Kitchen Criminals — Season 1, Episode 11: Angela's Boot Camp: Episode 1

Episode synopsis

Today's fish-themed boot camp sees some progress in the kitchen, but also some disastrous setbacks. Things won't be going swimmingly for one contestant - will 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 today? 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?

About Kitchen Criminals

Kitchen Criminals is a BBC television series in which top chefs John Burton Race and Angela Hartnett are given the task of travelling the length and breadth of the UK, looking for Britain's worst cooks. After selecting the 20 worst, the amateur cooks must undertake a series of cookery challenges until only one contestant from each team is left. The 2 remaining contestants must then cook a meal for 3 top food critics.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Auditions: Episode 1
• E2The Auditions: Episode 2
• E3The Auditions: Episode 3
• E4The Auditions: Episode 4
• E5The Auditions: Episode 5
• E6John's Boot Camp: Episode 1
• E7John's Boot Camp: Episode 2
• E8John's Boot Camp: Episode 3
• E9John's Boot Camp: Episode 4
• E10John's Boot Camp: Episode 5
• E12Angela's Boot Camp: Episode 2
• E13Angela's Boot Camp: Episode 3