 ready steady cook was a bbc daytime tv cooking programme; it debuted on 24 october 1994 and the last edition was broadcast on 2 february 2010. the programme was hosted by fern britton from 1994 until 2000 when celebrity chef ainsley harriott became the new host. in august 2000, when harriott took over, the duration of the programme was extended from 30 to 45 minutes. the programme was originally recorded in the small (and now closed) fountain tv studios in new malden; it then moved to the capital studios in wandsworth. after capital studios closed down in mid-2008, recording was moved to studio tc2 in the bbc television centre, london. on 5 november 2010, it was announced that the show would not return for a new series. no new episodes were produced, but repeats of the show continued to be broadcast until 18 february 2011bbc two - ready steady cook - episodes by date, february 2011 and returned on 16 september 2014.http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006vcgr/broadcasts/2014/09 in cbbc show horrible histories, during series 1 and 2, a parody of ready steady cook was one of the sketches. it featured different historical characters bringing in food from their historical era. ==format== ===ingredients=== two members of the public provided two celebrity chefs with a bag of ingredients they had bought, usually to a set budget of Â£5. the two teams were designated &qu
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