SECOND HELPINGS

By KRISTEN BAILEY

Subjects: Food habits, Mothers, Celebrity chefs, Fiction, Reality television programs

Description: Exactly one year after her dramatic cook-off against nemesis Tommy McCoy, Jools Campbell's endearing, down-to-earth approach to cooking and family life has won her many fans. But the world of celebrity (and the money that comes with it) soon lures her back in after the roof of her house caves in, and she finds herself signing a contract to be a judge on a cooking show for children called Little Chefs. Jools soon finds her decision challenged when she discovers her co-star and fellow judge is none other than Tommy McCoy, on a mission to save his name and reputation. The show is hugely popular, with people drawn to the 'chemistry' between Jools and McCoy who has adopted a Simon Cowell-like approach to judging (mainly involving making children cry), which begins another all too familiar round of media intrusion into Jools' life.