The BEST episodes of Come Dine with Me season 2009

#1 - Swansea, Nick Madge

Season 2009 - Episode 60 - Aired 8/26/2009

It's the third day of the competition from Swansea and club DJ Nick Madge is feeling nervous about satisfying his demanding guests.

#2 - Leicester, Ria Thomas

Season 2009 - Episode 70 - Aired 9/9/2009

#3 - Leicester, Russell Dunmore

Season 2009 - Episode 71 - Aired 9/10/2009

#4 - Leicester, Liam Reid

Season 2009 - Episode 69 - Aired 9/8/2009

#5 - All in One: Luton

Season 2009 - Episode 35 - Aired 5/10/2009

The Luton set battle it out for the culinary prize. Luigi Muscella, Noorani Williamson, Martin Palmer, Alison Balfour-Lynn

#6 - All in One: Wolverhampton

Season 2009 - Episode 33 - Aired 5/3/2009

In this episode, four super-competitive cooks from Wolverhampton take turns to host their idea of the perfect dinner party But there are times when confidence can be misread as arrogance, and some of the tactics used in this week's competition prove hard to swallow, especially when beautician Farida Kalifa is insulted on night one by Mike Brett, who in turn is gunning for cocky salesman, Lee Pritchett. Meanwhile, Lee rapidly decides that Daddy's girl, Natalie Middleton, can be swept away in the competition. There are desserts thrown, insults hurled and points lost in the grim battle to win the title and the prize.

#7 - All in One: Blackpool

Season 2009 - Episode 34 - Aired 5/5/2009

In Blackpool four strangers take it in turns to throw their idea of the perfect dinner party. There's a colourful cast and when one guest brings out their own chilli sauce, sparks fly.

#8 - All in One: Southampton

Season 2009 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/15/2009

In this episode of Come Dine With Me, it's women only as four females from Southampton take it in turns to throw their idea of the perfect dinner party There's a chill in the air when the four ladies come face to face and find there isn't a man in sight. And the first host, Amy Lovett, nearly chokes her guests...

#9 - All in One: Swindon

Season 2009 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/1/2009

Four Swindon Cooks Compete For the £1000 This Week. Self-proclaimed psychic, Annette, claims to speak with angels. Will her cooking be fit for the gods? Food snob, Mark, is a chauvinist and proud of it. Can he win points from three opinionated ladies? Sarah Louise is going for a Greek themed meal but with tempers high it could end in tragedy? Fruity Imelda likes the finer things in life, like tinned milk and curries that blow your head off

#10 - Northampton, Alex Soulsby

Season 2009 - Episode 77 - Aired 9/18/2009

The final host in Northampton is artist Alex Soulsby, who spent years living in Thailand and is cooking an ambitious five-dish Thai menu while hoping to sweep guest Kirsty off her feet.

#11 - Northampton, Angela Parker

Season 2009 - Episode 76 - Aired 9/17/2009

Scottish arts and crafts lover Angela Parker hopes her extra hand-made touches will win her the £1,000, which is just as well, as Jenna and Kirsty aren't looking forward to her haggis dish.

#12 - Northampton, Jenna Smith

Season 2009 - Episode 75 - Aired 9/16/2009

Cocktail lover Jenna Smith hopes to wow her guests with an unusual menu that features pigeon. But she's committed a classic dinner party error: attempting a dish she’s never made before.

#13 - All in One: Teesside

Season 2009 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/5/2009

Four competitive cooks from Teeside take it in turns to host their idea of the perfect dinner party. Flash local DJ Wayne Allen uses his showbiz entertaining skills to impress his guests.

#14 - All in One: Huddersfield

Season 2009 - Episode 29 - Aired 3/29/2009

Four competitive cooks from Huddersfield take it in turns to host their idea of the perfect dinner party over four nights, but it's not long before tension surfaces.

#15 - All in One: West Yorkshire

Season 2009 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/8/2009

Four amateur cooks from West Yorkshire compete to host the best dinner party. Interior designer Ben Huckerby, the 'Elton John of Leeds', is first up with a banquet in a posh country castle, but it's not long before tension between the guests is evident.

#16 - Ipswich, Barry Davis

Season 2009 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/27/2009

#17 - South London, Lisa Connell

Season 2009 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/3/2009

Legal eagle, Lisa, is the second host to try her luck in Come Dine With Me - South London but the hour she serves dinner at is criminal Clean freak Lisa's day takes a turn for the worse when her Parmesan crisps drip onto her pristine oven. Cheese melts - who'd have thought it? Her cooker calamities get worse still when the whole thing packs up leaving her lamb shanks on the wrong side of bloody.

#18 - South London, Mathew Baker

Season 2009 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/6/2009

Matthew is planning to dazzle his Come Dine With Me - South London dinner guests with his Jamie Oliver-style skills, but would Jamie serve his guests packet pasta? Matthew has been a complete food snob all week, turning his epicurean nose up at Judi's schnapps (mass produced), Moni's dahl (too runny) and Lisa's lamb (we'll give him that one). Matthew doesn't blame the other hosts; after all, he's been cooking dinner parties for his dinner party group from the age of 16.

#19 - South London, Moni Barhji

Season 2009 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/5/2009

Self-proclaimed wine expert, Moni, brought her refined palate to Come Dine With Me - South London. She loves fine wines. As long as they're Chateauneuf-du-Pape Moni is an office manager who loves managing offices. She's also a vegetarian but that doesn’t mean she's boring. People might think she is boring, but she's not boring. Got that? She's not boring.

#20 - Sunderland, Roy Ledger

Season 2009 - Episode 25 - Aired 2/20/2009

The Concluding Dinner of the week and host Roy Ledger is preparing a full festive dinner in the height of summer.

#21 - Sunderland, Anthony Merton-Smith

Season 2009 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/19/2009

Barrister, Anthony Merton-Smith serves a fine dining menu including Game.

#22 - Sunderland, Ashley Hughes

Season 2009 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/18/2009

Football fanatic Ashley, Cooks A Classic Menu including salmon mousse and stilton crushed steak.

#23 - Sunderland, Bernice Saltzer

Season 2009 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/17/2009

PR Boss Bernice Saltzer is hoping her wealth of cooking experience and two desert meal will win her the prize.

#24 - Sunderland, Tony Griffiths

Season 2009 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/16/2009

Night Club owner Tony serves Lobster to his guests.

#25 - All in One: Croydon

Season 2009 - Episode 37 - Aired 5/24/2009

Four cooks from Croyden do battle for the £1000 prize. Christian Viola, Lulu Williams, Theo Liasi, Angelique Woolston