Who are the Best Home Cook 2020 judges?
BEST Home Cook is back on our screens for another series with cooking royalty Mary Berry.
Talented cooks take on themed challenges in an attempt to wow the judges - but who are they this year?
Who are the judges of Best Home Cook 2020?
- Mary Berry
- Chris Bavin
- Angela Hartnett
Mary Berry, who previously was a judge on The Great British Bake Off, fronts the new series alongside returning judge and Eat well for Less presenter Chris Bavin.
However, Dan Doherty will not star in the 2020 series, as he announced last year he would be stepping down from the role after he reportedly had been plagued by sexual harassment claims.
Michelin-starred chef Angela Hartnett has replaced him.
Here's the lowdown on the judges...
Mary Berry
Queen of the home kitchen, 84-year-old Mary Berry is a legendary cookery writer and TV star best known as a judge on the Great British Bake Off.
Mary is a Cordon Bleu-trained chef who became the cookery editor of Housewife magazine in the 60s.
She first appeared on the telly on 70s show Afternoon Plus with Judith Chalmers.
She then went on to have a successful career on the BBC and writing cookbooks, before starring on Bake Off.
Mary is reportedly worth £15million - earning £70,000 per series of Bake Off and has published over 60 best-selling recipe books.
Mary married Paul Hunnings in 1966 and they had three children together - Annabel, Thomas and William, who died in 1989 in a car accident when he was just 19.
Chris Bavin
39-year-old greengrocer Chris made his living selling fresh produce to wholesale markets across the UK.
In 2009, he and his wife Millie Bavin opened high street greengrocers The Naked Grocer in Surrey.
Chris rose to fame as co-presenter on Eat Well For Less alongside MasterChef's Gregg Wallace.
He has also presented Food: Truth Or Scare, with Gloria Hunniford, since 2016, and Tomorrow's Food, with Dara O Briain, Angela Hartnett and Dr Shini Somara.
Angela Hartnett
The 51-year-old Michelin-starred chef is a regular on foodie shows - she has appeared on Hell's Kitchen, MasterChef UK and Great British Menu.
Talking about her new role, she said: "For me, home cooking is about family sitting around a table eating together, laughing and talking, with delicious, tasty and unfussy food; it’s about the people as much as the food.
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"My mum always said, it’s good to be an all-round cook, everyone needs to be able to master the store cupboard!”
Kent-born Angela worked as an au pair before finding her love for cooking.
In 1994, she undertook a one-day trial at Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant Aubergine, where she trained alongside Marcus Wareing.
Angela continued to excel in the kitchen and cooked alongside Gordon Ramsey , worked as Marcus Wareing’s sous chef and now runs a long list of successful restaurants.