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Friday, September 12, 2008, 09:14
Bethan Donnovan, 26, from Dawlish, and team-mates Cherif and Lucy Elzik from Exeter, cooked up an Egyptian-style storm in a BBC2 programme Step Up to The Plate.
The programme, on BBC2 at 4.30pm today, sees the South Devon food lovers test their culinary skills to the limit as they compete against celebrity chefs Aldo Zilli and Richard Phillips.
Hosted by flamboyant Strictly Come Dancing presenter Anton Du Beke, the show pits home-cooking against professional chefs.
While Mr Du Beke helps keep the peace in the kitchen, Loyd Grossman judges the two meals and announces a winner at the end of the show.
Bethan, who works for the Environment Agency, is staying tight-lipped over the results: "I can't tell you who wins, but it was a great day filming and we had a lot of fun," she said.
The team had to come up with a menu plan and practice cooking it before the show was filmed in London a few weeks ago. The chefs are provided with the same ingredients but don't know what they are cooking until the show begins.
Bethan said: "We went for something Egyptian because Lucy's father is from Egypt. We tried out the menu on a few of our friends and thankfully it went much better on the day."
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