First Dates is looking for background diners – and you might get a cheap meal out of it

Want to be on the telly but not ready to be the star of the show? Listen up
Sign up: fans can join the First Dates restaurant as a background diner
Channel 4
Ben Travis22 February 2017

Channel 4’s First Dates has become a firm favourite in recent years for its heart-warming (and occasionally heart-breaking) encounters.

But if you’ve always wanted to get a closer look at the action without being featured fully in an episode, your time is here.

The show is currently looking for ‘background’ diners to join the new series.

That means those chosen will get to dine at the Paternoster Chop House by St Paul’s without having to go through the awkwardness of a filmed date.

Even if you’re already in a relationship you can go for dinner as a couple – and you’ll get money off your bill too.

“Channel 4’s First Dates is returning and looking for couples and singles to come on as background daters in the First Dates restaurant,” the advert reads.

“You won’t be the main feature but you may appear in an episode and where the magic happens!

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“To help you with the cost of the meal, we provide each of our daters with £25.”

Applicants have to be 18 or older, but if you fancy taking a chance of joining the show, send an email to: backgrounddaters@twentytwenty.tv

After all, finding true love is almost as difficult as finding a reasonably priced meal in the middle of London.

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