Ready Steady Cook is getting a reboot, with a new host and some format tweaks along the way too.

Big Brother's Rylan Clark-Neal will replace Ainsley Harriot as host, the chef was the face of the show for ten years - from 2000 to 2010 (when the show ended).

The 2020 reboot is also getting a new home, as it will be moved from BBC 2 to BCC One.

If you're not familiar with the REady Steady Cook, or you just need a quick refresher, it's a cooking series where contestants are paired with a professional chef and go head to head in cooking battle.

At the end of each show the crowd got to decide who the winner was.

For reboot, the BBC has slightly changed the format, and each episode will have different themes - like meals on a budget, or healthy dishes.

In the first challenge, contestant will have 20 minutes to whip up an amazing dish, using their own ingredients that they have bought on a £10 budget.

The cooking time will be slashed to ten minutes in the second challenge, where contestants will have to make a dish using ingredients chosen by members of the audience.

There will also be a mix of professional chefs, including Mike Reid, Romy Gill, Akis Petretzikis, Ellis Barrie and Anna Haugh.

The winner will still be decided by the audience, who will vote for their favourite person using the iconic red tomato and green pepper cards.

How to apply


If you are intrested in appearing on the reboot email and you will be told when the application process stage opens.

On the reboot, Rylan said: "I’m so excited that Ready Steady Cook is finally coming back to our screens.

"To be asked to host such an amazing show for the BBC is such a privilege. After making the finals of Celebrity MasterChef I know how tough cooking under pressure can be.”