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.\n\nIn the first episode, comedian Phil Wang joins food critic Matthew Fort, restaurateur Oliver Peyton and cook and broadcaster Rachel Khoo on the judging panel. They’re tasked with picking a winner from eight innovative starter courses, which are all inspired by British innovators from the chef’s local regions or nations. The rivals pull out all the stops to impress, with dishes that are as varied for their choice of inspiration as they are for their style of food.\n\nIt's the first time the chefs have shared a kitchen, so the atmosphere is tense and competitive. And as some of the chefs have taken the opportunity to improve – or in some cases completely reinvent – their dishes since cooking them in the regional finals, there are some shock results.
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Series 19: 27. The Finals: Main Course
The chefs battle it out over who will cook the main course at the banquet. The guest judge is cyclist Dame Laura Kenny, the first British woman to win six Olympic titles. She jo ...
26-03-2024
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Series 19: 26. The Finals: Fish Course
The eight finalists cook their fish courses to win a place on the menu of a banquet celebrating the Olympics and Paralympics. Champion weightlifter Emily Campbell, who won a sil ...
25-03-2024
BBC 2
Series 19: 25. The Finals: Starters
It’s national finals week on Great British Menu, where the winners from the regional heats compete to cook a course at a spectacular Parisian banquet to celebrate the Olym ...
25-03-2024
BBC 2
Series 19: 29. Banquet Special
It’s the final banquet, where the ultimate winner will be voted for by Olympians and Paralympians past and present and esteemed sporting guests at the British ambassador&r ...
22-03-2024
BBC 2
Series 19: 28. The Finals: Dessert
The competition intensifies as the eight rivals compete to cook the final course, dessert, at the banquet. The guest judge is Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill, a heptathlete who became o ...
21-03-2024
BBC 2
Series 19: 24. South West England: Judging
The two highest scoring chefs from south west England must go head-to-head and cook their six-course menus again.\n\nThey need to impress a panel of exacting judges: Michelin-st ...
21-03-2024
BBC 2
Series 19: 23. South West England: Mains And Puddings
The three talented chefs from south west England are halfway through their heat, and the pressure is mounting. Once again, they each serve a unique take on the brief celebrating ...
20-03-2024
BBC 2
Series 19: 22. South West England: Starters And Fish
Four chefs compete for south west England with canapes, starters and fish dishes inspired by the Olympics and Paralympics, all hoping to cook at a banquet to wish Team GB athlet ...
19-03-2024
BBC 2
Series 19: 21. Northern Ireland: Judging
The two highest scoring chefs from Northern Ireland must go head-to-head and cook their six-course menus again.\n\nThey need to impress a panel of exacting judges: Michelin-star ...
13-03-2024
BBC 2
Series 19: 20. Northern Ireland: Mains And Puddings
The three talented chefs from Northern Ireland are halfway through their heat, and the pressure is mounting. Once again, they each serve a unique take on the brief celebrating t ...
12-03-2024
BBC 2
Series 19: 25. The Finals: Starters
It’s national finals week on Great British Menu, where the winners from the regional heats compete to cook a course at a spectacular Parisian banquet to celebrate the Olym ...
25-03-2024
BBC 2
Series 19: 29. Banquet Special
It’s the final banquet, where the ultimate winner will be voted for by Olympians and Paralympians past and present and esteemed sporting guests at the British ambassador&r ...
22-03-2024
BBC 2
Series 19: 28. The Finals: Dessert
The competition intensifies as the eight rivals compete to cook the final course, dessert, at the banquet. The guest judge is Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill, a heptathlete who became o ...
21-03-2024
BBC 2
Series 19: 11. Scotland: Mains And Puddings
The three talented chefs from Scotland are halfway through their heat, and the pressure is mounting. Once again, they each serve a unique take on the brief celebrating the Olymp ...
21-02-2024
BBC 2
Series 19: 18. North West England: Judging
The two highest scoring chefs from north west England must go head-to-head and cook their six-course menus again.\n\nThey need to impress a panel of exacting judges: Michelin-st ...
06-03-2024
BBC 2
Series 12: 31. Central Starter
Pip Lacey's starter is a humorous take on the unpredictable British weather and features an unusual presentation. Ryan Simpson's dish represents an allotment complete with soil, ...
12-07-2021
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Series 14: 16. South West – Starter And Fish
This week it is the heats for the south west. Battling it out for a spot on the banquet menu are three new chefs to the competition who are at the cutting edge of the food scene ...
06-08-2023
BBC 2