Cannock 'Come Dine With Me' contestant talks about her experience on the show and how she found the other contestants.
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00:00Okay, Amanda, so here we are, you're in your kitchen at your home in Cannock, and you're
00:05about to go on Come Dine With Me, aren't you, about to appear on Come Dine With Me?
00:09I am, on March the 17th, our week starts.
00:12Fantastic.
00:13So, obviously, it's already been filmed.
00:16Yeah.
00:17When was it filmed?
00:18It was filmed over 18 months ago.
00:19Was it really?
00:20Yeah, I've had a long time to wait.
00:22Yeah, yeah.
00:23And I don't suppose you can tell me you won, can you?
00:26Unfortunately, I am not allowed to disclose that.
00:29Most people will have to watch all week, five nights, to get the answer to that.
00:33And I suppose you haven't been able to tell anybody, then, in that amount of time?
00:36No.
00:37Goodness.
00:38We've had to keep it a secret between the five of us who took part.
00:40Yeah, yeah.
00:41Was it difficult to do that?
00:42Yeah.
00:43Every time I go into my butcher's, he keeps saying, tell me you won.
00:48Brilliant.
00:49And how did you get on with the others, all the other contestants?
00:51Fantastic.
00:52We're still best friends.
00:53Oh, that's nice.
00:54Yeah, we speak every day on our WhatsApp group.
00:56Oh, brilliant.
00:57And we've been to each other's houses since, and we've been to parties, birthdays.
01:02So where are they from, the others?
01:03Are they local, or different parts of the country?
01:05No, not really.
01:06One was from, well, local-ish.
01:07I mean, it's called the Birmingham episodes, but I think only one of them was actually
01:11from Birmingham, and that's Danny.
01:14And do you get to choose, obviously you get to choose what you're cooking, don't you?
01:17Yeah.
01:18Yeah, I chose what I was going to cook.
01:19So are you able to tell me what you cooked?
01:21Yes, I can tell you what I cooked.
01:22Oh, go on, then.
01:23So I did a carrot and ginger soup with a homemade gluten-free focaccia bread, and then
01:30I did a chicken and fennel curry with a tin bowl of rice, and then I did a lemon meringue
01:38pie with individual cream and edible flowers for dessert.
01:42Oh, that sounds lovely.
01:43Oh, I'm hungry now.
01:44So just remind everybody when it's on again.
01:48So it's on on the 17th of March, Monday the 17th of March, and it is on every night for
01:54five nights.
01:55And we are the last contestants, I think, of the series.
01:59Fantastic.
02:00I'm looking forward to it.