Snackmasters

Snackmasters is a BAFTA-nominated^[2] British television programme, presented by Fred Sirieix and Jayde Adams, and produced by Optomen Television^[1] and Channel 4.^[2] The programme was broadcast on Channel 4 and streams on All 4.

Snackmasters
Presented by	Fred Sirieix Jayde Adams
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producer	Sarah Eglin[1]
Production company	Optomen Television
Original release
Network	Channel 4
Release	1 October 2019 (2019-10-01) – 27 April 2021 (2021-04-27)

The programme sees two professional chefs compete to recreate a brand-name snack or fast food item. The chefs present their replica snack to a panel of judges composed of workers involved with the manufacture of the snack, and the chef who is decided to have most faithfully recreated the snack wins the competition.^[3] During each episode, presenter Jayde Adams visits the factory that manufactures each snack, comparing how accurately the chefs are recreating the process.^[4]

Snackmasters was nominated for a BAFTA award in the Best Feature category at the 2020 British Academy Television Awards.^[2]

An Australian adaptation of the show was first broadcast in November 2021 on the Nine Network.^[5] A New Zealand adaptation premiered on TVNZ 2 in April 2022.

Episodes

Series 1^[6]

Episode	Chefs	Winner	Date aired
Episode 1: Kit Kat	Daniel Clifford and Vivek Singh	Vivek Singh	1 October 2019
Episode 2: Monster Munch	Tristan Welch and Matt Worswick	Matt Worswick	8 October 2019
Episode 3: Burger King Whopper	Lisa Goodwin-Allen and Claude Bosi	Lisa Goodwin-Allen	15 October 2019

Series 2^[7]

Episode	Chefs	Winner	Date aired[8]
Episode 1: Quavers	Anna Haugh and Aktar Islam	Anna Haugh	10 December 2020
Episode 2: Domino's pepperoni pizza	Jason Atherton and Francesco Mazzei	Francesco Mazzei	17 December 2020
Episode 3: Quality Street ("Festive Special")	Paul A. Young and Sarah Mountain	Sarah Mountain	23 December 2020

Series 3^[9]

Episode	Chefs	Winner	Date aired
Episode 1: KFC Zinger burger, Original Recipe Chicken and Supercharger Mayo	Tom Aikens and Alex Bond	Tom Aikens	6 April 2021[10]
Episode 2: Wagon Wheels	Tristan Welch and Cyrus Todiwala	Cyrus Todiwala	13 April 2021[11]
Episode 3: Shreddies	Daniel Clifford and Claude Bosi	Daniel Clifford (by default)	20 April 2021[11]
Episode 4: Snickers	Tom Brown and Sabrina Gidda	Tom Brown	27 April 2021[12]

International versions

Belgium

Main article: Snackmasters (Belgian TV series)

Since September 2020, VTM has aired three belgian seasons of Snack Masters and one Christmas special.

Australia

Main article: Snackmasters (Australian TV series)

In September 2021, it was announced that Australia’s Nine Network had commissioned a local version of the series set to air in the fourth quarter of 2021, to be hosted by Scott Pickett and Poh Ling Yeow, with Yvie Jones as a co-presenter.^[13][14][15] The series premiered on 29 November 2021.^[16][5] A second season started airing from 4 December 2022, with the show shifting to a new knockout competition format.^[17]

New Zealand

Main article: Snack Masters (New Zealand TV series)

A New Zealand-produced version, Snack Masters, premiered on TVNZ 2 on 20 April 2022, produced by South Pacific Pictures.^[18]

France

A French-produced version of Snackmasters will premier on M6 on 27 June 2023. The first episode will be about McDonald's' Big Mac.