The cooking show 'Das perfekte Dinner' takes place this week in Osnabrück. Five amateur cooks present their three-course menus, evaluated by fellow contestants. The original broadcast was in June 2024, with the current airing scheduled for February 16 to 20, 2026.
'Das perfekte Dinner' is a popular cooking show on Vox where amateur cooks from a city compete against each other. Each week, the dinners take place in a different region, and participants prepare a three-course menu evaluated on taste, presentation, decoration, and hosting qualities. Each host receives up to 40 points from the other four, and the weekly winner gets 3000 euros.
This week, the show is set in Osnabrück, with the original broadcast in June 2024 and a repeat airing from February 16 to 20, 2026. The candidates and their menus are as follows:
Monday, February 16: Birgit serves salsify foam soup with pickled pears, croutons, and Parmesan chip as appetizer; butter-fried Skrei loin on saffron-lemon sauce with zucchini tagliatelle and duchess potatoes as main course; flambéed orange fillets 'Acapulco' with coconut panna cotta as dessert.
Tuesday, February 17: Olli prepares pea, scallop, and bacon as appetizer; veal, potato, and Brussels sprouts as main; lavender, raspberry, and pistachio as dessert.
Wednesday, February 18: Peter offers pierogi and Nile perch on beurre blanc and herb oil as appetizer; beef cheeks with mom's potato dumplings and vegetables as main; volcano eruption as dessert.
Thursday, February 19: Nici presents 'The Best from the Garden' with beetroot, honey, goat cheese, arugula, and walnuts as appetizer; 'A Poem for Gourmets' with beef fillet, herb oyster mushrooms, celeriac, herb crêpe, and parsley puree as main; 'A Tropical Pleasure' with nougat, coconut, pineapple, passion fruit, and mango as dessert.
Friday, February 20: Leon cooks wild herb salad with duck breast strips as appetizer; beef cheeks with semolina dumplings and carrot slices as main; wheat beer tiramisu as dessert.
The show airs Monday to Friday from 7 to 8:15 PM on Vox and is streamable on RTL+. Recipes are available in the Vox archive and on chefkoch.de. The narration is by speaker Daniel Werner.
