Great British Menu — Season 8
The nation's greatest chefs compete to cook at a special banquet for Comic Relief.
About this season
The nation's greatest chefs compete to cook at a special banquet for Comic Relief.
Episodes (45)
1. London and South East Starter
Aired 28 January 2013 • 30 min
The nation's chefs compete to cook at a special banquet to celebrate 25 years of Comic Relief's Red Nose Day. Who will make the best starter?
2. London and South East Fish
Aired 29 January 2013 • 30 min
The nation's chefs compete to cook at a special banquet to celebrate 25 years of Comic Relief's Red Nose Day. Who will make the best fish course?
3. London and South East Main
Aired 30 January 2013 • 30 min
The nation's chefs compete to cook at a special banquet to celebrate 25 years of Comic Relief's Red Nose Day. Who will serve up the best main course?
4. London and South East Dessert
Aired 31 January 2013 • 30 min
The nation's chefs compete to cook at a special banquet to celebrate 25 years of Comic Relief's Red Nose Day. Who will make the best dessert?
5. London and South East Judging
Aired 1 February 2013 • 30 min
The nation's chefs compete to cook at a special banquet to celebrate 25 years of Comic Relief's Red Nose Day. Arabella Weir joins for the final round.
6. Scotland Starter
Aired 4 February 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Will the winning starter be spiced ham, a warm chicken salad or a rabbit terrine?
7. Scotland Fish
Aired 5 February 2013 • 30 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Will the winning fish dish be a traditional Scottish soup, a chowder or a no-cook mackerel?
8. Scotland Main
Aired 6 February 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Will the winning main course be an African inspired goat tagine, a beef dish or a duck dish?
9. Scotland Dessert
Aired 7 February 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Will the winning dessert be a comedy custard pie, a chocolate dessert or doughnuts?
10. Scotland Judging
Aired 8 February 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Only one chef can make it through to the national finals to represent Scotland.
11. North West Starter
Aired 11 February 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The curtain raises on the competition in the North West.
12. North West Fish
Aired 12 February 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The North West chefs cook their fish courses.
13. North West Main
Aired 13 February 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The North West chefs cook their main course.
14. North West Dessert
Aired 14 February 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The North West chefs get a final chance to impress with their dessert.
15. North West Judging
Aired 15 February 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The two remaining North West chefs must cook their entire menus for the judges.
16. North East Starter
Aired 18 February 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The three North East chefs all want to top the leader board with their starter.
17. North East Fish
Aired 19 February 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The three North East chefs hope to impress with their fish courses.
18. North East Main
Aired 20 February 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The North East chefs cook their main course for judge Jason Atherton.
19. North East Dessert
Aired 21 February 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Which desserts will help get two North East chefs through to their regional final?
20. North East Judging
Aired 22 February 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The two remaining North East chefs must cook their entire menus for the judges.
21. South West Starter
Aired 25 February 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The three South West chefs all want to top the leader board with their starter.
22. South West Fish
Aired 26 February 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The three South West chefs compete to get their fish course to top of the leader board.
23. South West Main
Aired 27 February 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The three South West chefs compete to get their main course to the top of the leader board.
24. South West Dessert
Aired 28 February 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Which dessert will help get two chefs through to the Friday show?
25. South West Judging
Aired 1 March 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The two remaining South West chefs must cook their entire menus for the judges.
26. Northern Ireland Starter
Aired 4 March 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The curtain raises on the competition in Northern Ireland.
27. Northern Ireland Fish
Aired 5 March 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The three Northern Ireland chefs cook their fish courses.
28. Northern Ireland Main
Aired 6 March 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The three Northern Ireland chefs prepare their main course.
29. Northern Ireland Dessert
Aired 7 March 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Which desserts will help two chefs get through to their regional final?
30. Northern Ireland Judging
Aired 8 March 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The two remaining Northern Ireland chefs must cook their menus for the judges.
31. Central Starter
Aired 11 March 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. In central England, three culinary heavyweights return to the Great British Menu kitchen.
32. Central Fish
Aired 12 March 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The three chefs try to impress veteran judge Marcus Wareing with their fish courses.
33. Central Main
Aired 13 March 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. As they cook their main courses, Adil Ray joins the chefs for a fundraising adventure.
34. Central Dessert
Aired 13 March 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The chefs create their desserts, with one last chance to impress judge Marcus Wareing.
35. Central Judging
Aired 14 March 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The chefs must cook their entire menus for the judges, including Jim Moir aka Vic Reeves.
36. Wales Starter
Aired 18 March 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The Welsh chefs raise the curtain with their starters.
37. Wales Fish
Aired 19 March 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Luke Thomas hopes his quirky take on a classic fish finger will impress veteran Jeremy Lee.
38. Wales Main
Aired 20 March 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The Welsh chefs prepare their main course. Which one will get the top score from Jeremy Lee?
39. Wales Dessert
Aired 21 March 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. It is the final chance for the Welsh chefs to impress Jeremy Lee with their dessert dishes.
40. Wales Judging
Aired 22 March 2013 • 29 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The remaining chefs representing Wales must cook their entire menus for the judges.
41. Finals Starter
Aired 25 March 2013 • 60 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Patricia Hodge and the judges taste all eight winning regional starter courses.
42. Finals Fish
Aired 26 March 2013 • 60 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Impressionist Ronni Ancona joins the judges as they taste the fish courses.
43. Finals Main
Aired 27 March 2013 • 60 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Ade Edmondson tucks into the chefs' main courses to decide which will remain in contention.
44. Finals Dessert
Aired 28 March 2013 • 60 min
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The chefs not only learn the top three desserts but also the winning menu.
45. The Banquet
Aired 29 March 2013 • 60 min
It is the climax of the competition as the winning chefs cook at the Comic Relief Banquet at the Royal Albert Hall. But it is not all plain sailing.