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Lauren Brownlie

Three Glasgow restaurants to appear on Come Dine With Me tonight

Andy Neilson, main image

THREE Glasgow restaurants are set to appear on Come Dine With Me: The Professionals tonight. 

Six city eateries will battle it out over two episodes for the chance to win £1000 cash prizes.

On Tuesday, Saffron By Paradise, based on Great Western Road, Calabash, on Union Street, and Red Onion, on West Campbell Street, all featured on the Channel 4 show. 

Red Onion father and daughter duo John and Rosie Quigley went home £1000 richer after scoring the highest points for their three-course meal.

In tonight's episode, Bloc+, based on Bath Street, Amore d'Italia in Dennistoun, and Maki and Ramen, also based on Bath Street, will make an appearance. 

Earlier this week, Andy Neilson of Bloc+ told the Glasgow Times: "Bloc+ is obviously well known for being vegan based as well, we’ve got a 50/50 menu in here, so what I decided to do was a purely plant-based starter.

"The main course was one of my unique, wacky ideas and the dessert I chose is notorious.

"So it shows the plant-based side, the unique unusual side then the big filthy Glaswegian twist side that we are known for doing in here.

Andy

"I did that and it seemed to go down alright, the other competitors seemed to like it anyway, just need to wait to see what the final outcome is."

Last month, Magda of Amore d'Italia in Dennistoun, spoke about the stress she experienced while filming.

She said: "I was stressed, I was thinking ‘how are we going to do this’. You don’t know until the last minute, that’s what makes it more entertaining.

"There is so much preparation. You can’t make the menu too complicated. On the day of your turn to host, you film for 12 hours.

"You only have a short break to get changed before your guest arrives." 

Tune in tonight at 5pm to see how everyone gets on.

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