Market Kitchen is a British cookery television programme, made by Optomen, that premiered on the Good Food channel in 2007. Presented by Rachel Allen, Amanda Lamb, Matt Tebbutt, Tom Parker Bowles and Matthew Fort, the programme concentrates on seasonal cooking and features visits to a local market to obtain seasonal produce. The first series was presented from a customised kitchen in Borough Market and featured Tana Ramsay as one of its presenters.
In 2009, the programme incorporated the Local Food Hero competition, which had previously had its own series on UKTV Food. It will feature the winner of a competition to find Britain's best pudding, launched by Christopher Biggins in April 2010. In 2010, spin-off, Market Kitchen's: Big Adventure, aired on Good Food.
Penny Smith and Matt Tebbutt co-presented the programme's fourth season, Market Kitchen: Big Adventure, in 2010. Beginning to air on 18 October, there were 125 episodes.
In a positive review, The Australians Graeme Blundell called the show "entertaining, informative, interactive and presented by highly literate foodies, chefs and food writers". Keith Austin of The Sydney Morning Herald penned a favourable review, writing, "Certainly not the sexiest cooking show around but to my mind this is one of the most approachable and least up itself. With London's foodie central Borough Market as the backdrop, the show is a comforting mish-mash of recipes cooked up from scratch, food tastings, celebrity guest chefs and a front-of-house team who, quite literally, know their onions."
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