Apply to be on the chef's table

Every week Saturday Kitchen invites two members of the public to join them at the chef's table live on the show.

For the opportunity to join James Martin and guests live on the show, please write to the Saturday Kitchen team with your name, address and telephone number to the following address:

Saturday Kitchen
PO Box 31888
SE11 4XS

Please remember to put a stamp on your letter. Applicants to appear at the chef's table will be picked initially at random and will be phoned by the programme team to check identity, suitability for the programme and their availability to appear in the studio.

If picked, the applicant and one companion will be invited to appear in the studio in Kennington, London. The chosen applicant will receive up to £50 towards travel expenses. Applicants must be available at the allocated time as arranged at the time of contact with the Saturday Kitchen production team. Applicants must be aged 18 years or older. Only people aged 18 or older will be allowed entry to the studio.

Applicants must comply with any directions given to them by the programme in regard to conformity of legal or compliance issues.

Please note that by being chosen to be at the chef's table you agree to be filmed for possible transmission. We cannot, however, guarantee that any programme will actually be transmitted.

Please note:

Your information will be sent to Cactus TV, producers of Saturday Kitchen. Cactus TV will only use the information you provide for the purposes of the programme, and will share the information only with the BBC for those purposes, and not with any third parties. The Saturday Kitchen production team at Cactus TV and the BBC will only use your contact details to contact you with regard to your submission. Your details will not be passed to anyone else. This address is provided solely for submitting information to the Saturday Kitchen team. If you have any other queries then please go to the Contact Us page.

Phoning for recipe tips

Each week, the Saturday Kitchen production team will take up to three phone calls from members of the public who wish to seek advice on food ingredients or get recipe tips from the Saturday Kitchen host and guest chefs.

If you make it through we'll also be asking you on-air whether you think our celebrity guest should get their 'food heaven' or 'food hell'. We usually receive far more calls than we can take on the programme so be aware that your call may not be put through to the studio.

Question line guidelines

1. 1.The question line is available by telephone. The number to be used will be announced on the Saturday Kitchen programme between 10.00am and 11.00am on Saturdays.
2. 2. The question line will open and close as specified above. Calls received outside the specified times may still be charged. Opening and closing times may change subject to programme transmission time changing.
3. 3. Please note that due to the anticipated volume of calls, only a proportion of questions will be able to be answered during the programme, so please be aware that your question may not be used.
4. 4. The BBC reserves the right to cancel or suspend the question line at any time.
5. 5. Each telephone call costs 10 pence per minute from a BT landline. Calls from mobiles and other networks may be higher.
6. 6. Callers must obtain permission from the bill payer before calling.
7. 7. Callers will either have their call answered by a member of the production team who will take down their comment or question, or they will be able to leave their comment on an automated system. As stated above we will not be able to respond to every call.
8. 8. The BBC, its sub-contractors, subsidiaries and/or agencies cannot accept any responsibility whatsoever for any technical failure or malfunction or any other problem with any telephone network or line, system, server, provider or otherwise which may result in any call being lost or not recorded.