Series synopsis
Snackmasters is a British documentary reality television series that premiered on Channel 4 on October 1, 2019. It ended on April 27, 2021. It stars Fred Sirieix.
Fred Sirieix sets an extraordinary challenge for top chefs - to try to work out the secret techniques and recipes behind some of Britain's best-loved snacks, before creating their own replica.
Premise
Fred Sirieix sets an extraordinary challenge for top chefs - to try to work out the secret techniques and recipes behind some of Britain's best-loved snacks, before creating their own replica.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Fred Sirieix as Host
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 10 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 3 | October 1, 2019 | October 15, 2019 |
| Season 2 | 3 | December 10, 2020 | December 23, 2020 |
| Season 3 | 4 | April 6, 2021 | April 27, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
KitKat In a cook off at the KitKat factory, two top chefs compete to make the perfect replica of the chocolate-covered wafer bar, before being judged by the workers and bosses behind the real thing. |
October 1, 2019 |
| 2 |
Monster Munch Two top chefs compete to replicate a packet of pickled onion flavour Monster Munch. After spending weeks on their recipes, the rivals compete in a cook-off, judged by experts. |
October 8, 2019 |
| 3 |
The Whopper Fred Sirieix challenges two Michelin-starred chefs to recreate Burger King's Whopper and fries. They also compete to deliver their burgers as quickly as possible. |
October 15, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Quavers Fred Sirieix challenges top chefs to replicate popular snacks. This time, it's the lunchbox legend cheese Quavers. Are the delicate texture and cheesy taste just too hard to copy? |
December 10, 2020 |
| 2 |
Domino's Fred Sirieix challenges chefs Jason Atherton and Francesco Mazzei to make a perfect replica of Domino's pepperoni passion pizza, in a contest that soon turns into England vs Italy. |
December 17, 2020 |
| 3 |
Quality Street Festive Special Fred Sirieix challenges two leading chefs to replicate Quality Street's three most popular sweets - the purple one, a strawberry delight, and a green triangle. |
December 23, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
KFC Two top chefs have just seven days to make culinary history as they try to replicate the secret recipes for two mighty KFC staples - the Zinger Burger and KFC's legendary original chicken |
April 6, 2021 |
| 2 |
Wagon Wheel Two top chefs have just seven days to replicate one of Britain's favourite chocolate snacks. Can they make a chocolate mallow biscuit that's anything like the real thing? |
April 13, 2021 |
| 3 |
Shreddies Michelin-star chefs Daniel Clifford and Claude Bosi attempt to make Shreddies from scratch. They must figure out how to create the popular cereal's famous lattice pattern and layered structure. |
April 20, 2021 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Channel 4 |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 1, 2019 |
| Last aired | April 27, 2021 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Status | ended |