Monday 27 August It was Angela Hartnett's turn to whip her kitchen criminals into shape at boot camp and, drawing on her Italian roots, she began with a lesson in making pasta. But who was saying 'arrivederci' at the end of the show? The successful doctor who offended Angela when he turned up with a ready meal at the Birmingham auditions, the drag queen from Northern Ireland whose attempt at spaghetti bolognese made Angela gasp, or the career woman from Nottingham who turned up at the Birmingham auditions with an inedible cheese soufflé?
Tuesday 28 August The remaining contestants got a masterclass in cooking lamb, French and Italian-style. But who was the black sheep of the show? The air traffic controller at ease directing planes but a mess in the kitchen; the Essex career woman who horrified John and Angela at the London auditions with her steak pie, mayonnaise and ketchup sandwich; or the pensioner who, at 73, is trying for the first time in his life to learn to cook?
Wednesday 29 August The fish-themed boot camp saw some progress in the kitchen, but also some disastrous setbacks. Things didn't go swimmingly for one contestant - would the lap dancer who'd never touched, let alone eaten, fish until she came to the Manchester auditions, the career woman who turned up with a soggy victoria sponge, or the army careers adviser whose cremated sausage and lentil dish left the chefs retching be going home?
Thursday 30 August One of the kitchen criminals was showing signs of redemption and another who failed miserably on Wednesday appeared to be back on track. But Angela had to lose one of her team - the student who dismayed the chefs with a pool of milky liquid and noodles claiming to be macaroni cheese, the feisty Essex lady who refuses to be broken and the Northern Irish charmer who lives off pre-packaged salads were in the running for a return to the cookery cooler.
Friday 31 August And then there were five... On the final day of her boot camp, Angela sets her team members the challenge of cooking a three-course meal for their own friends and family to judge in a blind tasting that will decide who makes it through to the final stages of the competition.
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