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  • A non-broadcast taster of Foodmaster is being recorded next week, with the stand-up and Great British Menu judge joined by five celebrity contestants in a competition in which they must use their imagination, ingenuity and lateral thinking to showcase "culinary creativity" rather than cooking skills, as they try to answer the question: "Food is great, but how can it be improved?"

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    In March, Channel 4 committed to six more series of Taskmaster, plus Junior Taskmaster, with Rose Matafeo to feature in the titular Greg Davies role and Mike Wozniak in the Horne role of sidekick.

    That same month, BCG revealed that Horne is also piloting the game show People Watching with the channel, and last month it revealed that Channel 4 has recommissioned The Horne Section TV Show for a second series.

    They're certainly trying to cash in on Taskmaster, I just don't see anything beyond Junior Taskmaster catching that lightning in a bottle.

    • It'll be interesting to see how Rose and Mike play their parts, with what I'm assuming is kid contestants?

      Food master does sound gimmicky, but anything with Ed Gamble is generally a pretty safe bet. I wonder if they're trying to take on Bake Off.

      • It’ll be interesting to see how Rose and Mike play their parts, with what I’m assuming is kid contestants?

        Yes, I presume that rather than employ professional idiots, they are going to just get a bunch of kids together who are naturals.

        Great casting of the taskmasters.

        Food master does sound gimmicky, but anything with Ed Gamble is generally a pretty safe bet. I wonder if they’re trying to take on Bake Off.

        Yeah, if anyone can make it work it'd be Ed Gamble, so I am waiting and seeing. I hope that rather than taking on other cooking shows, they are going to take them off - the market is large and well-established, plenty of scope for extracting a smidge of urine (as long as it's not an ingredient).