Cooking with the Stars – Tuesday July 13, STV

A formulaic competition in which various celebs learn how to become professional-standard chefs, this is nothing you haven’t seen a thousand times before. The budding chefs include Shirley Ballas, Griff Rhys Jones, Denise Van Outen, Johnny Vegas and the drummer from Mcfly. One of the mentors is Rosemary Shrager. Naturally, the involvement of Vegas provides a few amusing moments, but that’s all there is to recommend. Also, some of these people claim to have never cooked before. I find that baffling. I’m no Galloping Gourmet, but it’s really not hard to rustle up a decent dish with the right ingredients and some clear instructions. Cooking with the Stars is – inevitable food analogy alert – a terminally bland

soup.