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Come Dine With Me contestant exposes show's secrets including 'faked' black cab ride home


Come Dine With Me has been a Channel 4 staple for years - but former contestant Benjy Potter has revealed some of the secrets of the show, including what really goes on in the black cab scenes

Showbiz journalist Benjy Potter has spilled the beans on all the behind-the-scenes secrets he discovered when he appeared on Come Dine with Me back in 2020 - including a surprising fact about the iconic black cab scenes. Come Dine with Me is one of the UK's most cherished competition TV shows, where a group of strangers battle it out to be crowned the ultimate dinner party host and bag themselves £1,000. Now, former contestant Benjy Potter has lifted the lid on all the secrets he learned about the filming process from his stint on the show in June 2020.

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