BBC bosses insist they are ‘delighted’ with Big Family Cooking Showdown judges amid rumours two hosts face the AXE following disappointing ratings. Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain is leaving the BBC’s The Big Family Cooking Showdown after just one series to start her own show. "The Big Family Cooking Showdown" Is Trying Not To Be Seen As A "Bake Off" Ripoff. The show is presented by Zoë Ball and the winner of 2015’s The Great British Bake Off, Nadiya Hussain. Competitive food show celebrating the families who make ordinary food extraordinary, presented by Zoe Ball and Nadiya Hussain. THE BIG FAMILY COOKING SHOWDOWN premiered tonight, with many viewers tuning in to praise the new rival to Great British Bake Off. The Big Family Cooking Showdown, often referred to as simply Cooking Showdown or BFCS, is a BBC team cooking competition. He is a trained plumber and builder but now works as a taxi driver. This is a drawback for a couple of reasons. The Big Family Cooking Showdown's Mahmoud Ayoubi should get his own TV show DigitalSpy.com The Big Family Cooking Showdown was back tonight (September 14) with two more families hoping to impress with their home-cooking skills – and viewers were falling in love with members of both families. Zoe Ball continues to protest that The Big Family Cooking Showdown is NOT the new Bake Off. ... Zoe Ball will not present in the final of The Big Family Cooking Showdown. Mahmoud, 53, and his two daughters Mirna, 26, and Lydia, 21, live in Essex. The Big Family Cooking Showdown was back tonight (September 14) with two more families hoping to impress with their home-cooking skills – and viewers were falling in love with members of both families. Insiders say judges Rosemary Shrager and Giorgio Locatelli face the … The Big Family Cooking Showdown continues next Thursday, September 7 at 8pm on BBC Two. The Ayoubi family Who are they : Mahmoud (53) and his daughters Mirna (26) and Lydia (21) In the Ayoubi family, food is life and their earliest memories are being in the kitchen as a family. Mirna and her family featured on the fifth episode of the show, which aired on 14 September 2017. Insiders say judges Rosemary Shrager and Giorgio Locatelli face the axe from the Bake Off replacement. The Ayoubis. The Big Family Cooking Showdown will be back for series two – but not as you know it. BBC bosses plan to axe judges from The Big Family Cooking Showdown after ratings plummeted. BBC chiefs plan to overhaul The Big Family Cooking Showdown following poor ratings. The Herberts were up against the Ayoubis in tonight's episode as they cooked … Details of BBC's new take on Bake Off, The Big Family Cooking Showdown, have been revealed, after it was announced in March that then hit baking show was moving to Channel 4. If you're a fan of Great British Bake Off , you've probably already developed a similar love for the young BBC Two show Big Family Cooking Showdown. The show scraped 1.34million last week - compared to Bake Off's 6.5million ISG’s design manager, Mirna Ayoubi, has featured as a contestant in a new BBC TV cooking show, The Big Family Cooking Showdown. THERE were dramatic scenes on The Big Family Cooking Showdown this evening after judge Rosemary Shrager knocked heads with one contestant over a controversial dish. Zoe Ball drops out of new BBC cookery show in the wake of boyfriend Billy Yates’ death. Zoe Ball has asked for privacy following the death of her partner (Picture: Zoe Ball Instagram) Zoe Ball will not present in the final of The Big Family Cooking Showdown.