Great British Menu 2022 episode 1 – Central Starter and Fish Courses: A new series begins with the Central region heats, featuring four chefs who comprise a mix of exciting new talent and popular returners. Nottinghamshire’s Sally Abé, currently chef consultant at The Pem, her new restaurant in London, is determined to give winning a place representing her region another try. Liam Dillon is also returning, having the only three AA rosette restaurant in his home town of Lichfield. There are also two new chefs on the block: the executive head chef of Gordon Ramsay’s Lucky Cat in London, Cambridge-born Ben Orpwood, and Nottingham’s Harvey Perttola, head chef at Restaurant Six in Trent Bridge.
Presenter Andi Oliver welcomes them to the kitchen, where the theme for this year’s competition is a celebration of 100 years of British broadcasting. One of the four must leave the competition at the end of the episode, to be decided by this week’s veteran judge – a previous winner who remains a surprise to the chefs until the moment they walk into the kitchen to taste their first course canapes.
Great British Menu 2022 episode 1 – Central Starter and Fish Courses
Great British Menu is back for an incredible seventeenth series, highlighting the amazing culinary talent found across the UK and pitting chefs against one another in a bid to get a spot at the coveted banquet. While the format is staying the same as last year, there are a good few changes, including a brand new judging team and of course a fresh new brief for the judges to tailor their dishes to. Here’s everything you need to know in advance of the series starting.
This year the chef’s will be tasked with creating dishes that reflect ‘100 Years of Great British Broadcasting’. The BBC’s first ever radio broadcast was in 1922, kickstarting a complete overhaul of how we all consume media and culture ever since. We’re expecting plenty of TV and radio-themed props, as well as dishes that pay homage to some of the most iconic British TV shows ever made. The final banquet will be held at Alexandra Palace in London, attended by all sorts of famous faces from TV and radio.
It’s all changing this year, with last year’s line-up of Matthew Forte, Oliver Peyton and Rachel Khoo being replaced by some fresh new faces. Instead, we have Tom Kerridge, the multi-Michelin-starred chef behind The Hand and Flowers, The Coach and Kerridge’s Bar and Grill; Nisha Katona, the chef behind the very popular Mowgli Street Food restaurants and the author of four cookbooks; and Ed Gamble, who many will know from his role hosting the Off Menu podcast with fellow comedian James Acaster. Andi Oliver will still be in amongst the action in the Great British Menu kitchen, acting as host. Each week the regular judges will be joined by a guest judge connected to the broadcasting theme.
