It’s national finals week, where the winners from the regional heats compete to earn a place on the menu of a spectacular banquet celebrating 100 years of brilliant British broadcasting. Each episode will see the eight rivals compete over a different course, from starter through to dessert, where they will be marked out of ten by an expert judging panel, which features a different well-known guest judge each episode.\n\nThe guest judge for the dessert course is journalist and News at 10 presenter Huw Edwards. He joins Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge, restaurateur Nisha Katona and food podcast host and comedian Ed Gamble on the judging panel to select the menu’s grand finale. This is the last chance the chefs have of cooking a course at the banquet, so tensions are running high as the rivals battle it out for the final time. Each chef produces a dessert that celebrates a broadcast with links to their nation or region - and with desserts infamously tricky to pull off in the heat of the Great British Menu kitchen, they have their work cut out. \n\nOnce a winner has been decided, one chef will be surprised by being asked to cook the banquet’s mini dishes – the canape and pre-dessert. Will this be additional work for an existing winner, or a chance of cooking at the banquet for a chef who hasn’t won a course?
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Series 19: 29. Banquet Special
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27-03-2024
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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 ...
27-03-2024
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 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
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Series 12: 35. Central Judging
The two chefs who have made it through cook their four courses again, attempting to impress judges Oliver Peyton, Matthew Fort, Andi Oliver and guest judge Jordanne Whiley, Brit ...
14-07-2021
BBC 2
Series 18: 28. The Finals: Dessert
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 animati ...
30-03-2023
BBC 2
Series 14: 27. The Finals: Main Course
It is the national finals of the Great British Menu and the eight regional champions compete to get their main courses onto the final menu of the banquet at Abbey Road Studios. ...
30-08-2023
BBC 2
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
BBC 2