The Secret Chef: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In this brand new four-part ITV series, Britain's worst cooks are set to be transformed into impressive gastronauts, to the utter astonishment of their family and friends.

Each week someone with minimal cooking skills will have just five weeks to learn and prepare a show-stopping restaurant meal, taught in secret by a top chef. The trainee's family and friends will be invited to a restaurant at the end of the show, unaware that the food they are eating is entirely the work of their loved one, who previously struggled to boil an egg.

Each secret chef has one close friend to help them with the burden of keeping their mission under wraps, whilst providing a kitchen in which to practise their culinary skills.

Series details

• Title: The Secret Chef
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Food
• Premiere date: 2017-02-28
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-03-21
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 25344
• IMDb ID: tt6585088
• TVDB ID: 324882

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2017-02-28; final listed air date 2017-03-21; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Secret Chef on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.