BBC commissions new cooking show after Bake Off loss

The BBC has commissioned a new cooking show.

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The Big Family Cooking Challenge will air on BBC Two over 12 episodes and see family teams of amateurs battle it out to be known as the best home cooks in the country.

It comes just weeks after the BBC were outbid by Channel 4 for the rights to show The Great British Bake Off from next year.

A team of judges will travel the length and breadth of the country to family homes to overview challenges based on the realities of everyday meals.

According to the BBC: “The series will pit inter-generational teams of home cooks against each other in a brand new format celebrating ordinary dishes made extraordinary.”

It is not yet been confirmed who the show’s judges will be.

Donna Clark, the BBC’s acting head of formats and features, said: “I’m thrilled to be taking food competitions in a different direction.

"A passion for food starts in the family kitchen and this format will take us into homes up and down the country where we’ll meet Britain’s most passionate and exciting families of cooks.”

The announcement is a bit of positive cooking show news just weeks after the BBC confirmed it had lost out on the rights to air The Great British Bake Off.

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Channel 4 are said to have signed a three-year, £75 million deal with Love Productions, which makes Bake Off, to air the programme from next year, starting with a Stand Up To Cancer special.

Following the announcement, co-hosts Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc quit the show, as did co-judge Mary Berry, saying she was leaving out of “loyalty” to the BBC.

But her fellow judge Paul Hollywood put pen to paper on a three-year deal with Channel 4.