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The nation's top chefs compete for the chance to cook at an incredible four-course banquet

The best of British cuisine. Top chefs from across the UK put their hearts on a plate and showcase amazing culinary talent. Who will get to cook for a spectacular banquet?

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Great British Menu: Series 9

Tom Clarke

Nicola Moody

Prue Leith

Oliver Peyton

Matthew Fort

George Batts

Great British Menu: Series 9: Episode 41: Finals Starter

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Episode 41

Episode 41: Finals Starter

Series 9

Finals Starter

BBC Two - Great British Menu, Series 9, Finals Starter

It is finals week and victorious regional chefs must cook their starters for the judges.

Top chefs compete to cook at a banquet marking the 70th anniversary of D-Day. It is finals week and victorious regional chefs must cook their starters for the judges.

It's finals week on Great British Menu as the victorious regional chefs do battle for a place on the banquet menu. The winners will cook their dishes at a reception for WWII heroes commemorating 70 years since the D-Day landings, held at St Paul's Cathedral, a bastion of British wartime resilience.

Each day, the chefs must cook one of their four courses again to impress not only the judges Matthew Fort, Oliver Peyton and Prue Leith, but also a banquet guest of honour who has memories of the war, and their fellow chefs, who will also be marking the dishes. 

The three top-scoring creations will be placed on that course's shortlist and be in contention for the banquet. The final menu will be chosen by the judges from the dishes on the shortlists, so to be in with a chance of cooking at St Paul's, the chefs have to secure a place in the top three. 

In this episode, it's the starter course and as the chefs arrive, they discover there's added competition following the London and South East region's shock result. The judges are joined by D-Day veteran George Batts, a royal engineer who landed on Gold Beach and who helped judge the North West heats. With the chefs all determined to start the week strongly and secure their first place on the banquet shortlist, who will make it into the top three?

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The nation's chefs compete to cook at a banquet marking the 70th anniversary of D-Day.

The nation's top chefs compete for the chance to cook at a glorious banquet at St Paul's Cathedral marking the 70th anniversary of D-Day.

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