Variations On The Format
Classic Bag - The original format where the contestant brings in a bag of ingredients costing up to £5.
Budget Bag - Similar to the Classic Bag but the ingredients may only cost up to £3.50.
Bistro Bag - Ingredients worth £7.50.
Gourmet Bag - Worth £10.
Doubling Up Bag - Both contestants bring in the same ingredients. The host uses a coin or dice with a Green Pepper and Red Tomato on to decide which chef will decide what to do with the ingredients first. The other chef must do something different.
Forfeit Bag - The chefs must have a card at random with a forfeit on which prohibits their use of a certain storecupboard ingredient such as No Fresh Herbs, No Spices, No Citrus or No Wine.
Gamble Bag - The chefs are presented with three mystery ingredients and are given the opportunity to swap one of their ingredients with one of these mystery ingredients. They do not have to swap but if they do, they cannot change their minds once the new ingredient is revealed.
Lucky Dip - The Chefs are presented with a bag of ten items from which they must pick five at random. After 10 minutes have passed, they then choose a sixth ingredient, which depending on what the chef has started cooking, can help or hinder them.
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