Have your dinner cooked by Coronation Street stars

How do you fancy Malayan chicken, with maybe a chocolate fondant for dessert, lovingly prepared by your chefs Samia Smith (Maria), Tupele Dorgu (Kelly), Sue Cleaver (Eileen), Michael Le Vell (Kevin) and Anthony Cotton (Sean)?

It's a mouth-watering prospect indeed, but you could be doing just that if you buy tickets for a special celebrity cook-off in Manchester next month (26 April). The event will be hosted by Angus Deayton, and the Coronation Street team will compete against another (as yet unnamed) celebrity team. It's all in a good cause, too, as proceeds go to the New Children's Hospital appeal. For more information call 0161 276 4522.

Meanwhile, Corrieblog reader Darren has unearthed a brilliant "Coronation Street Cookbook" in the back of his mum's cupboard, so we'll be bringing you recipes for some nutritious lard-based dishes of the 1960s very soon.

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