Great British Menu Series 8

degsyhufc · 19/03/13 - 00:27

Watched an episode of The Fixer last night and guess who popped up? Peter and his brother from Casamina.

They said that they michelin starred food was taking traditional, nostalgic recipies and updating them.

So I guess that his brief in this years comp is ingrained into him.

clm2071 · 19/03/13 - 01:33

Evening all, good week ahead hopefully!

jonbwfc · 19/03/13 - 01:34

So hold on, it's the Welsh heat, but none of the chefs are Welsh and the judge is a Scot?

horwichallstars · 19/03/13 - 01:34

19?? Headchef?? I think I have watched too much "Masterchef the Professional" as I feel rather cynical

Mishcoll · 19/03/13 - 01:34

Initial impressions of these 3 chefs isn't good, hope they prove me wrong and we get some great dishes this week.

[Deleted User] · 19/03/13 - 01:36

hello everyone. What idea would you come up with to fit the brief?

planets · 19/03/13 - 01:38

have they ditched the humour brief this week?

degsyhufc · 19/03/13 - 01:38

jonbwfc wrote: »

So hold on, it's the Welsh heat, but none of the chefs are Welsh and the judge is a Scot?

They've really given up this year haven't they

There were comments about Atherton representing the South East and not the North East or whaterver region it was back then for Linconshire.

Then you had Corrigan from ROI representing NI :eek:

and Atul from India in there for some reason

and a few others along the way.

degsyhufc · 19/03/13 - 01:40

horwichallstars wrote: »

19?? Headchef?? I think I have watched too much "Masterchef the Professional" as I feel rather cynical

Marlow is a nice part of the country isn't it. And at 19, surely just out of catering college or apprenticeship.

It may be a cynical view but I wonder if his parents are in the industry or own/funded his restaurant

vixyvic · 19/03/13 - 01:40

Hi everyone the pigeon holing continues. "Self-taught" Mary Anne...

horwichallstars · 19/03/13 - 01:42

degsyhufc wrote: »

Marlow is a nice part of the country isn't it. And at 19, surely just out of catering college or apprenticeship.

It may be a cynical view but I wonder if his parents are in the industry or own/funded his restaurant

We just said exactly the same thing about his parents buying the restaurant for him....because he's not set that up out of his own funds

clm2071 · 19/03/13 - 01:42

degsyhufc wrote: »

Marlow is a nice part of the country isn't it. And at 19, surely just out of catering college or apprenticeship.

It may be a cynical view but I wonder if his parents are in the industry or own/funded his restaurant

Yeah, I wondered if hes had a bit of a helping hand along the way

James_Monnelly · 19/03/13 - 01:43

Graham Norton doing a decent job judging this week

degsyhufc · 19/03/13 - 01:43

vixyvic wrote: »

Hi everyone the pigeon holing continues. "Self-taught" Mary Anne...

She's not taking any of this pretentious cheffy crap is she

Unfortunately I don't think her food is going to be upto much in this type of comp.

We'll see though

vixyvic · 19/03/13 - 01:44

Snigger young head chef refers to Mary Anne's wealth of experience.

jonbwfc · 19/03/13 - 01:44

fender101 wrote: »

hello everyone. What idea would you come up with to fit the brief?

I had a theory of a menu themed around classic British comedy. Pig's trotters as a starter showing up in a three wheeled yellow cover..

[Deleted User] · 19/03/13 - 01:45

degsyhufc wrote: »

Marlow is a nice part of the country isn't it. And at 19, surely just out of catering college or apprenticeship.

It may be a cynical view but I wonder if his parents are in the industry or own/funded his restaurant

I once played a gig in "Marlow Bottom". "Good evening Marlow Bottom"

planets · 19/03/13 - 01:46

so this series there is usually a michelin star chef who has never get through yet gets through ...this time time he is up against a 19 year old and a "self taught" can we guess who's going through before we see any of the food?

vixyvic · 19/03/13 - 01:46

degsyhufc wrote: »

She's not taking any of this pretentious cheffy crap is she

Unfortunately I don't think her food is going to be upto much in this type of comp.

Well see though

I'm enjoying that it's quite refreshing. We'll see what the dishes all look like at the end.

jonbwfc · 19/03/13 - 01:46

No Michelin stars this week either..

planets · 19/03/13 - 01:48

jonbwfc wrote: »

No Michelin stars this week either..

chicken salad guy has a michelin star

degsyhufc · 19/03/13 - 01:48

jonbwfc wrote: »

No Michelin stars this week either..

Richard Davies has a michelin star

James_Monnelly · 19/03/13 - 01:48

Since when was Marlow in Wales? Does not sound very Welsh to me, just a generic University accent

jonbwfc · 19/03/13 - 01:48

planets wrote: »

chicken salad guy has a michelin star

Must have missed that, fair enough.

horwichallstars · 19/03/13 - 01:49

Where is funny???

Hey there!

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