Trailers for the programme on the BBC spoofed the food adverts of Marks & Spencer, which featured the voice of Dervla Kirwan.Īn official magazine was launched in August 2005. In 2005, the duo featured in commercials for Betfair, the Channel 4's official sponsor, during The Ashes cricket series, being shown as two part advertisements at the beginning and end of each break. Ben and the original Small were played by Steve Marsh and Dan Wright, respectively. īen/Jen are both full sized adult/s, but Small is only a few inches tall and flies around on a wooden spoon. CBeebies aired repeats on the channel until 2012. The programme is set in the kitchen of a café, with two chef characters Big Cook Ben/Jen and Little Cook Small. Big Cook, Little Cook is a British children's television series created by Adrian Hedley for BBC television.