Eat Well for Less
Gregg Wallace and Chris Bavin with the assistance of dietician Lucy Jones are on a mission to help different families around Britain to save money, sort food facts from food fiction and eat better for less.
Gregg Wallace and Chris Bavin are in Windsor with single mum Holly, who has her hands full looking after her two sons, Spencer, 16, and Fletcher, 11. Caring for Spencer, who has cerebral palsy, leaves Holly little time to cook, and as a result the family have become dependant on microwavable ready meals. Whilst Spencer is happy to eat most foods, Fletcher who has recently been diagnosed with autism, is fussier.
Hayley is mum to 12-year-old Jaylen and nine-year-old twins K-Leum and Klynn. During the week this busy single mum joins forces with her friend Megan, who is mum to seven-year-old Max. To help each other out on school days, these mums are trying to work together. Megan does the school run and makes tea for when Hayley gets in from work. It should be the perfect solution, but with the children all liking different things, meal times can be a bit chaotic and Megan is struggling to keep up with everyone’s demands. At the weekends when Megan’s not around, Hayley relies on takeaways to keep everyone happy, but this is costing her a small fortune. Gregg and Chris are determined to get Hayley and Megan working together and cooking one meal in the evening that everyone will enjoy. Chris also visits a local butcher to find out why we should be eating British meat and takes to the streets to see what the public think of some lesser known, cheaper cuts.
Gregg and Chris are in Bromsgrove with the Killeens. This call for help is a bit different, as it is Karen and John’s grown-up children, Kim and Alex, who got in touch. After a tough year caring for Karen’s elderly mother and dealing with the loss of John’s brother, the couple’s diets have taken a back seat. Surviving on sweet treats, snacks, takeaways and eating out means healthy eating has gone out the window. Cooking from scratch has fallen by the wayside and convenient readymade sauces are their go-to when they do venture into the kitchen. Alex and Kim may have flown the nest, but they remain concerned for their parents’ health, and in a last bid attempt to get them to change their ways, they have called for backup. Will Gregg and Chris convince the Killeens that cooking from scratch is easier and tastier than their usual takeaways?
Gregg and Chris are in Bromley with a family who desperately want to change their ways. Busy mum Clare and daughters Rachel and Sadie all rely on dad James to cook the family meals, but not everyone is satisfied with what’s being rustled up. With the same meals on rotation and a lack of fruit and veg being consumed, the whole family are bored when it comes to mealtimes. To keep everyone happy, they often resort to eating out. With the girls growing up and Rachel soon off to university, Clare realises her girls need some kitchen skills. Can Gregg and Chris bring them together and get them all cooking in the kitchen? Chris takes on the challenge of convincing Clare to take a packed lunch to work. He wants to prove to her that not only could it save her a lot of money, but it doesn’t have to consist of limp lettuce leaves and soggy sandwiches. Chris also visits the UK's first zero waste restaurant to see if it is possible to dine out sustainably.
In Scotland, Gregg and Chris visit a young family for whom mealtimes have become hard work. With a two-year-old and a four-month-old, life is hectic for parents Aliyah and Ajaz, and a lack of time isn’t the only challenge the family face. Aliyah and Ajaz have very different tastes when it comes to food. Ajaz loves meat and uses chilli to spice up everything he eats, but Aliyah prefers milder flavours and isn’t keen on red meat, so they never eat the same meal and often end up resorting to takeaways. This is costing them more money and wasting food they already have. Aliyah and Ajaz want to reduce their red meat consumption, increase their veg and stop their reliance on takeaways. Chris visits a chilli farm in Devon to try the world’s hottest chilli, and a team of tennis players test five lemonades to see which they prefer. Gregg shows Chris some easy tricks to increase your fruit and veg consumption, and the pair make a simple but tasty vegetarian pie.
Gregg and Chris have one of their biggest challenges yet: an extremely busy family with fussy children who haven't eaten the same meal together for over three years. Family meal times have become a struggle, and Chris and Gregg hope to help.
Gregg Wallace and Chris Bavin help the Gambling family in Ealing, west London, lower their food bills. Douglas and Angella are two self-confessed 'foodies' who like to keep their kitchen stocked up with high-quality products. Now the couple have two young children, they find themselves increasingly reliant on takeaway meals and pre-measured ingredient boxes. Can Gregg and Chris get the programme's biggest ever spenders to change their food shopping habits?
Gregg and Chris are with the Carters in Belfast, an extraordinary family with a moving story, who need help with four permanently hungry children who are eating their dad out of house and home.
Gregg and Chris are going back to basics with the Drews. This couple have been through a very tough time, with food being a low priority, and combined with some very fussy eating, this family need a complete nutritional overhaul.
Gregg and Chris will be helping a household of students, whose expensive tastes and love of brands mean that they're blowing their student loan on pricey pesto and branded pasta. In Bristol, undergraduates Dylan, Ben, Roo and Louis have been flat sharing for 9 months. In their second year, they are enjoying the uni lifestyle, but are finding that even with part-time jobs their finances are stretched.
Gregg Wallace and Chris Bavin help families across the UK eat well for less. Gregg and Chris visit Blackpool to help a family who are spending too much money on takeaways.
Gregg Wallace and Chris Bavin help families to eat well for less. The Dye family spend less than average. Will their spending be increased to improve their health and nutrition?
Gregg Wallace and Chris Bavin help families to eat well for less. Can Jo and Denise start to make home-cooked meals from scratch, find healthier snacks and save some cash?
Gregg Wallace and Chris Bavin help families to eat well for less. In Newport, can Howell family sever their reliance on ready meals and takeaways to eat more nutritiously?
Gregg Wallace and Chris Bavin help families to eat well for less. In Hertfordshire, three-year-old twins are leaving two busy mums too exhausted to cook in the evenings.
Gregg and Chris travel to County Down, Northern Ireland, to help the McKinstry family, who want to save money as well as losing weight and eating more healthily.
Gregg Wallace and Chris Bavin are in Buckinghamshire with the Venter family, where fitness instructor Kim is on a mission to get her husband Martin eating healthily.
With one child who is a fussy eater and another who is dairy intolerant, mum Kate has to cook four separate meals every night. Can Gregg and Chris bring joy back to Kate’s kitchen?
Gregg and Chris have a challenge on their hands with the Rielly family from Middlesex, whose plentiful problems lead them to explore carbohydrates. Plus, Chris investigates the baffling difference in price between cheap table salt and high end sea salt to find out if it's ever worth paying more.
Gregg and Chris are faced with one of their biggest challenges yet. Can they keep the Caan family in Glasgow away from their favourite takeaways and get them cooking from scratch? Dad Ryan is addicted to food shopping and loves his fridge to be full.
Gregg and Chris travel to Nottingham hoping to help the Brook family, who are well and truly stuck in a rut. Janine is at her wits end with husband Paul and their two girls, all of whom prefer snacking on sugary treats to following a healthy diet.
Gregg Wallace and Chris Bavin head to Derby to help a family of fussy eaters who are stuck in a rut with their eating and shopping habits. Mum Sarah struggles to get her 11-year-old twins Sam and Alex to try new food, and the fussy children live on the same pre-packed ready meals each week. Can Gregg and Chris persuade the twins to change their eating habits?
This time, Gregg Wallace and Chris Bavin head to Surrey to help John and Sue Prestwich and their daughters change their eating habits to try and lower their food bills. Mum Sue is in charge of meal times, and can spend hours in the supermarket buying lots of snacks and big brand items, and often has to cook two different dinners a night to keep everyone happy.
Gregg Wallace and Chris Bavin help a single mother from Amersham, Buckinghamshire change her excessive shopping habits in an attempt to lower her food bills. Gabrielle proves to be one of the pair's biggest challenges to date, as she often goes food shopping three times a day, seven days a week, with a weekly spend that is four and a half times the national average.
Gregg and Chris have a challenge on their hands with the very busy Butler family from Wales. Teachers Neil and Angela have two daughters with very different eating habits; 17-year-old Ffion is a meat-loving athlete, whereas 16-year-old Alice is a committed vegetarian who usually ends up eating a different microwave meal from the rest of the family.
Gregg and Chris are in Chelmsford, Essex to help the Thomas family, a couple whose completely different shopping styles are causing arguments in the supermarket aisles.
Gregg and Chris are with the Taylor family in Leicestershire whose spending on food has spiraled out of control. Mum Lindsey bakes a cake every day for her family, and her baking obsession, along with a fear of the cupboards being empty and a love of brands, means that this family's food shop is over three times the national average.
Gregg and Chris have a challenge on their hands with the Haynes family in Hampshire. Their different tastes mean that they are eating different dinners, causing lots of waste and their food bills to spiral.
Chris and Gregg journey to Edinburgh to meet the Hoyland family. Dad, Derek who is coeliac hasn't eaten the same meal as his family for nearly six years, living off salads to avoid any gluten in his diet. Mum, Clair is brand obsessed, filling the trolley with frozen
Gregg and Chris head to Wandsworth, South London to meet the King family. Sheena is mum to daughter Nila and works as a dental nurse. Juggling work and a young daughter is not easy, so Sheena's go-to is pre-packed convenience food. She also has an obsession with organic produce, believing it tastes better than non-organic food. With Nila being a picky eater, Sheena ends up cooking two separate dishes every mealtime.
Gregg and Chris are in Newport with the Scott-Dent family who are addicted to freezer food. They are a busy family who hardly ever cook from scratch and are throwing away a fortune in food every week.
Gregg Wallace and Chris Bavin are in Sutton Coldfield to help the Saini family, who are seduced by supermarket offers and overindulge on snacks and sweet treats.
Gregg and Chris are in West Sussex with the Austin family, tackling the highest expenditure on food they've ever encountered. Mum, Denise, has recently had to give up work, which means the family income has reduced by a third, and yet she still raids the supermarket like she's earning her old salary.
Gregg and Chris are with the Parsons family in Hatfield, Hertfordshire with a unique challenge. Mum Clare and dad Richard both juggle work with looking after two young kids.
This week Gregg and Chris come to the aid of the Guest family from Loughborough, whose diet of beige convenience food is not only unwholesome it's also frighteningly expensive.
Gregg and Chris have their work cut out for them with the Booth family in Lancashire. Mum Jenny claims to always shop with a list and tries to be cautious, stocking up on buy-one-get-one-free deals. Dad Howerd's impulsive purchases mean that the food bill mounts up. They want to save £40 a week on food to afford a much-needed home extension.
Gregg and Chris are with a family whose weekly food shopping spend is out of control. The brand-loving Warners from Stratford-upon-Avon have a large family and an enormous food bill, but with a home renovation underway, every penny counts.
MasterChef judge Gregg Wallace and greengrocer Chris Bavin spy on Maidenhead couple the Stantons, who turn out to be spontaneous shoppers - not only do they have no list and buy a lot of pre-chopped fruit and vegetables, they also don't purchase frozen food - and it seems that everything three-year-old daughter Sophia points to goes in the trolley. Gregg and Chris set to work swapping some of their favorite brands and showing them the benefits of using their freezer. Will they save enough money to get the dream holiday they deserve?
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| Language | English |
| Release | 2015-01-29 |
| Producer | RDF Television West |