Cook Yourself Thin, Tuesday 7 August 8.30pm, Channel 4
Posted by Helen Jennings
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After you’ve watched Jamie Oliver talk about his bootiful garden in his show Jamie at Home on C4 tonight, stay tuned for another new food series Cook Yourself Thin. 
In this provocatively-titled programme, four female foodies, or “cool cooks” as the blurb has it, take a slightly overweight woman and teach her how to make slimline versions of popular stodgy dishes, thereby helping the calorie-counter to "shift the bulge and still indulge".
Our fresh-faced Fanny Craddocks - Harry Eastwood (qualified butcher and star of the show), Gizzie Erskine (likes it spicy), Sal Henley (comfort food fan) and Sophie Michell (Ioves an Italian) - cook up low fat burgers and fun-free curries while claiming that they “regularly have their cake, eat it and still look gorgeous”. Lucky them.
In tonight’s episode we meet Annie from London. She’s – gasp – a size 16 and loves roast dinners. So the fab four whip up a healthy version, which involves cutting out the Yorkshire puddings, swapping beef for chicken and replacing the roast spuds with new potatoes i.e. making a totally different meal. After trying their recipes for six weeks, Annie has managed to eat herself down two dress sizes. It’s a miracle!
So can they really “double the taste while halving the calories”? And have they truly invented the holy grail of slimming? Or are they just four foxy chefs who wanted to get on TV? Either way, take it all with a pinch of low-sodium salt and enjoy.
HOW DO YOU GET THE RECIPES FROM COOK YOURSELF THIN? I'VE TRIED ALL POSS WEBSITES WITH NO LUCK.
Posted by: Lyn | 16 June 2008 at 18:23
have searched this site but can@t find recipes from Cook YOurself Thin as advertised on programme. What am I doing wrong? I especially want the ones with celeriac as I think they could be very useful. Thank you
Posted by: susan | 20 January 2008 at 11:48
THIS PROGRAMME WAS THE BEST I HAVE SEEN FOR A LONG TIME THE COMPARRISON OF FAMOUS CHEFS RECIPES WAS UNBELIEVABLE
Posted by: BRENDA CUMMINGS | 16 January 2008 at 17:36
i enjoyed the show and would like to get the recips
thank you dawn
Posted by: dawn taylor | 16 January 2008 at 08:38
Recipes available at:
www.channel4.com/cookyourselfthin
Posted by: Pablo | 10 October 2007 at 18:03
How old are the cook yourself thin presenters?
Posted by: rebecca | 11 September 2007 at 20:54
Hey Lynne, it's narrated by Ashley Jensen. Her out of Extras.
Posted by: Will | 05 September 2007 at 17:26
who narrates the show ?
Posted by: lynne goodwin | 28 August 2007 at 21:29
How do I get the recopes from the cook yourself show? I watched the programme about the lady who wanted to grt from a size 16 but the recipes were from the previous week.
Posted by: joan smith | 28 August 2007 at 20:18
Recipe for Lemon Cake shown on Cook Yourself Thin, 21 August 2007. My husband is diabetic and this would be suitable for him.
Thank you.
Anne.
Posted by: Anne | 22 August 2007 at 16:54
hi how do i get the recips off show?
Posted by: karen turner | 14 August 2007 at 21:22
snarky miss jennings snarky
Posted by: catondo in the grotto at tapestry | 14 August 2007 at 16:22