Editing Ready Steady Cook (section)

===Variations on the format===
* Classic Bag – The original format where the contestant brought in a bag of ingredients costing up to £5.
* Budget Bag – Similar to the 'Classic Bag' but the ingredients could only cost up to £3.50.
* Bistro Bag – Ingredients worth £7.50.
* Gourmet Bag – Worth £10.
* Doubling Up Bag – Both contestants bring in the same ingredients. The host used a coin or die with a Green Pepper and Red Tomato on to decide which chef would decide what to do with the ingredients first. The other chef must do something different.
* Forfeit Bag – The chefs had to choose a card at random with a forfeit which prohibited their use of a certain store cupboard ingredient such as No Fresh Herbs, No Spices, No Citrus or No Wine.
* Gamble Bag – The chefs were presented with three mystery ingredients and are given the opportunity to swap one of their ingredients with one of these mystery ingredients. They do not have to swap but if they do, they cannot change their minds once the new ingredient is revealed.
* Lucky Dip – The Chefs were presented with a bag of ten items from which they had to pick five at random. After 10 minutes had passed, they then chose a sixth ingredient, which depending on what the chef has started cooking, can help or hinder them.