Great British Menu 2020

Great British Menu episode 12 2020 – Northern Ireland – Judging: Today, the two highest-scoring chefs from Northern Ireland go head to head and cook their six-course menus again. But will they take on board their veteran’s advice as they serve the panel of judges and a TV presenter turned children’s author?     The chefs need to impress the formidable judges – food writer Matthew Fort, restaurateur Oliver Peyton and broadcaster and cook Andi Oliver – as well as a guest judge – one of the successful children’s authors the banquet will celebrate. Today, they are joined by former […]

Great British Menu episode 11 2020 – Northern Ireland – Main & Dessert Courses: The three chefs are halfway through their heat and the pressure is mounting to try and impress veteran Tom Aitkens with their main courses.     One chef is creating an ambitious Hogwarts Feast honouring Harry Potter, which features Glenarm shorthorn beef and a range of tasty accompaniments. One of the other chefs is basing their CS Lewis-inspired Centaur’s Supper dish around bacon and oats, the food both a man and a horse would eat for breakfast. The final chef is cooking a feast fit for

Great British Menu episode 10 2020 – Northern Ireland – Starter & Fish Courses: This week, the battle is on with the heats for Northern Ireland. Competing for the top spot are two returning chefs and two newcomers.     Alex Greene is returning for another crack at the contest after being runner-up in the regional final last year. Having worked in a string of Michelin-starred restaurants around the world, he is now head chef at one-starred Deane’s Eipic in Belfast. He is hoping his classic dishes, which are big on flavour, will see him through this time around. Shauna

Great British Menu episode 9 2020 – Scotland – Judging: Today, the two highest-scoring chefs from Scotland go head to head and cook their six-course menus again. But will they take on board their veteran’s advice as they serve the panel of judges and an esteemed children’s author?     The chefs need to impress the formidable judges – food writer Matthew Fort, restaurateur Oliver Peyton and broadcaster and cook Andi Oliver – as well as a guest judge – one of the successful children’s authors the banquet will celebrate. Today, they are joined by bestselling children’s author and comedian

Great British Menu episode 8 2020 – Scotland – Main & Dessert Courses: The three chefs are halfway through their heat, and the pressure is mounting. Unexpectedly, one of the chefs is taken ill overnight, leaving the remaining two to battle on and impress the veteran with their main courses.     One chef is creating an ambitious nose-to-tail rabbit dish as an homage to Toad’s feasting in The Wind in the Willows, by Edinburgh-born Kenneth Grahame. With a rabbit haggis also in the offing, Scottish comedian and presenter Susan reacts unexpectedly. Another chef is taking inspiration from Dundee’s comic

Great British Menu episode 7 2020 – Scotland – Starter & Fish Courses: This week, the battle is on with the heats for Scotland. Competing for the top spot are two returning chefs and two newcomers to the competition, representing some of the most formidable culinary talents from Scotland.     Maverick chef Gordon Jones is returning for another crack at the contest after being a runner-up in the regional final last year. Since 2016, his restaurant Gordon Jones in Bath has been featured in the Michelin guide and Hardens Top 10 Restaurants Outside London, and he is hoping his

Great British Menu episode 6 2020 – London & South East – Judging: Today, the two highest-scoring chefs from London and the south east of England go head to head and cook their six-course menus again. Will they take on board their veteran’s advice as they serve the panel of judges and an esteemed children’s author?     The chefs need to impress the formidable judges – food writer Matthew Fort, restaurateur Oliver Peyton and broadcaster and cook Andi Oliver, as well as a guest judge, one of the successful children’s authors the banquet will celebrate. Today, they are joined

Great British Menu episode 5 2020 – London & South East – Main & Dessert Courses: The three chefs are halfway through their heat and the pressure is mounting. Once again, they each serve a unique take on the brief. For mains, one of the chefs gets to meet famous author of War Horse, Michael Morpurgo, which spurs him on in his dish of beef steak with sweet vernal hay, inspired by Joey’s hay box.     Another chef is going all out with a pork cheek and celeriac lasagne dish celebrating the Three Little Pigs fairy story. And there

Great British Menu episode 4 2020 – London & South East – Starter & Fish Courses: The competition continues with the heats for London and the south east of England. Competing for the top spot are four new chefs to the competition, representing some of the most formidable culinary talents from London. Steve Groves was crowned Craft Guild’s National Chef of the Year in 2019 and for the last seven years has been head chef at Roux at Parliament Square in London’s Westminster.     Kerth Gumbs, who is originally from Anguilla in the Caribbean, is head chef at Ormer

Great British Menu episode 3 2020 – Central – Judging: Today, the two highest-scoring central chefs go head to head and cook their six-course menus again. But will they take on board their veteran’s advice as they serve the panel of judges and an esteemed children’s author?     The chefs need to impress the formidable judges – food writer Matthew Fort, restaurateur Oliver Peyton and broadcaster and cook Andi Oliver – as well as a guest judge, one of the successful children’s authors the banquet will celebrate. Today, they are joined by famous children’s author and comedian Charlie Higson,

Great British Menu episode 2 2020 – Central – Main & Dessert Courses: The three chefs are halfway through their heat and the pressure is mounting.     Once again, they each serve a unique take on the brief. For mains, there is a winter feast of roast deer, pumpkin three ways and venison compote, inspired by CS Lewis’ The Silver Chair. Another chef is going all out creating goose leg with a haricot bean cassoulet served in a pig’s bladder that will be inflated and sprayed to look a goose egg from a Roald Dahl adaptation of Charlie and

Great British Menu episode 1 2020 – Central – Starter & Fish Courses: Great British Menu gets off to a cracking start as the heats begin for the central region. Competing for the top spot are four new chefs representing some of the most exciting culinary talent from England’s central belt. Niall Keating is executive chef of Whatley Manor Dining Room in the Cotswolds. Niall gained the restaurant its first Michelin star within a year of arriving, followed up by an impressive second star in 2019.     Sally Abé, originally from Nottingham, is head chef at the only one-Michelin-starred