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Country of origin Canada No. of seasons 12 First episode date 1975 Number of episodes 478 Language English | 5.1/10 TV Original language(s) English No. of episodes 478 Number of seasons 12 Genre Cooking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Created by Derek Smith and Kent Anthony Developed by Derek Smith and Keith Large Networks Global Television Network, CBC Television Similar University of the Air, Headline Hunters, The Bob Crane Show, The Beachcombers, The Leslie Uggams Show | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Intro 1 celebrity cooks with bruno gerussi
Celebrity Cooks was a Canadian cooking show independently produced by Initiative Productions and aired on CBC Television from 1975 to 1979 and on Global from 1980 to 1987. It was syndicated throughout Canada and the United States from 1980 to 1987. In the early 1990s it continued in syndication in Canada. CKVR Barrie ran episodes in the 1990s that were also available in Toronto and surrounding areas for at least one season.
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- Intro 1 celebrity cooks with bruno gerussi
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- Key people
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Bruno Gerussi hosted 478 episodes in total. He introduced celebrities, saw guests perform and chatted with them while preparing dishes for the audience.
The show began a successful run with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and then moved to Global Television in 1980. In addition to the daytime programming, Global Television also developed 26 prime time episodes. The show continued to air in Canada with Global and on a few CBS owned-and-operated stations in the US until 1987. At that point Initiative Productions and partners had produced 478 episodes, 26 of those especially for prime time.
Among the guests who appeared on the show was a pre-stardom David Letterman. Other guests included Margaret Trudeau (aired 3 February 1978), Jean Beliveau, Barry Morse and Elayne Boosler.
An episode featuring guest Bob Crane was recorded on January 28, 1978. Crane was murdered on June 29, making this his last TV appearance. The episode was scheduled to air in the U.S. in July 1978, however given the circumstances it did not air at all in the U.S.. The episode did air several times in Canada, beginning in February 1978. Crane was joking about the subject of death during the episode's taping, besides discussing Hogan's Heroes, the television series in which he starred. The taping of Crane's episode was recreated in the 2002 film, Auto Focus, in which actor John Kapelos portrayed Gerussi.
Hermione Gingold was the guest for the program's first broadcast on 15 September 1975.
Derek Smith, the creator of Celebrity Cooks, and now the executive producer with Upside Right Media Inc, is working to bring back the show in a new version with a new host. The host for the new version of the show is actress and improv specialist Ellie Harvie in much the same format as the original show.
The show also led to the creation of Celebrity Cooks cook books: