Great British Menu 2021

Great British Menu 2021 episode 17 – Northern Ireland Mains and Dessert: The three chefs are halfway through their heat, and the pressure is mounting. Each one wants to represent Northern Ireland at a banquet celebrating British invention and innovation.     But whose inventions in the kitchen will tough veteran judge, Daniel Clifford score highest? Only two will proceed to Friday’s judging and have a chance to represent Northern Ireland at the regional finals.   Great British Menu 2021 episode 17 – Northern Ireland Mains and Dessert   Along with Masterchef, Great British Menu is a cooking show that […]

Great British Menu 2021 episode 16 – Northern Ireland Starters: It’s the Northern Ireland heats, and competing for the top spot are four chefs: one returner and three new to the competition. Paul Cunningham has a point to prove, having left the competition after the fish course last year. He’s up against newbies Phelim O’Hagan from Londonderry and Gemma Austin and Andy Scollick from Belfast.     Presenter Andi Oliver welcomes them to the kitchen, where the theme for this year’s competition is a celebration of British invention and innovation. Given Belfast’s renowned connection with the Titanic, there is much

Great British Menu 2021 episode 15 – North East Judging: The two highest scoring chefs from the North East, Yorkshire and Humber region 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 one of Britain’s eminent designers?     The chefs need to impress the inscrutable judges – food writer Matthew Fort, restaurateur Oliver Peyton and broadcaster and food creative Rachel Khoo – as well as a guest judge. This week it’s Sophie Conran, renowned designer and innovator from a famous British

Great British Menu 2021 episode 14 – North East, Yorkshire and the Humber Mains and Dessert: The three chefs are halfway through their heat, and the competition couldn’t be tighter. Again, they each serve up their own interpretation of the brief to honour British invention and innovation.     For their main courses, one chef is showcasing fallow deer in their dish celebrating the invention of cats eyes, while another pays homage to the imposing Humber Bridge with a dish that draws on the best ingredients to be found in the counties at either end of the bridge’s span: Yorkshire

Great British Menu 2021 episode 13 – North East, Yorkshire and the Humber Starter: The series continues with the North East, Yorkshire and Humber regional heat. Four chefs, a mix of exciting new talent and returners, are competing for the top spot.     Back to go head-to-head again are Yorkshire’s Alex Bond, chef patron of his own Michelin-starred restaurant, and Ruth Hansom, an executive chef originally from Darlington. As both chefs got to the Friday finals last year, they are rekindling their friendly rivalry in the Great British Menu kitchen. But they face fierce competition from two newcomers –

Great British Menu 2021 episode 12 – Wales Judging: The two highest scoring chefs from Wales must go head-to-head and cook their six-course menus again. But will they take on board their veteran’s advice as they serve a panel of judges and a guest judge from the world of maths and engineering, whose skills are used to work out how to do daredevil stunts on TV?     The chefs need to impress the formidable judges – food writer Matthew Fort, restaurateur Oliver Peyton and broadcaster and food creative Rachel Khoo – as well as a guest judge, which in

Great British Menu 2021 episode 11 – Wales Mains and Dessert: The three remaining chefs are halfway through their heat, and the pressure is mounting. Once again, they each serve a unique take on the brief celebrating British invention and innovation.     For mains, one chef has a lamb dish in honour of Welshman David Thomas, who revolutionised the steel industry in South Wales with his hot blast furnace. Another pays homage to Welsh entrepreneur Sir Pryce Pryce Jones, who invented mail order service. And there’s a celebration of botany with a dish dedicated to the first female president

Great British Menu 2021 episode 10 – Wales Starter: The four chefs competing for the top spot in the Wales heat are a mix of exciting new talent and one popular returner.     Hywel Griffith is determined to get to finals again and go one step further to the banquet. In addition to Hywel, currently chef patron of the Michelin-starred Beach House on the Gower, there are three new talented Welshmen competing. Cardiff-born Chris Cleghorn runs the Michelin-starred Olive Tree in Bath. Nathan Davies has his own restaurant in Aberystwyth, where he sources most of his ingredients locally. Finally,

Great British Menu 2021 episode 9 – London and SE Judges: Today, the two highest scoring chefs from the London and the South East region must go head to head and cook their six-course menus again. But will they take on board their veteran’s advice as they serve both the panel of judges and one of Britain’s foremost geologists?     The chefs need to impress the formidable judges, food writer Matthew Fort, restauranteur Oliver Peyton and broadcaster and food creative Rachel Khoo, as well as a guest judge. In this episode, it’s Professor Chris Jackson, a geologist and intrepid

Great British Menu 2021 episode 8 – London and SE Mains and Desserts: The remaining chefs compete over dishes inspired by science and innovation. But with such high-level cooking, who can keep their lead and who must go home?     The three chefs are halfway through their heat and the pressure is mounting. Once again, they each serve a unique take on the brief celebrating British invention and innovation. Whose inventions in the kitchen will veteran judge Paul Ainsworth consider the best? Only two will proceed to Friday’s judging and have a chance to represent the London and the

Great British Menu 2021 episode 7 – London and SE Starter: Four top chefs compete for the ultra-competitive London and the South East region with canapes, starters and fish dishes. All four are newcomers in the GBM kitchen, representing some of the most exciting new talents in the UK today.     Presenter Andi Oliver welcomes them to the kitchen, where the theme for this year’s competition is a celebration of British invention and innovation. One of the four must leave the competition at the end of the episode, as decided by this week’s veteran judge.   Great British Menu

Great British Menu 2021 episode 6 – Scotland Judging: The two highest scoring chefs from Scotland go head-to-head to cook their six-course menus again. But will they take on board their veteran’s advice as they serve the panel of judges, including a guest judge who is the author of a bestselling science book?     The chefs need to impress the formidable judges: food writer Matthew Fort, restaurateur Oliver Peyton, broadcaster and food creative Rachel Khoo, and guest judge Caroline Criado-Perez OBE, who won the Royal Society’s Science Book prize. She is also well known as a feminist campaigner, whose