‘We’re not there to humiliate or to sneer. Channel 4 insisted everyone had to be a decent cook – the threshold was that contestants had to know what coriander was’ It all started in the early 00s when I tried to throw a dinner party. I was an executive producer during the early days of reality ...
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/oct/19/sushi-naked-chest-how-we-made-come-dine-with-me)