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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 Olympics and Paralympics and wish Team GB good luck on their journey to the Paris games this summer.\n\nEach 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, each episode, will feature a different Olympian or Paralympian guest judge.\n\nIn the first episode, Ellie Simmonds OBE, Team GB’s second-youngest Paralympian ever and holder of gold, silver and bronze medals, joins Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge, restaurateur Nisha Katona and food podcaster and comedian Ed Gamble on the judging panel. They’re tasked with picking a winner from eight vegan starter courses, which are all inspired by the Olympics and Paralympics. The rivals pull out all the stops, with dishes that are as varied in their choice of inspiration as they are in their style of cooking.

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