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Gregg Wallace and Chris Bavin take on 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. With children who are very particular about what they like and a mum and stepmum who work shifts, this week’s family get pushed to breaking point with their Eat Well for Less? challenge.
Recently married couple Jen, an A&E nurse, and Bec, a supervisor and stepmum to Jen’s three children, live in the Welsh town of Bridgend. They love their food and Jen used to love cooking, but family meal times have become a struggle, with none of the children eating the same thing. With ever-changing shift patterns and a lack of time, Jen and Bec opt for ready meals and other convenience foods. Lack of planning and impulse shopping means food is being wasted and their health and finances are being impacted. If they want to fulfil their dream of buying a new home, they need to change their impulse-buying ways.
Away from the family, Chris heads to Fareshare, a charity that helps to combat waste by receiving surplus food donations that would otherwise end up in landfill.
This week Gregg and Chris are tackling the biggest spenders ever seen on Eat Well For Less? The Gambling family believe that the more they spend, the better things will taste. Douglas and Angella are self-confessed foodies whose kitchen is stuffed with what they consider top-quality products. However, with a five-year-old and a three-year-old, cooking has taken a back seat and they are increasingly relying on takeaways, sometimes from different restaurants in one evening. They also get a weekly delivery box of pre-measured ingredients that often don’t get used. Not only that, they regularly enjoy eating out and dad loves his coffee shop coffees and pastries. With a total average weekly spend of £430, it’s the most expensive Gregg and Chris have ever seen.
Gregg Wallace and Chris Bavin are in Belfast, where they meet Steve Carter, who ever since his wife's death nine years ago has been bringing up his four children alone. But the family are stuck in a food rut, eating ready meals, filling up on snacks and buying expensive protein drinks. Can the experts help Steve provide healthier meals for himself and his kids?
Gregg Wallace and Chris Bavin meet the Waltons in Nottinghamshire, a family with a high-sugar diet that is having a serious impact on their health and their bank balance. Couple Rita and Pete have both been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, and Gregg and Chris are stunned by this couple's serious sugar addiction when they oversee their shopping.
In Bristol, flat-sharing undergraduates Dylan, Ben, Roo and Louis seek advice from Gregg Wallace and Chris Bavin on improving their diets. Roo is a Coeliac and Ben a vegetarian, so they shop separately and rarely cook or eat together, and expensive tastes and love of brands mean that they're blowing their student loans on pricey pesto and pasta. Plus, Chris goes to Durham to see what the difference between boxed and bottled wine actually is and dietitian Priya Tew discusses plant-based diets and the potential benefits of eating less meat.
Whilst spending two years in hospital with their young daughter, the Drew's lived off takeaways and freezer food. Can Gregg and Chris help them break these unhealthy habits?
