Two home cooks compete to impress four of the country's toughest and most feared food critics. Their aim is to convince this panel of culinary judges that home cooking can knock the spots of sophisticated restaurant food. The series will play out as a regional competition which will run five days a week for a month, culminating in a national final. Eating with the Enemy's presenter, top TV chef James Martin, will mentor and monitor the amateur cooks both at the cook-offs and at their homes, before they take their dishes on a journey from their own kitchens to a hot house professional kitchen. Two Lancashire home cooks who decide to cook local pork get a basting in the critics' chamber. But can Esther pull it back with a booze infused pudding to mellow the gang of four, or will Andy's crème brulee set the Enemy alight? It's neck and neck as the jury decides on a verdict.