Saturday Kitchen: 27/12/2025


10:00 am - 11:30 am, Saturday, December 27 on BBC One London HD (101)

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About this Broadcast

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27/12/2025
Season 2025, Episode 1

Matt Tebbutt is joined by chefs Hasan Semay and Julie Lin, and by special guest Sue Perkins. Helen McGinn pairs drinks with the studio dishes, and Elliott Grover make party canapes


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Cast & Crew

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Matt Tebbutt (Presenter)
Helen McGinn (Contributor)
Elliott Grover (Contributor)
Julie Lin (Guest)
Amanda Ross (Executive producer)
James Bedwell (Series producer)
Alice Pople (Producer)

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Did You Know..

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Matt Tebbutt (Presenter)
Best Known For: Being a celebrity chef.
Early-life: Matt was born in High Wycombe in 1973 and raised in South Wales. After gaining a diploma at Leiths School of Food and Wine in London, he went on to work for some of London's most prestigious restaurants, including the Oak Room and Criterion.
Career: Between 2009 and 2011, Tebbutt presented Saturday Kitchen on BBC One when regular host James Martin was away. He has also had presenting roles on the Great British Menu, Drop Down Menu, Market Kitchen: Big Adventure and Food Unwrapped. He used to own and run the Foxhunter restaurant in Nant-y-derry near Usk in South Wales.
Quote: "Being thrown in the deep-end in a top kitchen is daunting, but its brilliant experience."
Trivia: In 2008, Tebbutt published the book Cooks Country: Modern British Rural Cooking.
Helen McGinn (Contributor)
Elliott Grover (Contributor)
Hasan Semay (Guest)
Julie Lin (Guest)
Sue Perkins (Guest)
Born: September 22, 1969 in London
Best Known For: Her screen partnership with Mel Giedroyc.
Early-life: Susan Elizabeth Perkins was born on September 22, 1969, in East Dulwich, London, and was raised in Croydon. She showed a natural talent for performing and writing from an early age and later studied English at New Hall, Cambridge. There, in 1988, she got onto a stage for her first stand-up routine. She was interrupted by a girl called Mel Giedroyc, marking the start of a partnership that continues to this day.
Career: Perkins became president of the Cambridge Footlights in 1990, and in 1993 was shortlisted (with Giedroyc) for the Best Newcomer Award at Edinburgh. After writing for French & Saunders they hosted Channel 4's Light Lunch, and a teatime version, Late Lunch, as well as breakfast show RI:SE. Solo, Perkins appeared in Celebrity Big Brother in 2002. In 2005, she premiered her first one-woman show at the Edinburgh Fringe, which then toured the country. The Supersizers concept launched in 2007, and proved popular with viewers. She also won reality show Maestro, has made numerous appearances on panel quiz shows and was reunited with Mel for the hugely successful Great British Bake Off. Her sitcom Heading Out premiered in early 2013.
Quote: "I'm a 21-year-old blonde with breasts like space hoppers. My hobbies include wearing a pork-pie hat, plasticising autopsied cadavers and fantasising that I'm Gunther von Hagens. Honestly."
Amanda Ross (Executive producer)
James Bedwell (Series producer)
Alice Pople (Producer)

Before / After

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Breakfast
06:00 am