THE BBC has unveiled plans for a programme where people make soup in a tent.
Dubbed ‘the nation’s soupiest show’, The Great British Soup-Off gives contestants an array of vegetables and a blender then challenges them to make mind-blowing soup.
A BBC spokesman said: “Soup is all things to all men, it’s a meal and a drink at once. Everyone has their favourite soup, usually it’s tomato but sometimes it might be mushroom or onion.
“We’re expecting exciting vegetable combinations and maybe some garnish on top. There are so many creative directions with soup, for example it can be runny or thick with chunks of stuff in it.
“But one thing’s for sure – with the title of ‘Britain’s best soup maker’ at stake, emotions are sure to run high.”
The programme, which will almost certainly feature Dara O’Briain and Britain’s leading soup chef Wayne Hayes, emerged from a BBC brainstorming session entitled ‘shit people can make in a tent’ where suggestions included shoes, jacket potatoes and samurai swords.
Meanwhile Channel 4 has bought all rights to cake, meaning that anyone ‘combining eggs, milk and flour in a cake-style recipe’ is potentially open to legal action.
