Saturday Kitchen BBC Books in July 2007. "Christmas Kitchen" is a weekday, daytime spin-off of "Saturday Kitchen". Series 1 (2013):<br> Each show, James Martin was joined by guest chefs, including Gennaro Contaldo, Daniel Galmiche, Ching-He Huang, Nathan Outlaw, Theo Randall, Vivek Singh, and Bryn Williams. In addition to this, Martin was joined by a different star each show. These included James Blunt, Tom Chambers, Anthony Head, Ben Miller, and Sharleen Spiteri. Series 2 (2014):<br> James Martin returned for another 10-episode run of "Christmas Kitchen" in December 2014. Over the 10 episodes, he was joined by several respected chefs, including Jason Atherton, Galton
Jun Tanaka (chef) Jun Tanaka (chef) Jun Tanaka (born 18 November 1971) is an American-born Japanese-British UK TV chef, best known for presenting Channel 4's "Cooking It" as well as appearing in "Saturday Kitchen" on BBC One. He was the third Grand Champion of the American competitive cooking show, "Chopped". On 18 November 1971, Jun Tanaka was born in New York City, US, to a chemical engineer and a housewife. When he was seven in 1978, his family moved from New York City to England. In 1989, his parents returned to Japan while Tanaka and his older brother, an orthopaedic surgeon, continued living