MasterChef host Greg Wallace has revealed that the judges and rest of the crew tuck into the contestants' culinary offerings as soon as the cameras finish rolling.
In today's Sun, the presenter reveals how the spoils are divided up between the programme-makers, with special consideration given to people's different salaries.
Meanwhile, here are toonight's television choices:
MasterChef - 9pm, BBC1
Two years ago, the Australian MasterChef Final became the third most-watched programme in that country's history. Although it hasn't claimed quite such a grip on our nation's affections, MC has certainly become a backbone of the schedule in its relatively short revamped life. Following flirtations with professionals, juniors and celebs, it returns to its original format as amateurs compete to follow last year's daring culinary visionary Tim Anderson to the title. In a new twist, contestants must start with an invention.
Horizon: Playing God - 9.30pm, BBC2
Spiders' web DNA + goat = goats' milk capable of building human ligaments. This may sound like something starring Jeff Goldblum, but it's the daily work of the brain box biologists tasked with enhancing human life through solving scientific jigsaw puzzles. Ethically unsettling, and mind-boggling to boot.