Great British Menu 2019

This year’s Great British Menu 2019 comes to an all singing, all dancing climax with a star-studded banquet celebrating Britain’s success in pop music at Abbey Road Studios. Ahead of our chefs is the challenge of cooking in a kitchen they don’t know, as well as having to scale up their dishes to provide the highest calibre of dining for a full banquet room of diners. And, in a Great British Menu first, they have to rise to the challenge of adapting their dishes for vegetarian diners.     Their guests are celebrities and unsung heroes who have helped create […]

Great British Menu episode 28 2019: Some of the country’s finest chefs compete over the final place cooking at a banquet celebrating the brilliance of British popular music, held at Abbey Road studios. Each rival needs to cook a dessert to impress a panel of expert judges, along with guest judge Peter Hook – Joy Division and New Order bassist, and pioneer of Britain’s Madchester scene.     With only one place left on the banquet menu, the chefs know this is their last chance to earn the honour of cooking at Abbey Road, so pull out all the stops

It is the national finals of the Great British Menu episode 27 2019 and the eight regional champions compete to get their main courses onto the final menu of the banquet at Abbey Road Studios. They are cooking for the judges food critic Mathew Fort, cook and broadcaster Andi Oliver and restaurateur Oliver Peyton, as well as guest judge, former Wham! star Andrew Ridgeley.     As ever, the judges are looking for dishes laced with star quality and a good sprinkling of rock and roll wow factor worth of a banquet full of the music industry’s finest. The main

Great British Menu episode 26 2019: some of the finest chefs in the UK compete to cook a fish course worthy of serving at a banquet celebrating the brilliance of British popular music, held at Abbey Road Studios. Along with the show’s panel of expert judges, the rivals need to impress guest judge Kanya King – a key player in Britain’s music industry, and the founder of the MOBO awards.     Great British Menu episode 26 2019   As ever, the judges are expecting fish courses with both stunning flavour, and a theatrical wow factor worthy of the legendary

It is national finals week in Great British Menu episode 25 2019, where the winning chefs from the regional heats compete for the honour of cooking at a banquet celebrating the brilliance of British popular music, held at Abbey Road Studios. Each episode sees the eight rivals cook a different course – and with this being the last chance they have to impress the expert judges and a raft of guest judges from the British music industry, the pressure is on.     In the first episode, the eight chefs battle to get their starter course to the Abbey Road

Today in Great British Menu episode 24 2019: the two remaining chefs from Northern Ireland recreate their four-course menu for the esteemed judges – food writer Matthew Fort, restaurateur Oliver Peyton and broadcaster and cook Andi Oliver. There is also a guest judge – one of the pop stars the banquet will celebrate. This week they are joined by rapper Loyle Carner.     Will they hold their nerve and take on board their veteran’s advice as they serve their tributes to Britain’s music success?

Great British Menu episode 23 2019: the chefs are halfway through the Northern Ireland heat. Today they serve their mains and desserts to veteran Tommy Banks hoping to claim one of the two places up for grabs at the regional final.     Chris is cooking his interpretation of the classic beef dish Tournedos Rossini using guinea fowl. His inspiration is Proms in the Park and the British artists who mix classical and modern music styles. Alex’s dish commemorates his late brother and the song by Northern Ireland artist Donna Taggart that he associates with the difficult time of his

This week on Great British Menu episode 22 2019 it is the heat for the Northern Ireland region. Competing are three exciting new chefs to the competition, all at the top of their culinary game. Chris McClurg from County Down is head chef at Paul Ainsworth’s Michelin-starred restaurant No. 6, in Padstow, Cornwall. Alex Greene from County Down is head chef at Michelin-starred Deane’s Eipic in Belfast and Glen Wheeler from Fermanagh is chef patron at the Michelin-recommended 28 Darling Street in Enniskillen.     The three chefs begin by cooking their starters for a surprise veteran of the competition.

In Great British Menu episode 20 2019: the chefs are halfway through the Wales heat. Today they present their musically-inspired mains and desserts aiming to secure a place at Friday’s judges’ chamber.     Andy is cooking venison in celebration of his favourite band, Oasis. He accompanies the loin with rhubarb and beetroot ketchup, black pudding puree, pickled beetroot and a pistachio crumb. Westy’s beef dish The Cow Shed is named after a former stage at the Glastonbury festival. But his beef cheeks take longer to cook than he had hoped, leaving him with little time to make his tricky

In Great British Menu episode 18 2019: today the two remaining south west chefs must cook their four-course menus again. But will they take on board their veteran’s advice as they serve their tributes to Britain’s music success?     The chefs need to impress the esteemed judges: food writer Matthew Fort, restaurateur Oliver Peyton and broadcaster and cook Andi Oliver – as well as a guest judge – one of the pop stars the banquet will celebrate. Today they are joined by one half of the synthpop duo The Communards – Rev Richard Coles.

In Great British Menu episode 17 2019: the chefs are halfway through the south west heat. Today they present their mains and desserts to veteran Daniel Clifford, aiming to secure a place at Friday’s judges’ chamber.     Emily’s David Bowie-inspired dish celebrates Britain’s food heroes and she is using Cornish duck meat from her local producer that she pairs with grilled radicchio and Malbec sauce. Joe has sourced his ingredients locally too – using hay from his family farm and Jersey beef.   Great British Menu episode 17 2019 – SW – Mains and Dessert   But can he