Cooking up Christmas with DStv this December

Whether feeding your family and friends is how you show love, or you just love to watch someone make something that looks beautiful and delicious, you can Choose Joy this festive season with DStv in the kitchen.

We have all your favourite chefs and cooks on hand to fill your head with thoughts of sugarplums, dustings of icing sugar and the scent of gingerbread, from Mary Berry, to Nigella, to J’Something and Alessandro Khojane, Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay.

Every night at 20:00 from Monday, 20 December, BBC Lifestyle (DStv channel 174) will be showing a new Christmas special. You’ll find more cooking extravaganzas across the channels including competitive series like Santa's Baking Blizzard on The Food Network (DStv channel 175) and Buddy vs. Duff Holiday on TLC (DStv channel 135).

And there’s so much more to see when you Choose Joy with DStv this Festive season.

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Food with friends

Gordon, Gino and Fred: Desperately Seeking Santa

Gordon, Gino and Fred are on a road trip to Lapland – ultimate winter wonderland and the official home of Father Christmas – in their light-up caravan. Gino goes ice diving in a mankini, Fred sees the Northern Lights and Gordon wants to eat a reindeer.

Watch Gordon, Gino and Fred: Desperately Seeking Santa on Saturday, 25 December on BBC Lifestyle (DStv channel 174) at 20:00

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Jamie Oliver Together: Christmas Special

Jamie celebrates the season of goodwill in this 2-episode special, with foods especially made to share. Learn how to make bramble cocktails, tear and share garlic bread, a beef bourguignon showstopper with chestnut and bacon sprinkle, celeriac mash and greens, and citrusy Christmas salad.

Watch Jamie Oliver Together: Christmas Special on Monday, 20 and Tuesday, 21 December on BBC Lifestyle (DStv channel 174) at 20:00

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Festive Get-Together Season 2

Idols SA judge, Unathi Nkayi, and chef-restaurateur Alessandro Khojane host a dazzling dinner party for their friends, including Minnie Dlamini & Melanie Bala; supercouple Kuli Chana and Lamiez Holworthy, foodie friends Maps Maponyane and J’Something. And they’ll all talk about what a crazy year it’s been.

Watch from Wednesday, 1 December on Mzansi Magic (DStv channel 161) at 21:30

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Jamie and Jimmy’s Festive Feast

Jamie Oliver and Jimmy Doherty invite 2 celebrity guests to help them to get the party started: Singer-songwriter Sam Smith and PE-teacher Joe Wicks. Jamie and Sam make haggis tacos, corn tortillas, red onion pickle, salsa and avocado. And Joe makes ricotta and prosciutto ravioli dressed in lemon butter.

Watch Jamie And Jimmy’s Festive Feast on Friday, 24 December on BBC Lifestyle (DStv channel 174) at 20:00

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A Berry Royal Christmas

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge take Mary Berry to visit 4 special charities including a “dry” bar that’s a safe gathering place for recovering alcoholics. And Mary prepares a special feast, hosted by the royals, for care workers and volunteers, with help from Nadiya Hussain.

Watch A Berry Royal Christmas on Monday, 27 December on BBC Lifestyle (DStv channel 174) at 20:00

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Competitive feasts

Santa's Baking Blizzard Season 1

Bakers pair off with master ice sculptors to create dazzling Christmas scenes in challenges presented by series host Casey Webb, with judges Jocelyn Delk Adams, Amanda Freitag and Zac Young. Check out fun snow globe cakes, creations around Mrs. Claus, Christmas tree cake displays, and a Night Before Christmas scene.

Watch from Sunday, 5 December on The Food Network (DStv channel 175) at 19:00

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The Great British Bake Off Christmas Special 2019

Briony and Terry from Bake Off 2018 series face off against Tom and Yan from Bake Off 2017. They make Christmas cake pops, a sausage roll wreath, and gingerbread showstoppers, so we see everything from a castle to a train station to a skyscraper.

Watch The Great British Bake Off New Year’s Special on Friday, 31 December on BBC Lifestyle (DStv channel 174) at 20:00

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'n Woolies Kersfees-kookstryd Met Minki

Take inspiration from chefs and foodies Nic van Wyk, Yolani Abrahams, Jacques Erasmus and Zoë Brown. They'll compete to see who can come up with the most inspired dishes over 3 rounds of cooking, and host Minki van der Westhuizen will decide who wins.

Watch 'n Woolies Kersfees-kookstryd Met Minki from Wednesday, 1 December on VIA (DStv channel 147) at 17:30

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Buddy vs. Duff Holiday Season 1

It’s Buddy and Duff in this 4-episode baking competition. Each week the 2 cake artists will choose a different theme and then they and their teams will have just 20 hours to create a masterpiece each. Judges include Gesine Prado, Elizabeth Falkner, Stephanie Boswell, and Valerie Gordon.

Watch Buddy vs. Duff Holiday Season 1 from Saturday, 18 December on TLC (DStv channel 135) at 17:05

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MasterChef Australia Season 13

Judges Jock Zonfrillo, Melissa Leong and series 4 winner Andy Allen return. This season, only 3 Immunity Pins are up for grabs, and contestants can only score one during the first Mystery Box challenge. Guests include Nigella Lawson, Yotam Ottolenghi, and Heston Blumenthal.

Watch MasterChef Australia Season 13 Mondays-Fridays from Monday, 6 December on ME (DStv channel 115) at 19:00

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Chefs’ celebrations

Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat Christmas Special

The scene is set for a lavish, snowy Christmas feast at Nigella’s house. Her menu includes food from cold countries around the world including Linzer cookies and vegan gingerbread, pink pomegranate cocktails, smoked salmon on black bread, and Norwegian pork ribs with Swedish-inspired Jansson’s temptation.

Watch Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat Christmas Special on Sunday, 19 December on BBC Lifestyle (DStv channel 174) at 20:00

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A Long Weekend With Rory O'Connell Season 1

Chef and food writer Rory O’Connell travels across Europe, visiting a different city in each episode – Palma de Mallorca, Vienna, Lisbon, Madrid, Bath, Nantes, Copenhagen and Edinburgh – to learn about the culture and the cuisine.

Watch A Long Weekend With Rory O'Connell S1 from Monday, 20 December on The Home Channel (DStv channel 176) at 18:00

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Jamie’s Easy Meals For Christmas

Host with the most or in over your head? Try Jamie Oliver’s stress less Christmas tips for cooking recipes to serve both small groups of people and big get-togethers, making edible gifts, meals to eat indoors or outdoors, and fancy food for New Year.

Watch Jamie’s Easy Meals For Christmas on Wednesday, 22 and Thursday, 23 December on BBC Lifestyle (DStv channel 174) at 20:00

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Also watch out for…

• Watch Woolies Christmas Special Season 2 from Thursday, 15 December on Mzansi Magic (DStv channel 161) at 18:00
• Watch Celebrity Mystery Box Season 2 from Wednesday, 29 December on Mzansi Magic (DStv channel 161) at 21:30

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