Great British Menu 2021 episode 28 - The Finals: Dessert: At the end of the show, one chef will be surprised by being asked to cook the banquet’s mini dishes - but will this be additional work for an existing winner, or a final chance of reaching the banquet for a chef who hasn’t won a course?     In this episode, the guest judge is comedian Ed Gamble, who co-hosts the enormously successful Off Menu podcast. He joins food…

Great British Menu 2021 episode 27 - The Finals: Main Course: This is the centerpiece of the banquet that every chef desperately wants to cook – so competition in the kitchen is tougher than ever. Each chef is producing a dish which celebrates an innovator or inventor from their region, and with the most complex dishes of the week to prepare and only two spots left on the banquet menu, the chefs are pushed to their limits. While some rise…

Great British Menu 2021 episode 26 - The Finals: Fish Course: With their first day nerves behind them, the chefs are able to produce some world-class cooking, with the judges praising some of the dishes as the finest seafood they’ve ever eaten. Picking a winner is tough – but only one of the chefs will earn the right to cook their fish course at the banquet.     Engineer and TV presenter Zoe Laughlin joins our judging panel of food…

Great British Menu 2021 episode 25 - The Finals: Starter - It’s national finals week on Great British Menu, where the winners from the regional heats compete to earn a place on the menu of a spectacular banquet celebrating British invention and innovation. Each episode sees the eight rivals compete over a different course, from starter through to dessert, where they are marked out of ten by an expert judging panel, which each episode features a different well-known guest judge.…