Great British Menu - Season 20

Great British Menu - Season 20

Season 20

Great British Menu returns for its 20th anniversary, presented by Andi Oliver. Chefs compete to cook a course celebrating great Britons at a historic banquet at Blenheim Palace.

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Episodes29
DatesJan 28, 2025 - Feb 27, 2025
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North West England: Starters and Fish
Season 20Episode 160 min

North West England: Starters and Fish

It's the 20th anniversary series of Great British Menu, and four chefs compete for north west England with canapes, starters and fish dishes celebrating great Britons of the past for a banquet at historic Blenheim Palace.

The dishes are judged by the Michelin-starred Paul Ainsworth and include a scouse pie, in honour of Anne Williams and her campaign to obtain justice for those who died in the Hillsborough disaster, and a poetically inspired Wordsworth confit trout with sauce barigoule, marigold oil, nasturtiums, and a butterfly tuile.

Jan 28, 2025
North West England: Mains and Dessert
Season 20Episode 260 min

North West England: Mains and Dessert

The three talented chefs from north west England are halfway through their heat, and the pressure is mounting. Once again, they each serve a unique take on the brief celebrating great Britons of the past for a banquet at historic Blenheim Palace.

The dishes are judged by veteran judge Paul Ainsworth and include a surprise main of three of Cilla Black's favourite things, liver, bacon and cabbage, a suffragette rosette for Emmeline Pankhurst using a black garlic and tofu ragu, and a strawberry edible garden dedicated to Liverpool's Strawberry Fields and John Lennon. But who will be leaving the competition?

Jan 29, 2025
North West Judging
Season 20Episode 360 min

North West Judging

The two highest scoring chefs from north west England must go head-to-head and cook their six-course menus again.

They need to impress a panel of exacting judges: Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge, former Great British Menu Champion of Champions Lorna McNee, and comedian and food podcaster Ed Gamble. The guest judge is Margaret Aspinall, the remarkable campaigner for justice for her son and the 97 in the Hillsborough disaster in 1989. How will she judge dishes celebrating great Britons of the past?

Only one of the chefs will triumph and go through to represent north west England at the national finals.

Jan 30, 2025
South West England: Starter and Fish
Season 20Episode 460 min

South West England: Starter and Fish

 

It's the 20th anniversary series of Great British Menu, and four chefs compete for south west England with canapes, starters and fish dishes celebrating great Britons of the past for a banquet at historic Blenheim Palace.

The dishes are judged by the Michelin-starred Michael Caines and include a sourdough crumpet with seaweed to celebrate female botanist Elizabeth Warren. Plus a bold pan-fried gurnard with fennel, that celebrates composer Gustav Holst and his orchestral suite The Planets.

Feb 4, 2025
South West England: Mains and Dessert
Season 20Episode 560 min

South West England: Mains and Dessert

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 great Britons of the past for a banquet at historic Blenheim Palace.

The dishes are judged by Simon Rogan and include a forerib of beef with cheddar and truffle panisse, to celebrate prolific cheesemaker Edith Cannon. There is also a blackcurrant, honey and lemon sorbet celebrating Princess Campbell, a pioneer in nursing and one of the first black ward sisters in Bristol. Finally on the menu is a white chocolate dome filled with coffee and caramelised mousse, to celebrate architect Sir Christopher Wren. But who will be leaving the competition?

Feb 5, 2025
South West England: Judging
Season 20Episode 660 min

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.

They need to impress a panel of exacting judges: Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge, former Great British Menu Champion of Champions Lorna McNee, and comedian and food podcaster Ed Gamble. The guest judge is Professor Tracy Daszkiewicz, the former director of public health for Wiltshire who was instrumental in helping to prevent the spread of the Novichok poison in Salisbury in March 2018. How will she judge dishes celebrating great Britons of the past?

Only one of the chefs will triumph and go through to represent south west England at the national finals.

Feb 6, 2025
Scotland: Starter and Fish
Season 20Episode 760 min

Scotland: Starter and Fish

It's the 20th anniversary series of Great British Menu, and four chefs compete for Scotland with canapes, starters and fish dishes celebrating great Britons of the past for a banquet at historic Blenheim Palace.

The dishes are judged by the Michelin-starred Aktar Islam and include a beetroot-based book celebrating Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes, and an inventive take on poaching haddock inside a humble flask that's inspired by four Scottish inventors.

Feb 11, 2025
Scotland: Mains and Dessert
Season 20Episode 860 min

Scotland: Mains and Dessert

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 great Britons of the past for a banquet at historic Blenheim Palace.

The dishes are judged by Aktar Islam and include a complex dish celebrating the Cairngorms and Nan Shepherd with Scottish venison and venison parfait, and a pudding made from apple bavarois, Drambuie sorbet and aerated white chocolate toasting Flora Macdonald, who hid Bonnie Prince Charlie from the British army. But who will be leaving the competition?

Feb 12, 2025
Scotland: Judging
Season 20Episode 960 min

Scotland: Judging

The two highest-scoring chefs from Scotland must go head-to-head and cook their six-course menus again.

They need to impress a panel of exacting judges: Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge, former Great British Menu Champion of Champions Lorna McNee, and comedian and food podcaster Ed Gamble. The guest judge is modern-day hero Ben Thompson, who after the RNLI saved his life in a traumatic event at sea, went on to volunteer for them as well as becoming a firefighter, saving lives both on water and land. He also recently won a Pride of Scotland award. How will he judge dishes celebrating great Britons of the past?

Only one of the chefs will triumph and go through to represent Scotland at the national finals.

Feb 13, 2025
North East England and Yorkshire: Starter and Fish
Season 20Episode 1060 min

North East England and Yorkshire: Starter and Fish

It's the 20th anniversary series of Great British Menu, and four chefs compete for north east England and Yorkshire with canapes, starters and fish dishes celebrating great Britons of the past for a banquet at historic Blenheim Palace.

The dishes are judged by past winner of the fish course Michael O'Hare, and they include a suffragette tea party featuring variations of onion, and a green banana curry inspired by Cornelia Sorabji, the first woman to study law at Oxford University.

Feb 18, 2025
North East England and Yorkshire: Mains and Dessert
Season 20Episode 1160 min

North East England and Yorkshire: Mains and Dessert

The three talented chefs from north east England and Yorkshire are halfway through their heat, and the pressure is mounting. Once again, they each serve a unique take on the brief celebrating great Britons of the past for a banquet at historic Blenheim Palace.

The dishes are judged by Michael O'Hare, and they include venison smoked with lapsang souchong tea and a sugar-free layered dessert celebrating abolitionist William Wilberforce. But who will be leaving the competition?

Feb 19, 2025
North East England and Yorkshire: Judging
Season 20Episode 1260 min

North East England and Yorkshire: Judging

The two highest-scoring chefs from north east England and Yorkshire must go head-to-head and cook their six-course menus again.

They need to impress a panel of exacting judges: Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge, former Great British Menu Champion of Champions Lorna McNee, and comedian and food podcaster Ed Gamble. The guest judge is Greg Jenner, a historian and an honorary fellow of York University. How will he judge dishes celebrating great Britons of the past?

Only one of the chefs will triumph and go through to represent north east England and Yorkshire at the national finals.

Feb 20, 2025
Wales: Starter and Fish
Season 20Episode 1360 min

Wales: Starter and Fish

It's the 20th anniversary series of Great British Menu, and four chefs compete for Wales with canapes, starters and fish dishes celebrating great Britons of the past for a banquet at historic Blenheim Palace.

The dishes are judged by 2022 Great British Menu Champion of Champions Spencer Metzger, and they include a leek and potato soup celebrating St David, and a scallop, horseradish and nasturtium dish celebrating Nye Bevan and the NHS.

Feb 25, 2025
Wales: Mains and Dessert
Season 20Episode 1460 min

Wales: Mains and Dessert

The three talented chefs from Wales are halfway through their heat, and the pressure is mounting. Once again, they each serve a unique take on the brief celebrating great Britons of the past for a banquet at historic Blenheim Palace.

The dishes are judged by Spencer Metzger and include two dishes inspired by Dylan Thomas, one a Welsh lamb dish and the other a kanafeh, a traditional Middle Eastern dessert. But who will be leaving the competition?

Feb 26, 2025
Wales: Judging
Season 20Episode 1560 min

Wales: Judging

The two highest-scoring chefs from Wales must go head-to-head and cook their six-course menus again.

They need to impress a panel of exacting judges: Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge, former Great British Menu Champion of Champions Lorna McNee, and comedian and food podcaster Ed Gamble. The guest judge is singer, songwriter, author and broadcaster Cerys Matthews. How will she judge dishes celebrating great Britons of the past?

Only one of the chefs will triumph and go through to represent Wales at the national finals.

Feb 27, 2025

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