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Remarkable Places to Eat 8pm, BBC Two Fred Sirieix is in the New Forest with the greengrocer and broadcaster Chris Bavin for this second episode of his series following chefs to find the best dining experiences the UK has to offer. Bavin shows Sirieix how the New Forest is famed for its seasonal produce, starting at The Pig in Brocklehurst and sampling oyster mushrooms and salt-baked celeriac all sourced within 25 miles of the restaurant. At the Royal Oak pub, the pair then try the signature ploughman’s lunch. Ammar Kalia 8pm, Channel 5 It’s Channel 5’s wholesome equivalent of Springwa...

Gregg Wallace in ITV's South Africa with Gregg Wallace Credit: ITV If you were careless with the remote control during the winter lockdown, you might have been subjected to entire evenings of Gregg Wallace-presented programming.  On early evening ITV, the shouty pudding-shoveller was sunning his squeaky-smooth head on ITV’s South Africa with Gregg Wallace. Flick to BBC Two and he’d popped a hairnet on said head for Inside the Factory. Come 9pm, he was yelling his way around the world on Channel 5’s Big Weekends with Gregg Wallace.  Throw in the odd MasterChef rerun on W channel and it...

Claudia Winkleman welcomes the remaining three cooks back into the kitchen for one last time as they compete in the grand final. The deciding challenge is to prepare the ultimate picnic.

The Celebrity Best Home Cook final saw former Strictly star Ed Balls named the winner.

Rating: Rating: Spare us the judging. When it comes to knock-out contests on telly, be it cakes or can-cans, the First Law of Gove applies — no one really cares what the experts have to say. Strictly gets the balance right. There’s a build-up to the dance, lots of drama, a flamboyant display of choreography and the briefest of catty comments from the panel, followed by the scores. Bake Off is sometimes guilty of lingering too long on Paul Hollywood’s pompous pronouncements, but it doesn’t matter because the camera cuts away constantly to the tension on the competitors’ faces.