The Hilliards vs The Pigotts (heat three)
In heat three the Hilliard family from Essex take on the Piggot family from Oxfordshire and Birmingham.
Published: 28 July 2017
In heat three the Hilliard family from Essex take on the Piggot family from Oxfordshire and Birmingham.
The Hilliard family
“In the Hilliard family everything revolves around food.”
Jeanne (61) is mother to Katie (34) and Charlotte (29). Jeanne lives with her husband in Essex and works for a shoe company. Jeanne would describe herself as a traditional cook, her BBQs in the summer have been well known amongst their family and friends for many years.
Katie, the eldest daughter works in insurance and lives with her husband in Sussex. She has fond memories of her grandmother cooking traditional roast dinners and always having a cake stored in a Tupperware box whenever they went to see them. At 23, Katie was diagnosed with cancer. She became a vegan during her illness after researching foods that could possibly help with her condition. She experimented a lot with recipes, which is where her real passion of cooking stemmed from. Every year Katie hosts a dinner party for her family to thank them for their support during her illness.
Charlotte based in Croydon is the youngest daughter, she works in retail and is a part time sketch artist. She has a keen eye for presentation and a love for cooking different types of cuisines such Caribbean and Asian.
The Pigott family
“It’s all about pride to try and win. It would be good to demonstrate to other people that we are good cooks.”
Brothers Matt (28), Ed (25) and Sam (22) grew up in Banbury in Oxfordshire. They now live in different cities but enjoy getting together at the weekend to spend the day shopping for unusual ingredients and coming up with elaborate evening meals.
The boys are a triple threat; according to Matt, he’s "the intelligence, Ed is the looks and Sam is the wit". They have a photo sharing group, where they regularly send each other pictures of their food.
Ed, who hosts dinner for the boys at his flat in Birmingham; and Matt, who has moved to London, both work as town planners.
Youngest brother Sam has just finished his Biology degree in Manchester and is going on to do a masters - he is considered a gourmet cook among his fellow students.
