Saturday Kitchen Live: 20/06/2026


10:00 am - 11:30 am, Saturday, June 20 on BBC One London (1)

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About this Broadcast

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20/06/2026
Season 2026, Episode 1

Matt Tebbutt is joined by chefs Julie Lin and Peter McKenna, and by special guest Lenny Henry. Olly Smith picks the drinks to go with the studio dishes


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Cast & Crew

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Matt Tebbutt (Presenter)
Olly Smith (Contributor)
Julie Lin (Guest)
Amanda Ross (Executive producer)
James Bedwell (Series 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.
Olly Smith (Contributor)
Julie Lin (Guest)
Peter McKenna (Guest)
Lenny Henry (Guest)
Born: August 29, 1958 in Dudley
Best Known For: His array of loud characters in the Lenny Henry Show.
Early-life: Lenworth George Henry was born August 29, 1958, in Dudley, West Midlands, one of seven children. He's immensely proud of his late parents, mother Winnie and factory worker father Winston, both from Jamaica. He went to Bluecoats School where he gained seven CSEs. Inspired by science teacher James Brooks, who recognised his natural comic ability, he made a bid for showbusiness, winning New Faces at 16 thanks to his impressions.
Career: Henry's sitcom debut was The Fosters in 1976. A smooth progression to stardom followed in the anarchic children's Saturday morning programme Tiswas, then Three of a Kind, Lenny Henry Tonite, and Chef! He impressed movie bosses in the States with 1989 stand-up film Lenny Live and Unleashed, but when True Identity flopped in 1991, he returned to the UK. He subsequently reinvented himself as a serious actor with Alive and Kicking, White Goods, and Hope and Glory, but has since returned to comedy with sketch series Lenny Henry in Pieces and The Lenny Henry Show. His stage debut in Othello was a major success. In November 2011, Henry made his debut at the Royal National Theatre in The Comedy of Errors, and last year starred in a stage version of his radio show Rudy's Rare Records.
Quote: 'It sounds pompous, but I try to ensure there's a level of quality in my work.'
Trivia: Henry has been an outspoken critic of British TV's lack of ethnic diversity in its programming.
Amanda Ross (Executive producer)
James Bedwell (Series producer)

Before / After

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Breakfast
06:00 am