A second series of the ratings hit Dinner Date format is currently being produced by Seapoint, for ZDF in Germany. Compliant with the recently agreed COVID-19 health and safety standards between the Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS), the Employer’s Liability Insurance Association (BG ETEM) and the German Film and TV Producer’s Association (Produzentenallianz), film and TV production has resumed in Germany.
This new season will bring the total number of episodes commissioned in Germany to 60.
New format deals for Dinner Date have also been signed in South Africa, Australia, Finland and France and the finished programme has sold widely around the world, including SBS Australia, Roku North America, Discovery Benelux, BBC Lifestyle in Poland and Africa, TVNZ New Zealand and Sky Italia Italy, across all media platforms.
Sarah Tong, Director of Sales at Hat Trick International, commented, “Our hard-working entertainment format Dinner Date continues to appeal to audiences around the world, combining cookery and dating, both of which have seen a huge rise in popularity during lockdown.”
Dinner Date has something for everyone. In each episode someone is given the chance to find true love over three meals, each cooked by a blind date in their own home. We all have an opinion about what makes a good meal and we've all played matchmaker at some time or another, in this show you get to do both. This is a very simple and highly returnable series that can run as long as there are single people who are hungry!
In each episode a participant will choose three menus from five, put together by five mystery hosts. They then go on the three dates with the "chefs", who cook them a meal in their own homes. After the dates, all three chefs prepare for a night out at a swanky restaurant, but the participant can only choose one to go with – leaving the other two to have a night in alone with a ready-meal.
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