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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 11: Episode 38: Northern Ireland Main

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Returning chef Chris McGowan feels the strain trying to get his venison main done in time.

Creative culinary competition. Chris McGowan feels the strain when trying to make his own venison sausages to serve with a venison rack.

24 of Britain's top chefs are competing in this year's Great British Menu for the chance to cook at a most prestigious banquet at the Palace of Westminster. In the year of the Queen's 90th birthday, the chefs are celebrating the everyday great Britons who have been honoured for their selfless work to charities, to their communities and to the country. The chefs have to showcase the transformation in British cuisine during the Queen's historic reign, creating dishes that could be a legacy to the new Elizabethan age.

It is the main course and returning chef Chris McGowan is feeling confident but part of his dish involves making his own venison sausages to serve with a venison rack, and getting it all done in time is straining his emotions. Chris is not the only one cooking venison - Eddie Attwell is also serving the meat but with a traditional Northern Irish dish called dock pudding. Mark Abbott is pushing himself again. He is using wagyu beef and serving it with tongue and corn cooked in a variety of ways.

Once again, the veteran chef is delighted. There are top scores and plenty of emotion but also disappointment from one chef.

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The nation's top chefs compete for the chance to cook at the Palace of Westminster.

The nation's top chefs compete for the chance to cook at a banquet at the Palace of Westminster.

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