If you were on Come Dine With Me?

I love the sound of Paddyann's menu.
Reading it made me quite hungry!

I’d enjoy yours Ohmother

Well, no offence intended to any of the other contestants, but none of you have matched up to OhMother's evening for me!

It sounds blissful - ESPECIALLY the entertainment.

How lovely to be reminded of rum babas.
I think they were a 70's favourite, I loved them .
I remember buying them though, not making them,

The entertainment would be exactly like the programme I'll Get This

This is the blog of someone who went on CDWM in 2014. It's an interesting read

bluemozza.wordpress.com/2014/03/27/my-come-dine-with-me-adventure-part-one-pre-broadcasting/

for me - way too much effort for just £1,000 !!

I have watched the programme a few times and once realised a contestant was a childhood friend. Don't think they won! It as a Newcastle based programme.

My starts would be

Mezze

Chicken Sofrito

Home made baklava

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I'd cook a totally vegan menu and serve it with vegan wine or beer.

Fishless fish pie for starter
Seitan steak and chips with peppercorn sauce for main
Pink Dragon Fruit Layer Cake for pudding

Delicious!

All cooked from scratch, of course.

I love to cook but can’t decide on a menu just at the moment but what I would spend time on is the table setting; I love a beautiful table with lovely napkins, candles, flowers and sparkling cutlery!
(We went to a friends for a meal once and the cutlery was in a pile in the centre of the table! Hence I’ve never forgotten it!) ?

Suegalway1
It all looks scrumptious but that exactly is in the non-fish fish pie and what is Seitan steak.
The pudding looks too beautiful to eat. Yummy. ?

* What, not that

I agree Noname a nice table setting really sets off the meal with all the right cutlery and wine glasses of course. We would have
Egg & bacon salad with quail eggs as a starter
Duck breast with peppercorn sauce and veg
Cheese board
Raspberry creme brulee.
Not really a fan of entertainment just good conversation.

Not watched CDWM since the episode where a woman brought her pet snake out for the other guests to admire. As it slithered across the table towards one petrified lady, it let out a long stream of poo, all across the tablecloth. Turned my stomach and I've never watched it since. not envy

Can't cook but seriously considering visiting quite a few of you now, most of these menus sound delicious.

Count me in, knspol
I'm no cook, but I'm a very enthusiastic eater.

No PaddyAnne regrettably he is VERY exoensive, but if you ask nicely I will come and try to play my pipes for you

Neilspurgeon0
Ah! A windbag...?

I’d go for your favourite school meal
Starter- glass of water, (we weren’t posh enough for a real starter)
Main- steak and kidney pie, peas mash and gravy
Pudding- caramel custard tart, ( the very best piece of food ever produced)

I love your thought ...... it is all about the company

Starter: seafood platter with capers
Main: lamb sofrito with white rice
Dessert: zabaglione
Entertainment: belly dancer

Gosh some of these menus soun totally professional! paddyann love all your Scottish theme, GabriellaG54 yours sounds totally amaze and even though I’ve never eaten vegan, suegalway1 your menu is so different I’d love to try it. Thanks for the photos!
I’d love to come for dinner ladies - any night.
Ps. I agree with Day6 in that programmes now seem to have contestants to bait one another. I suppose the programmers like a bit of meanness. Years ago I loved ‘The Apprentice’ when it was on BBC2. The contestants were so competitive and keen to win a ‘real’ apprenticeship. Then the programme moved more mainstream to BBC1 and it deteriorated into a bear garden that became toe curling to watch so I swerved it! I think entertaining the masses meant dumbing down for ratings.

GabriellaG That sounds amazing!

Thanks Skye17
I have really cooked those dishes for a meal with my AC and ex about 3 years ago.
I'm a vegetarian, hence the Antipasto which has meat, cheese and dips which suits meat eaters and me. The veggie version of Beef Wellington is a Mary Berry recipe and the rum babas were really boozy.
Being able to see exactly how dishes are made on YouTube is a big help as you can see how the finished meal should look.

I wouldn't take part. Horrible programme, haven't watched it for years.
Sorry for being a misery guts.