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television series in which top British

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s compete for the chance to cook one course of a four-course banquet.

Format

Series one and two were presented by

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, the former BBC Royal correspondent, whereby each week, two chefs from a region of the UK create a menu. In series three and four, both narrated by Bond but with no presenter, three chefs from a region of the UK create a menu; only the two with the best scores went through to the Friday judging. In series five and six, the fifth narrated by Bond while the sixth is narrated by

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, three chefs from a region of the UK create a menu, with in kitchen judging undertaken by a past contestant chef; only the two with the best scores go through to the Friday judging. In each series, the Friday show is when chefs present all courses of their menu to a judging panel, tasted and judged by

Matthew Fort Matthew Fort (born 29 January 1947) is a British food writer and critic. Matthew Fort is the son of the Conservative MP Richard Fort, who died when he was 12. His brother is the writer Tom Fort. He attended Eton College, and later Lancaster Un ...

Prue Leith Dame Prudence Margaret Leith, (born 18 February 1940) is a South African restaurateur, chef, caterer, television presenter/broadcaster, journalist, cookery writer and novelist. She is Chancellor of Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. She wa ...

and

Oliver Peyton Oliver Peter Patrick Peyton, (born 26 September 1961), is an Irish restaurateur and television personality. Early life Peyton was born in Sligo and raised in Killasser near Swinford, County Mayo, his mother was the owner of a knitwear facto ...

. One chef each week goes through to the final, where the judges taste the dishes again and award them marks out of ten. In series one and two, the three dishes that have scored the highest for each course of the finals are then shortlisted for public vote via

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. In series three and four, the shortlisting rule was dropped, so all dishes scored by the judges are then sent to the public vote. Judges' scores represent one half of the overall score, and public vote represents the other half. ''

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'' critic Karina Mantavia in May 2007 criticised the public vote system as incompatible to food that viewers could see onscreen but not taste in-person. Starting from series five, a fourth judge, usually either a veteran chef or a guest related to a brief, is introduced, replacing public vote. Since series eight, the fourth judge addition extends to regional heats. Up until series six, the finalists can replace only one course dish of their own menus with a newer one. They can adjust or tweak other dishes but cannot completely change them. On 28 October 2016, it was confirmed that Prue Leith was leaving the show and would be replaced by

Andi Oliver Andrea "Andi" Oliver (born 1964) is a British chef, television and radio broadcaster, and former singer. She is best known for her appearances on the BBC cooking show the ''Great British Menu''. Early career Oliver is a former member of the b ...

for series 12 in 2017. On 1 October 2019,

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was announced as the new presenter for series 15. Filming took place in

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and was completed in November 2019. The show was broadcast in spring 2020. For Christmas 2020 special series and thereafter, Andi Oliver stepped down as a judge and has replaced Calman as the presenter. On 7 February 2021, it was announced that

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would be joining as a new judge when the series returns in spring 2021. On 6 September 2021, it was announced that the whole judging panel would be changed with Matthew Fort and Oliver Payton leaving after being on the show since the beginning and Rachel Khoo after one series. The new judging panel will consist of former GBM champion

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, chef and restaurateur

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and comedian and food podcaster

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Series 1 (2006)

The birthday meal for the Queen was on 16 June 2006 and for 300 people, so each dish created had to be suitable for a summer

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. All recipes have been published in a book by

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Contestants

John Burton Race John William Burton-Race (born 1 May 1957) is a British Michelin starred chef, television personality and celebrity chef, made famous by the Channel 4 series ''French Leave'' and its sequel ''Return of the Chef'' and '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me O ...

and

Michael Caines Michael Andrew Caines (born 3 January 1969) is an English chef born in Exeter, Devon. He was head chef of Gidleigh Park in Devon until January 2016. He is currently the executive chef of the Lympstone Manor hotel between Exeter and Exmo ...

(won heat) represent the

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Antony Worrall Thompson Henry Antony Cardew Worrall Thompson (born 1 May 1951) is an English restaurateur and celebrity chef, television presenter and radio broadcaster. Early life Worrall Thompson was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. His parents, Michae ...

and

Galton Blackiston Galton Blackiston is an English chef, born in Norfolk. The restaurant of his hotel, Morston Hall, Holt in Morston, is Michelin starred and has 4 AA rosettes. It is on the north Norfolk coast, two miles from Blakeney. His unusual first nam ...

(won heat) represent the

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and the

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Marcus Wareing Marcus Wareing (born 29 June 1970) is an English celebrity chef who is currently Chef-Owner of the one-Michelin-starred restaurant Marcus (formerly Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley) in Knightsbridge. Since 2014, Wareing has been a judge on '' Mast ...

(won heat) and

Simon Rimmer Simon Peter Rimmer (born 5 May 1963) is an English celebrity chef, best known for his on-screen partnership with Tim Lovejoy. Early life Simon Peter Rimmer was born on 5 May 1963 in Wallasey. Career Rimmer originally studied fashion and texti ...

represent the

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Paul Rankin Paul Rankin (born 1 October 1959 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a celebrity chef from Ballywalter, County Down, Northern Ireland. Rankin's parents moved back to Ballywalter, where he grew up, some time after he was born. This was stated when he was t ...

and

Richard Corrigan Richard Corrigan (born 10 February 1964) is an Irish chef. He is chef/patron of Corrigan's Bar & Restaurant Mayfair, Bentley's Oyster Bar and Grill, Daffodil Mulligan Restaurant & Gibney's Bar London and Virginia Park Lodge in Virginia, County C ...

(won heat) represent

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* Tom Lewis and

Nick Nairn Nick Nairn (born 12 January 1959) is a Scottish celebrity chef. He became the youngest Scottish chef to win a Michelin star in the early 1990s. Early life Nairn was born in Stirling in January 1959 and grew up in the village of Port of Ment ...

(won heat) represent

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Angela Hartnett Angela Maria Hartnett (born September 1968) is an English Michelin-starred chef. A protégée of Gordon Ramsay who became well known by her appearances on British television, she was Chef-Patron at Angela Hartnett at The Connaught in London. Cu ...

and

Bryn Williams Bryn Dwyfor Williams (born 6 June 1977) is a chef originally from Denbigh, Wales. He is the head chef and sole proprietor of Odette's Restaurant, Primrose Hill, London. He shot to fame as merely a sous chef in 2006 by beating established and ...

(won heat) represent

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and

Atul Kochhar Atul Kochhar (born 31 August 1969) is an Indian-born, British-based chef and television personality. Kochhar was one of the first two Indian chefs to receive a Michelin star, awarded in London in 2001 whilst at Tamarind. He opened his own resta ...

(won heat) represent

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Final week

The three dishes that have scored the highest for each course in the finals are then put to the public vote. In the first series, it was decided that a chef could only win one course overall, therefore any chef who won the public vote for a particular course was then eliminated from any subsequent courses they had been shortlisted for. As the results for all four courses were announced on the same day, some chefs were eliminated under this rule.

Final result

*Starter: Richard Corrigan – Smoked salmon with Irish soda bread, woodland sorrel and cres
(recipe)
*Fish: Bryn Williams – Pan-fried turbot with cockles and oxtai
(recipe)
*Main: Nick Nairn – Loin of roe venison with rosti, celeriac, cabbage, carrot and game gravy
(recipe)
*Dessert: Marcus Wareing – Custard tart with

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(recipe)

Great British Christmas Menu (2006)

From 11 to 15 December 2006, a special Christmas series was shown. This involved the four winning chefs creating a four course Christmas dinner that viewers could prepare at home. Unlike the original series, only one chef was able to be crowned the winner and there was no special prize at stake (i.e. the meal would not be cooked for the Queen). The final result was decided by the judges and a viewers' vote; 30p from calls made in order to vote was donated to Children in Need.

Final result

*1st – Richard Corrigan (Northern Ireland) *2nd – Marcus Wareing (England), Nick Nairn (Scotland) *4th – Bryn Williams (Wales)

Series 2 (2007)

Broadcasting of series 2 started on 2 April 2007. The format was the same as before, with the winning chefs from each region from series one taking on new challengers. The final menu was cooked at the

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at an Ambassadors' Dinner.

Contestants

*Week 1 – 2 April to 6 April –

and

Sat Bains Satwant Singh "Sat" Bains (born 28 February 1971) is an English chef best known for being chef proprietor of the two- Michelin star ''Restaurant Sat Bains with Rooms'' in Nottingham, England. He won the Roux Scholarship in 1999, and worked in F ...

(won heat) represent the Midlands and the East of England *Week 2 – 9 April to 13 April –

(won heat) and

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represent Wales *Week 3 – 16 April to 20 April –

and Jeremy Lee (won heat) represent Scotland *Week 4 – 23 April to 27 April –

(won heat) and Noel McMeel represent Northern Ireland *Week 5 – 30 April to 4 May –

(won heat) and Stuart Gillies represent the South East of England *Week 6 – 7 May to 11 May –

and Mark Hix (won heat) represent the South West of England *Week 7 – 14 May to 18 May –

and Mark Broadbent (won heat) represent the North of England

Final week

The rule to eliminate a winning chef of one course from any subsequent courses was dropped, as highlighted by Mark Hix winning both the main course and dessert.

Final result

*Starter: Sat Bains – Ham, egg and pea
(recipe)
*Fish: Richard Corrigan – Whole poached wild salmon and duck egg dressing with wheaten bread and country butte
(recipe)
*Main: Mark Hix – Rabbit and crayfish

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*Dessert: Mark Hix – Perry jelly and summer fruits with elderflower ice crea
(recipe)

Series 3 (2008)

Broadcasting of series 3 began on 17 March 2008. The chefs competed for the opportunity to cook a four-course dinner held in June 2008, at the restaurant at the top of the iconic "

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" building in London. The host was the chef

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and his guests included top chefs from around the world along with gourmets and celebrities who represent a cross section of modern Britain. The series began with seven special programmes in which ''Great British Menu'' judge

travelled around the UK, selecting the two chefs who would go through to represent their region in the competition.

Contestants

*Southwest: Richard Guest, Chris Horridge,

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and Chris Wicks *Northern Ireland: Danny Millar, Noel McMeel, Liz Moore and Nick Price *London and the South-east:

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, Jake Watkins, Adebola Adeshina and

*Wales:

, Chris Chown, Stephen Terry and

James Sommerin James Sommerin (born c. 1978 in Caerleon) is a former Michelin-starred Welsh chef. Born in Caerleon, Sommerin baked with his grandmother on Saturdays as a child. Determined to become a chef, his father secured the 12-year-old Sommerin's first S ...

*North: Mark Broadbent, Michael Wignall, Nigel Haworth and

Anthony Flinn Anthony Flinn (born 1980 in Liverpool) is a British chef now based in Leeds. After studying at Huddersfield Technical College, he worked at the Michelin-starred restaurant Lords of the Manor, in Gloucestershire, for two years. Moving on to Barcelo ...

*Scotland: Michael Smith, Matthew Gray, Tony Singh and

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*Central region: Aaron Patterson,

, Rupert Rowley and

Glynn Purnell Glynn Purnell (born 4 January 1975 in Solihull, England) is an English chef, restaurateur and television personality. Described by the ''Birmingham Post'' as "undoubtably the finest chef to hail from Chelmsley Wood", he is the proprietor and Hea ...

Heats

*Central region: Sat Bains vs Glynn Purnell (Winner) *Wales: Angela Hartnett vs Stephen Terry (Winner) *North of England: Nigel Haworth (Winner) vs Anthony Flinn *Scotland: Tom Kitchin (Winner) vs Matt Gray *Northern Ireland: Danny Millar (Winner) vs Noel McMeel *South-West: Chris Horridge (Winner) vs Elisha Carter *South-East: Jason Atherton (Winner) vs Atul Kochhar

Final week

Starting from this series, all dishes scored by the judges in the finals are sent to public vote.

Final result

*Starter: Jason Atherton – Bacon, lettuce and tomato with

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recipe
*Fish: Stephen Terry – Organic salmon and smoked salmon with crab fritters and cockle 'popcorn'
recipe
*Main: Jason Atherton – Dexter beef fillet, ox cheek, smoked potato puree and marrow bone
recipe
*Dessert: Glynn Purnell – Strawberries with tarragon and black pepper honeycomb with burnt English cream surprise
recipe

Series 4 (2009)

Series 4 began on 30 March 2009 and revolved around cooking a meal for British service personnel (sailors/marines/soldiers/airmen and women) returning from the

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. A chef from a previous series came back in this series to act as a mentor, giving the two chefs from their region guidance and advice. They were in the kitchen and acted as an unofficial fourth judge. The North region was split this time into two groups: North-East and North-West.

Heats

*Central:

(won heat) vs Daniel Clifford

as mentor *Scotland: Tom Kitchin (won heat) vs Alan Murchison
Jeremy Lee as mentor *North East:

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(won heat) vs Ian Matfin

as mentor *Northern Ireland: Danny Millar (won heat) vs

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as mentor *South West: Shaun Rankin (won heat) vs

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Mark Hix as mentor *Wales: James Sommerin (won heat) vs Stephen Terry
Bryn Williams as mentor *North West: Nigel Haworth (won heat) vs

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as mentor *South East: Tristan Welch (won heat) vs

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Jason Atherton as mentor

Final week

Final result

*Starter:

– Salad of Aberdeen Angus beef, carrots, horseradish and Shetland Black potatoes
recipe
*Fish: Glynn Purnell – Masala spiced monkfish with red lentils, pickled carrots and coconut
recipe
*Main: Nigel Haworth – Lonk lamb Lancashire hotpot, pickled red cabbage, carrots and leeks
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*Dessert: Shaun Rankin – Treacle tart with Jersey clotted cream and raspberry ripple coulis
recipe

Series 5 (2010)

Series 5 began on 6 April 2010 with a double episode. In this series, the participating chefs were challenged to find food producers they had not previously used, basing their search around a National Trust property in their region, with the aim to source as many of their ingredients as possible from the property itself or the surrounding area. The banquet was for producers of British food and

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was the guest of honour.

Heats

The format of the heats changed this year. Instead of only two chefs being present for all the heats for their region, in this year three chefs competed in the "courses" section of their heats, with two going forward to cook for the judges in the "judging" episode. As in series four, a previous participant returned each week, but with the added responsibility of scoring each chef's four courses. The chef with the lowest score at the end of the "courses" episodes was eliminated, and the remaining two cooked for the judges.

Final week

In the final week running up to the banquet, the chefs cooked one course per day. Starting from this series, a fourth judge was introduced to score the dishes alongside the judges, replacing public vote. Instead of being ranked from first to eighth place, the top three chefs were all given a possible dish at the banquet, thus allowing the judges to have more choice when choosing the menu at the end of the week.

Guest judges

* Starter: Richard Corrigan * Fish: Glynn Purnell * Main: Jason Atherton * Dessert: Marcus Wareing

Final result

*Starter: Lisa Allen – Wild rabbit and leek turnover with piccalill
(recipe)
*Fish: Kenny Atkinson – Mackerel with gooseberrie

*Main:

– Slow-cooked Aylesbury duck with duck fat chips and grav
(recipe)
*Dessert: Niall McKenna – Poached rhubarb with strawberry jelly, yellow man and lavender ice-crea

Great British Waste Menu (2010)

A one-off, 90 minute documentary-style programme was broadcast in December 2010, ''Great British Waste Menu'' was made to highlight and discourage food wastage in Britain. In addition to showing several examples of such wastage, the programme challenged four chefs (GBM regulars Richard Corrigan and Angela Hartnett, plus

and

) to create a three-course menu plus canapes from food destined to be discarded by producers, supermarkets, restaurants and regular households. Regular series judges Matthew Fort, Oliver Peyton and Prue Leith and the series's special guest, food critic

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, judged the results. The final menu, served as a banquet for sixty people, comprised: *Starter: Samosa canapes (Simon Rimmer) *Fish: Fresh Kent fish wrapped in courgette with a pork ratatouille (Richard Corrigan) *Main: British beef with a beef consommé and summer vegetables (Matt Tebutt) *Dessert: Ginger

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with British summer fruits (Angela Hartnett) *Dustbin Award (for best overall dish): Richard Corrigan

Series 6 (2011)

Series 6 of The Great British Menu started on 4 April 2011. The theme for the series was sharing and communities, with chefs being asked to cook food that encouraged people to come together. During the series, chefs visited and cooked for a number of community groups. The filming started on 15 March 2011.

Heats

Final week

In the final week running up to the banquet the chefs cooked one course per day but instead of being ranked first to eighth place the top three chefs were all given a possible dish at the banquet, thus allowing the judges to have more choice when choosing the menu at the end of the week.

Guest judges

* Starter: Glynn Purnell * Fish: Richard Corrigan * Main: Marcus Wareing * Dessert: Angela Hartnett

Final result

*Starter: Chris Fearon – "''Season, Shake and Curry On'' coronation chicken" *Fish: Aktar Islam – "Sea bass with battered soft shell crab" *Main: Tom Kerridge – "Hog roast" *Dessert: Paul Ainsworth – "Taste of the Fairground" This result made Tom Kerridge the first chef on the ''Great British Menu'' to cook the main course twice, as well as being the first chef to cook a pork dish for the main course on the final menu.

Series 7 (2012)

Series 7 of ''The Great British Menu'' began on 9 April 2012 with Scotland being the first region to cook. The theme for the series was the

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to celebrate the games coming to London. The chefs were tasked with creating a menu that captured the Olympic spirit and during the series they met up with Olympians from the UK to gain inspiration and advice for their menu.

Heats

Final week

in the final week, the winning eight chefs battled for their dishes to be part of the final banquet menu. Each day, the chefs cooked one of their courses for the four judges, who each marked the dish out of a possible ten points. The three highest-scoring dishes for each course went forward for consideration for the final menu. Unlike previous finals weeks, the judges eliminated some dishes based on their performance in the previous round; unless the chefs had made significant changes in response to the feedback received at the regional final, the judges did not wish to taste and score the unsuitable course a second time. The Olympic banquet was shown in the final show, which was broadcast on 8 June, with all four dishes being prepared and presented for 100 guests.

Guest judges

* Starter: Richard Corrigan * Fish: Marcus Wareing * Main: Tom Kerridge * Dessert: Angela Hartnett

Final result

*Starter: Colin McGurran – "Quails in the Wood
(recipe)
*Fish: Phil Howard – Cornish mackerel with oysters, mussels, winkles and samphir
(recipe)
*Main: Daniel Clifford – Slow poached chicken, sweetcorn egg, spinach with bacon and pea
(recipe)
*Dessert: Simon Rogan – Poached pears, atsina cress snow, sweet cheese ice cream and rosehip syru
(recipe)
Daniel Clifford was the first person to win the main course with chicken

Series 8 (2013)

Series 8 of ''The Great British Menu'', titled ''Great British Menu Does Comic Relief'', commenced on 28 January 2013, with the banquet hosted for people associated with the

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Heats

Final week

The final week saw the winning eight chefs battle for their dishes to be part of the final banquet menu, but in the main course, the judges added a ninth "wild card" chef, the defeated Central area finalist, Richard Bainbridge, as they thought that his dish was worthy enough to be included for the banquet. Each day, the chefs cooked one of their courses for the four judges, who each marked the dish out of a possible ten points, but in a twist for this series, all the other chefs marked each other's dishes and put their votes in a ballot box. The average score from the chefs was then added to the scores from the judges, who like in the heats, were joined by a comedy guest for each course.

Guest judges

*Starter:

Patricia Hodge Patricia Ann Hodge, OBE (born 29 September 1946) is an English actor. She is known on-screen for playing Phyllida Erskine-Brown in '' Rumpole of the Bailey'' (1978–1992), Jemima Shore in ''Jemima Shore Investigates'' (1983), Penny in '' Mira ...

*Fish:

Ronni Ancona Veronica "Ronni" Jane Ancona (born 4 July 1966)''England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007'' is a British actress, comedian, impressionist and writer best known for '' The Big Impression'', which she co-wrote and starred in an ...

*Main:

Ade Edmondson Adrian Charles Edmondson (born 24 January 1957) is an English actor, comedian, musician, writer and television presenter. He was part of the alternative comedy boom in the early 1980s and had roles in the television series '' The Young Ones'' (1 ...

*Dessert:

Charlie Higson Charles Murray Higson (born 3 July 1958) is an English actor, comedian, author and former singer. He has also written and produced for television and is the author of the ''Enemy'' book series, as well as the first five novels in the ''Young Bo ...

The three highest-scoring dishes for each course went forward for consideration for the final menu, but in a final twist, as the judges could not decide which dessert dish should go to the banquet, they decided that both Richard and Daniel's dishes deserved to be put forward to the banquet, with them serving to half the guests each. The Comic Relief banquet was shown in the final show, which was broadcast on 29 March, with all five dishes being prepared and presented for 80 guests.

Final result

*Starter: Tom Aikens – "Chicken Egg, Egg Chicken" *Fish: Aiden Byrne – "Prawn Cocktail" *Main: Michael Smith – "I Love Kids, But I Couldn't Eat a Whole One" *Dessert: Richard Davies and Daniel Clifford – "Strawberries and Cream" and "Going Out With A Bang"

Series 9 (2014)

Series 9 of ''The Great British Menu'', titled ''Great British Menu: The D-Day Banquet'', commenced on 7 April 2014, with the banquet hosted for people who fought on

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, of which it was the 70th anniversary in 2014. The banquet was broadcast on 6 June. It was held at St. Paul's Cathedral.

Heats

Final week

In the final week, the winning nine chefs battled for their dishes to be part of the final banquet menu, but in the dessert, Tom Sellers was taken ill, so only eight chefs competed on that day. Each day, the chefs cooked one of their courses for the four judges, who each marked the dish out of a possible ten points, and like the last series, all the other chefs marked each other's dishes and put their votes in a ballot box. The average score from the chefs was then added to the scores from the judges, who like in the heats, were joined by a D-Day veteran for each course. One other added twist was that before the final marks were given, the chefs and judges each saw what the top three would have been if only the chefs were marking.

Guest judges

*Starter: George Batts *Fish: Ken Sturdy *Main: Baroness Trumpington *Dessert: Celia Sandys The three highest-scoring dishes for each course went forward for consideration for the final menu. The D-Day banquet was shown in the final show, which was broadcast on 6 June, with all four dishes being prepared and presented for the veterans and special guest,

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Final result

*Starter: Adam Simmonds – "Your Share" *Fish: Emily Watkins – "We Shall Fight Them On The Beaches" *Main: James Durrant – "Blitz Spirit" *Dessert: Colin McGurran – "Homage To The Dickin Medal"

Series 10 (2015)

On 10 June 2015, it was announced that Series 10 of Great British Menu would be broadcast "later in the summer" with the chefs battling it out to cook a course at the banquet at

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in London to celebrate 100 years of the

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. The series eventually began on 3 August 2015.

Heats

Final week

In the final week, the winning eight chefs battled for their dishes to be part of the final banquet menu. Each day, the chefs cooked one of their courses for the four judges, who each marked the dish out of a possible ten points, and like the previous two series, all the other chefs would be marking each other's dishes and putting their votes in a ballot box. The average score from the chefs was then added to the scores from the judges, who like in the heats, were joined by a WI member for each course. Another added twist was that before the final marks were given, the chefs and judges each saw what the top three would have been if only the chefs were marking. In another twist for this series, due to the fact that the chefs are cooking for the WI, the judges revealed that only "perfect dishes" would make the shortlist, and unlike the mandatory three in the previous series, for some courses, there might be more or less than that.

Guest judges

*Starter: Angela Baker *Fish: Kirsty Bowen *Main: Felicity Cloake *Dessert: Mary Gwynn The shortlisted dishes for each course went forward for consideration for the final menu. The WI Centenary banquet was shown in the final show, which was broadcast on 9 October, with all four dishes being prepared and presented for the WI guests.

Final result

*Starter: Rich Bainbridge – "We All Stand For Jerusa-lamb" *Fish:

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– "Emancipation" *Main: Matt Gillan – "Teaching And Preaching" *Dessert: Rich Bainbridge – "Inspiring Women"

Series 11 (2016)

On 30 May 2016, it was announced that Series 11 of Great British Menu would also be broadcast "later in the summer" with the chefs this time cooking in the dining room of the

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in London to celebrate the "Great Britons" of

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. The series began on 29 August 2016.

Heats

Final week

Guest judges

*Starter: Lady Claire MacDonald OBE *Fish:

Tim Hayward Timothy Matthew Hayward (born 9 July 1963 in Bristol) is a British food writer, broadcaster and restaurateur. Career Born in Bristol, Hayward was educated at Bristol Grammar School, New College School, and Bournemouth School. He later attende ...

*Main: John Williams *Dessert:

Grace Dent Grace Dent (born 3 October 1973) is an English columnist, broadcaster and author. She is a restaurant critic for ''The Guardian'' and from 2011 to 2017 wrote a restaurant column for the ''Evening Standard''. She is a regular critic on the BBC' ...

As with the previous series, if certain dishes were thought to be more banquet-worthy than all the other dishes, then the dishes would immediately advance to the banquet.

Final result

*Starter: Mark Abbott – "Ordinary To Extraordinary" *Fish: Tommy Banks – "Preserving The Future" *Main: Mark Froydenlund – "A Celebration Of Rose Veal" *Dessert: Adam Reid – "Golden Empire"

Series 12 (2017)

The chefs had to cook for a banquet in celebration of the 140th anniversary of

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. This was the first series with

as a judge, replacing

Heats

Final week

In the final week, the winning eight chefs battled for their dishes to be part of the final banquet menu. Each day, the chefs cooked one of their courses for the four judges, who each marked the dish out of a possible ten points, but in a change to recent series, the chefs no longer had a vote on the dishes. In a further twist, the result for each course was announced at the end of each day, rather than a shortlist of a few dishes being carried forward to the end of the week. In the event of a dead heat, the three regular judges would decide which dish went through to the banquet.

Guest judges

*Starter:

Sue Barker Sue or SUE may refer to: Music * Sue Records, an American record label * ''Sue'' (album), an album by Frazier Chorus * "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)", a song by David Bowie Places * Sue Islet (Queensland), one of the Torres Straits island ...

*Fish:

Tim Henman Timothy Henry Henman (born 6 September 1974) is a British former professional tennis player. Henman played a serve-and-volley style of tennis. He was the first British man to reach the singles semifinals of Wimbledon since Roger Taylor in the ...

*Main: Gordon Reid *Dessert:

Annabel Croft Annabel Nicola Croft (born 12 July 1966) is a former professional British female tennis player and current radio and television presenter. As a tennis player she won the WTA Tour event Virginia Slims of San Diego and represented Great Britain i ...

Final result

*Starter: Pip Lacey – "Whatever The Weather" *Fish: Tommy Banks – "Turbot With Strawberries & Cream" *Main: Michael Bremner – "The Grass Is Greener" *Dessert: Selin Kiazim – "Honouring Venus Rosewater Champions"

Series 13 (2018)

The 2018 Great British Menu was about celebrating 70 years of the

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(NHS), with 24 chefs attempting to win a place on the final banquet menu, to cook "A Feast To Say Thank You" for people of the NHS to be held in the Great Hall of

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Heats

Final week

In the final week, the winning nine chefs battle for their dishes to be part of the final banquet menu. Each day, the chefs cooked one of their courses for the four judges, who each marked the dish out of a possible ten points. As with the previous series, the chefs no longer had a vote on the dishes, and the result for each course was announced at the end of each day, rather than a shortlist of a few dishes being carried forward to the end of the week. In the event of a dead heat, the three regular judges would decide which dish went through to the banquet. After the four winning chefs had been announced, the judges revealed that for the first time ever, the guests at the banquet would vote for their favourite dish and a Champion of Champions would be crowned.

Guest judges

*Starter: Rangan Chatterjee *Fish: Chris Ogden *Main: Tom Lynch *Dessert: Professor Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent

Final Result

*Starter: James Cochran – "Cep-tional" *Fish: Ellis Barrie – "Bun in the Oven" *Main: Tom Brown – "Poor Man's Goose" *Dessert: Chris Harrod – "Tea and Cake" *Champion of Champions: James Cochran

Series 14 (2019)

In the 2019 ''Great British Menu'', 24 chefs competed to serve a course at

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for the 50th anniversary of the last time that

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played together. The kitchen had moved to a new location in

and, in a change to the transmissions, instead of being five 30-minute shows broadcast between Monday to Friday, the shows became two 1-hour shows on Wednesday and Thursday, with the starter and fish courses on the Wednesday and the main and dessert courses on Thursday, with the judging being unchanged as a 30-minute show on Fridays.

Heats

Final week

As in the previous series, all eight chefs cooked all their menus and each course winner was picked at the end of each day. Following the announcement of all the course winners, the judges confirmed that they also wanted the chefs to create

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options of their meals and, like the previous year, there was also a "Champion of Champions" vote with all the diners.

Guest judges

*Starter:

Martin Kemp Martin John Kemp (born 10 October 1961) is an English musician and actor, best known as the bassist in the new wave band Spandau Ballet and for his role as Steve Owen in ''EastEnders''. He is the younger brother of Gary Kemp, who is also a ...

*Fish:

Kanya King Kanya King, (born in Kilburn, London) is a British entrepreneur who is the founder of the MOBO Awards. Biography King was born in Kilburn, London, to an Irish mother and a Ghanaian father, being the youngest of their nine children. Her father ...

''(with assistance from

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)'' *Main:

Andrew Ridgeley Andrew John Ridgeley (born 26 January 1963) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer, best known for his work in the 1980s in the musical duo Wham!. Early life Ridgeley was born in Windlesham, Surrey, England, to parents ...

*Dessert:

Peter Hook Peter Hook (born Woodhead; 13 February 1956) is an English musician, best known as the bassist and co-founder of the rock bands Joy Division and New Order. Hook often used the bass as a lead instrument, playing melodies on the high strings wi ...

Final result

*Starter: Luke Selby – "The British Invasion" *Fish: Tom Anglesea – "Lost Souls in a Fish Bowl" *Main: Adam Reid – "Comfort Food 'Sounds' Good" *Dessert: ''

Lorna McNee Lorna McNee is a Scottish chef who was a winner of '' Great British Menu'' in 2019. Early life McNee was born in 1987 and raised in Forres, Scotland. She studied at Moray College before spending two weeks at Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's. She u ...

'' – "Lime and Sunshine, There's Enough for Everyone" *Champion of Champions: ''

Series 15 (2020)

In the 2020 Great British Menu, many changes were announced to the format. The comedian

became the host and hosted in the kitchens at Stratford-upon-Avon. Also, for the first time since series 3, each region had four chefs, instead of three. Each chef was to cook six courses, instead of the usual four. As well as the traditional starter, fish course, main course and dessert, each chef had to create two other courses, which although not marked by the judges, could be used as a tie-breaker if needed. They were an

amuse-bouche An ''amuse-bouche'' (; ) or ''amuse-gueule'' (, ; ) is a single, bite-sized'' hors d'œuvre''. Amuse-bouches are different from appetizers in that they are not ordered from a menu by patrons but are served free and according to the chef's selec ...

at the beginning, and a pre-dessert

palate cleanser A palate cleanser is a neutral-flavored food or drink that removes food residue from the tongue allowing one to more accurately assess a new flavor. Palate cleansers are often used between tasting wine or cheese or other strong flavors. Pickled ...

between the main and dessert courses. The theme for the series was

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with the banquet due to be held at

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, and each region had its own sub-theme towards the brief. As with the previous series, the shows were 1 hour long with the amuse-bouche, starter and fish courses on the Wednesday and the main, pre-dessert and dessert courses on Thursday, with the judging being unchanged as a 30-minute show on Fridays. The main difference was that one chef was eliminated after the fish course on day 1, with another chef eliminated after the dessert on day 2.

Heats

Final week

The winning eight chefs cook their courses in celebration of nearly 200 years of British children's literature.

Guest judges

*Starter:

Cressida Cowell Cressida Cowell FRSL (born 15 April 1966) is a British children's author, popularly known for the book series, ''How to Train Your Dragon (novel series), How to Train Your Dragon'', which has subsequently become an How to Train Your Dragon (fr ...

*Fish:

Malorie Blackman Malorie Blackman is a British writer who held the position of Children's Laureate from 2013 to 2015. She primarily writes literature and television drama for children and young adults. She has used science fiction to explore social and ethica ...

*Main:

Anthony Horowitz Anthony John Horowitz, (born 5 April 1955) is an English novelist and screenwriter specialising in mystery and suspense. His works for children and young adult readers include ''The Diamond Brothers'' series, the ''Alex Rider'' series, and ''T ...

*Dessert:

Greg James Gregory James Alan Milward (born 17 December 1985) is an English radio and television presenter, comedian and author. He is the host of BBC Radio 1's breakfast show, co-presenter on the cricket podcast '' Tailenders'' alongside Felix White and ...

''(with assistance from Chris Smith)''

Final result

*Amuse-bouche: Ruth Hansom – "Golden Snitch" *Starter: Alex Greene – "The Potato, The Onion, The Cheese and The Wardrobe" *Fish: Niall Keating – "Witches of the Northern Lights" *Main: Tom Barnes – "Beatrix Potter's Herdwick Lamb" *Pre-dessert: Kerth Gumbs – "Snozzcumbers and Frobscottle" *Dessert: Alex Greene – "The Incredible Edible Book" *Champion of Champions: Niall Keating Although Ruth Hansom and Kerth Gumbs did not win any of the courses, Ruth's fish course and Kerth's dessert course were the two highest-scoring runners-up, so they were invited to cook the Amuse-bouche and Pre-dessert respectively.

Great British Christmas Menu (2020)

From 1 to 24 December 2020, a special Christmas series was shown. Andi Oliver stepped down from the judging panel and began presenting the series, replacing Susan Calman, and comedian

Kerry Godliman Kerry Anna Godliman (born November 1973) is an English actor and comedian best known for her roles in ''Derek'', '' Bad Move'' and '' After Life''. Early life Godliman was born in Perivale, West London, and trained at Rose Bruford College in ...

took Andi's place as a special guest judge. Twelve previous winners of the show competed to cook their dishes for a six-course banquet originally located at

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. In the first round of each course, various eight of those veteran chefs were selected, and one group of four judges double-blind the other group's dishes in the first rounds. Top three dishes of their respective courses (or four for canapé) are selected for the second round in the judging panel. Godliman is a

, so chefs cooked vegetarian alternatives of their courses for her. The main banquet was cancelled due to restrictions during the pandemic, so mini banquets occurred in various areas, while some other units of the six-course meal were home-delivered. The filming of the banquet occurred at a gazebo outside the Hospital under tier-two restrictions during the

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Guest judges

Canapé A canapé () is a type of hors d'oeuvre, a small, prepared, and often decorative food, consisting of a small piece of bread (sometimes toasted) wrapped or topped with some savoury food, held in the fingers and often eaten in one bite. Name Th ...

and starter: Vicky Hall * Fish and main course:

Tim Spector Timothy David Spector (born 1958) is a British epidemiologist, medical doctor, and science writer. Biography Spector was born in North London in July 1958. He trained in medicine and rose to the position of consultant rheumatologist, before ...

* Dessert and petit four:

Beverley Knight Beverley Knight (born Beverley Anne Smith, 22 March 1973) is an English recording artist and musical theatre actress. She released her first album, ''The B-Funk'', in 1995. Heavily influenced by American soul music icons such as Sam Cooke and ...

Final result

* Canapé: James Cochran – "T'was the Night Before Christmas"; Alex Greene – "Christmas Tree Bauble";

Lisa Goodwin-Allen Lisa Goodwin-Allen (born Lisa Allen, 29 April 1981) is a British chef best known for being executive chef of the Michelin-starred Northcote restaurant. She was also one of four winning chefs on season five of the BBC cooking show ''Great Britis ...

– "Retro Christmas Canape" * Starter: Alex Greene – "Not Mushroom under this Tree" * Fish: Tom Barnes – "Smoked Salmon Over Pine" * Main course: Lisa Goodwin-Allen – "Christmas Fallow Deer Feast" * Dessert: Lisa Goodwin-Allen – "Christmas Snowglobe (Thank You)" *

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Tommy Banks Thomas Benjamin Banks (December 17, 1936 – January 25, 2018) was a Canadian pianist, conductor, arranger, composer, television personality and senator. Television and musical career Banks was the host of nationally - and internationally ...

– "The Night Before Christmas"

Series 16 (2021)

Series 16 began on 24 March 2021. The theme of the competition was innovation, celebrating the 30th anniversary of Sir

Tim Berners-Lee Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee (born 8 June 1955), also known as TimBL, is an English computer scientist best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web. He is a Professorial Fellow of Computer Science at the University of Oxford and a profess ...

creation of the

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. The series also marked the debut of

as a judge, with

hosting following the series' Christmas Special. The banquet was due to be held at

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, but as

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restrictions were still in effect at the time of the series' filming, the banquet was instead held outdoors in a marquee, with full

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measures in place. The first course was referred to as

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s for this season, rather than the

from the last season.

Heats

Final week

The winning eight chefs cook their courses in celebration of British innovation.

Guest judges

*Starter:

Phil Wang Philip Nathaniel Wang Sin Goi (born 22 January 1990) is a British-Malaysian stand-up comedian and comedy writer who is a member of the sketch comedy group Daphne, and co-creator of their BBC Radio 4 series, '' Daphne Sounds Expensive''. He cur ...

*Fish:

Zoe Laughlin Zoe Laughlin () is a British artist, maker and materials engineer. She is the co-founder and Director of the Institute of Making at University College London. She is a regular panelist on the BBC Radio 4 show The Kitchen Cabinet. Laughlin was ...

*Main:

Carol Vorderman Carol Jean Vorderman, HonFIET (born 24 December 1960) is a Welsh media personality, best known for appearing on the game show ''Countdown'' for 26 years from 1982 until 2008, as a newspaper columnist and nominal author of educational and diet ...

*Dessert:

Final result

*Starter: Alex Bond – "The Founding Father" *Palate cleanser: Jude Kereama – "Double Dose Palate Booster" *Fish: Roberta Hall-McCarron – "Maxwell's Colour Wheel" *Main: Oli Marlow – "Special Delivery" *Dessert: Dan McGeorge – "Give A Dog A Bone" *Petit four: Jude Kereama – "Planetary Petit Four" *Champion of Champions: Dan McGeorge The Canapé and the Pre-dessert were not scored but were awarded to Jude Kereama as the highest runner-up. However, Jude's canapé was changed to be served as a

after Alex's starter, and Jude's pre-dessert was changed to be served as a

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after Dan's dessert.

Series 17 (2022)

Series 17 began on 1 February 2022. The theme of the competition is Great British Broadcasting, coinciding with the 100 year anniversary of the

...
beginning radio broadcasts. The series also saw a whole new judging panel with

and former GBM champion

becoming the new judges, whilst Andi Oliver remained as host. The banquet was held at

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, where the

...
's first television broadcast took place in 1936. In another change to recent series, the heats were shown on Tuesday–Thursday, and the judging episode was extended from a 30 minute episode to a 1 hour episode. For the first time ever on the series, one of regional heats (South West) consists of all four female chefs in the line-up.

Heats

Final week

The winning eight chefs cook their courses in celebration of British broadcasting.

Guest judges

*Starter:

Steve Pemberton Steven James Pemberton (born 1 September 1967) is a British actor, comedian, director and writer. He is best known as a member of ''The League of Gentlemen'' with Reece Shearsmith, Mark Gatiss, and Jeremy Dyson. Pemberton and Shearsmith also co- ...

*Fish:

Floella Benjamin Floella Karen Yunies Benjamin, Baroness Benjamin, (born 23 September 1949GRO Register of Marriages: SEP 1980 14 0207 LAMBETH – Keith D. Taylor=Floella K.Y. Benjamin) is a Trinidadian-British actress, singer, presenter, author, businesswoman, ...

*Main:

Alison Steadman Alison Steadman (born 26 August 1946) is an English actress. She received the 1991 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for the Mike Leigh film '' Life Is Sweet'' and the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Actress for her role as Ma ...

*Dessert:

Huw Edwards Huw Edwards (; born 18 August 1961) is a Welsh journalist, presenter, and newsreader. Edwards presents ''BBC News at Ten'', the corporation's flagship news broadcast. Edwards also presents BBC coverage of state events, international events, th ...

Final result

*Canapé: Sally Abé – (Tarlet of whipped chicken with elderberry and port jelly) *Starter: Nathan Davies – "Merlin's Potion" *Fish: Spencer Metzger – "Be Careful What You Fish For" *Main: Spencer Metzger – "First Impressions" *Pre-dessert: Sally Abé – (Yoghurt sorbet ice lolly, based around ''

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'') *Dessert: Chris McClurg – "A 'Trifle' Derry Girls" *Champion of Champions: Spencer Metzger ("Be Careful What You Fish For") Sally Abé was the highest placed chef not to cook one of the main plates, so she was chosen to cook her canapé and pre-dessert courses.

Transmissions

References

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