One of Channel 10's biggest shows for 2013 - Recipe to Riches - is under a cloud.
TV insiders say the cooking-based reality show has been beset by delays and is struggling to find contestants.
The reality show features home cooks battling for $200,000 in cash and the chance to get their recipe sold by a leading supermarket chain.
Ten was reportedly set to launch the big budget cooking show at the start of next year - up against rival Seven’s My Kitchen Rules.
Insiders say that plan is looking increasingly shaky.
My Kitchen Rules and Ten’s MasterChef Australia begin production at least six months before they go to air.
Ten has just over four months before a proposed Recipe to Riches launch date.
A source close to Recipe to Riches says producer FremantleMedia recently delayed production for at least six weeks.
The future of around 20 production staff is on hold.
It is understood that Ten is yet to sign a host or link up with any supermarket chain sponsor.
“You can count the number of people who have applied to be on the show on one hand,” the insider says.
Ten has labelled claims of trouble with Recipe to Riches as “nonsense” and “completely wrong”.
“Recipe to Riches will be part of Ten’s 2013 line-up,” Ten spokesperson Neil Shoebridge says.
“The production schedule has not been confirmed – which…is not unusual at this stage in a new show’s development.
“We are very happy with the number of people who want to appear on Recipe to Riches.
“The chatter that production has been ‘delayed’ by six weeks is absolute rubbish.
“Where we are in terms of hiring a host and signing sponsors is confidential.”
Ten can’t afford to delay Recipe to Riches. Any hold-up would force a clash with their other cooking shows MasterChef Australia and MasterChef: The Professionals.
“They (Ten) wanted to kick-start the ratings year with Recipe to Riches,” the insider says.
The Recipe to Riches website is still calling for contestants.
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