Staffan | Marika |

## Series 6: Spring 2011

| Episodes | Premiered | Location | Contestants | Contestants | Contestants | Contestants |
| 1–4 | 10 January 2011 | Stockholm | Nic | Ellinor | Sandra | Johnny |
| 5–8 | 17 January 2011 | Västerås | Anna | Mikael | Örjan | Mika |
| 9–12 | 24 January 2011 | Östersund | Ingrid | Johan | Olle | Sara |
| 13–16 | 31 January 2011 | Stockholm | Monica | Linda | Rickard | Ulf |
| 17–20 | 7 February 2011 | ? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| 21–24 | 14 February 2011 | Stockholm | Karolina | Pehr | Mimmi | Marcus |

## Series 7: Autumn 2011

| Episodes | Premiered | Location | Contestants | Contestants | Contestants | Contestants |
| 1–4 | 29 Augusti 2011 | Uppsala | Helena | Bruno | Susanne | Micke |
| 5–8 | 5 September 2011 | Stockholm | Torkel Knutsson | Louise Eriksson | Torbjörn Bernhardsson | Malena Enget |
415,000 viewers watched the first episode of series 2, with 502,000 watching the final episode.
438,000 viewers watched the first episode of series 3, with 863,000 watching the final episode.
833,000 viewers watched the first episode of series 4, with 880,000 watching the episode shown on Wednesday 3 February 2010.
788, 000 viewers watched 5 October 2010 episode with a 24.8% share of all viewers. It was the most-watched non-news programme of the day.