It’s week twelve of BBC Brit’s Come Dine with Me South Africa and we are back in Johannesburg to witness a riot of culinary missteps, mishaps and mistakes with anew bunch of hopeful hosts.
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Up for the challenge this week is events planner Lizanne, recycling champ Donovan, Lydia the picky food technologist and sales coordinator Tanya. With the cash prize in mind, which outrageous host will come out on top?
Night one falls to Lizanne,who’s almost-seamless prep gets her off to a great start. With a prawn risotto starter, slow cooked beef cheeks for mains and berry pavlova desert,will her playful guests appreciate her efforts? It doesn’t take long until the night takes a turn as Tanya is left reeling after a guessing-our-ages game goes horribly wrong and Food Technologist Lydia can’t face her prawn starter (named Barry!) staring at her. But what night is ever perfect?
It’s mamma’s boy Donovan’s turn to host and what could go wrong with homemade pasta balls with three-cheese sauces for starters, rib-eye steak with brandy reduction for mains and cherries jubilee for dessert? It turns out a lot, but will Donovan’s solid prep and expertly-made homemade pasta pull his night through?
Lydia is in the hosting hot seat on night three, hoping her biltong soup and naan for starters, oxtail with creamy polenta for mains and one mean black forest cake dessert will wow her guests. The night is full of laughter with Donovan confessing to not being able to pee unless the toilet water is blue and Lizanne reflecting her dreams about Donovan. But did the food cut the mustard?
The final night falls on sales coordinator Tanya to cook up a storm. With her “pure meat balls” for starters, tequila lime baked chicken with veg for mains and a white chocolate cheesecake for dessert, her guests have questions about the menu from the get-go! Was the best saved for last, or will Tanya fall at the final hurdle?
Just watch Come Dine With Me South Africa on 27 May 2019 at 8PM on BBC BRIT (DStv channel 120). Repeated on Wednesday 29 May at 9PM and again on Saturday 01 June at 7PM. Episode 12 features contestants from Johannesburg.
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