Great British Menu Series 8

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Starts tonight at 7:30pm on BBC2
Great British Menu is back and the nation's greatest chefs are competing to cook at a special banquet at the Royal Albert Hall to celebrate 25 years of Comic Relief's Red Nose Day and celebrate the unsung heroes of charity work. Not only do they have to deliver a performance on a plate to win, they will also have to put a smile on everyone's face. The chefs will also be set fundraising challenges to raise money for Comic Relief. Also, each week a special guest will also join the judging triumviate.
The curtain raises on London and the South East - newcomers Matt Gillan and Adam Simmonds come face-to-face with returning contender Tom Aikens. Today, it is the starter course and someone will make a schoolboy error. Will Tom make a mistake delivering his complicated chicken dish? Or will it be Adam or Matt, who are creating wildly different pigeon dishes
Great British Menu veteran Richard Corrigan will be judging all week.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0071y6r
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 67
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    We won't be watching it this year as the events become less & less prestigious. As the point of it was to find the best menu cooked by the best chefs for VIP's this becoming less & less the case.

    Also I think it is time the judges were changed.They have become very boring & very snobby.
  • degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    I'd like to see what the theme is.


    Cook a 4 course meal for a starving African?


    I'll guess that it'll either be fun and exciting courses or just go all out to impress as I can't think of another theme to match up.


    I'll tune in to see what the theme of the banquet is.
  • apaulapaul Posts: 9,846
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    gerry_4 wrote: »
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    Also I think it is time the judges were changed.They have become very boring & very snobby.

    I like Pru and Oliver, but Fort is a tiresome bore. They've changed the judging by adding a 'celebrity'. I doubt that will be an improvement.
  • degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    Same old music
  • vosnevosne Posts: 14,131
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    Ooops......didn't see this :o
  • planetsplanets Posts: 47,784
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    ooo beetroot *drinks first of the series*
  • degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    degsyhufc wrote: »
    I'll guess that it'll either be fun and exciting courses or just go all out to impress as I can't think of another theme to match up.
    Fun & Quirky seem to be the buzz words this year. Heard the phrase twice already.
  • degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    Oh, Witty & Playful also :rolleyes:

    Someone will have to keep count
  • planetsplanets Posts: 47,784
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    oh crumbs ...literally
  • degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    Witty & Playful is ahead of Fun & Quirky at the moment
  • planetsplanets Posts: 47,784
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    tom aiken has borrowed tim henman's voice for the day
  • degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    planets wrote: »
    tom aiken has borrowed tim henman's voice for the day
    He's always sounded like that AFAICR.
    I only found out last year that he has an identical twin brother.
    He runs a gastropub in the US. Saw him on a US food show.
  • jonbwfcjonbwfc Posts: 18,050
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    So what are the drinking rules this time then? Any reference to comedy and we'll all be alcoholics by the quarters.
  • planetsplanets Posts: 47,784
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    degsyhufc wrote: »
    He's always sounded like that AFAICR.
    I only found out last year that he has an identical twin brother.
    He runs a gastropub in the US. Saw him on a US food show.

    i'd never noticed before but typing away and i wondered why tim henman was on it!!!
    seems to be an extended ad for their restaurants rather than showing any cooking :(
  • planetsplanets Posts: 47,784
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    jonbwfc wrote: »
    So what are the drinking rules this time then? Any reference to comedy and we'll all be alcoholics by the quarters.

    i figured it was the same rules as masterchef!!! the multi beetroot gave me my first...ooo anther mention of fun by tom there drink up jon!
  • apaulapaul Posts: 9,846
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    Weaknesses? How about not paying your suppliers, Tom?
  • Collins1965Collins1965 Posts: 13,799
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    Why is Corrigan judging this heat and not the Northern Ireland one???
  • degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    Why is Corrigan judging this heat and not the Northern Ireland one???
    Why is he judging or competing. He's not even British :p
    Him and Atul seemed to get a by :D
  • jonbwfcjonbwfc Posts: 18,050
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    Why is Corrigan judging this heat and not the Northern Ireland one???
    All the other London Michelin starred chefs are in a strop with GBM?
  • Collins1965Collins1965 Posts: 13,799
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    jonbwfc wrote: »
    All the other London Michelin starred chefs are in a strop with GBM?

    Lol, maybe so! :D
  • kingofcakeskingofcakes Posts: 2,948
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    Why is Corrigan judging this heat and not the Northern Ireland one???

    The judges are judging heats from outside their own regions this year, so Angela Hartnett is doing Scotland next week.
  • planetsplanets Posts: 47,784
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    8 with a bone in it?
  • apaulapaul Posts: 9,846
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    Corrigan must have been in a good mood.
  • Collins1965Collins1965 Posts: 13,799
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    The judges are judging heats from outside their own regions this year, so Angela Hartnett is doing Scotland next week.

    That's interesting, bit of a twist. Thanks for the info :)
  • Gondolin GirlGondolin Girl Posts: 1,421
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    I see the Douglas fir is back again. :rolleyes:
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