One of the TVB executives arrested yesterday had been the producer of the now defunct Beautiful Cooking show.
Former executive producer Wilson Chin Kwok-Wai (錢國偉)'s show drew heavy flak soon after it launched in 2006.
Last year, the Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority received dozens of complaints for making use of sexy women to push the program's ratings.
The popular but cheesy weekly cooking contest, telecast on TVB Jade from 2006 to 2007 and last year, featured female entertainers and models who cooked in revealing dresses for a panel of male judges.
Some of its episodes included close-ups of women's breasts.
The two seasons of the program were hosted by singer Edmond Leung Hon Man, Alex Fong Lik Sun and actor Ronald Cheng Chung Kei.
The hosts were helped by several young women in sexy tops and skirts. The women danced in the opening of the show and helped present dishes prepared by guests to the judges. The show also invited young models, some of whom came in racy outfits to cook dishes and asked passersby on the street to taste them.
Some complainants said the guests wore too-sexy clothes, and some found its content too steamy.
Others accused the show of humiliating women.
Chin was also the producer of popular game show Super Trio Supreme in 2008-2009 season, hosted by Eric Tsang, Chin Kor Lok, Wong Cho Lam and Louis Yuen.
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