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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 17: South West Mains and Dessert

South West Mains and Dessert

Series 17

BBC Two - Great British Menu, Series 17, South West Mains and Dessert

Chefs from south west England compete over mains and desserts. One must go home.

The remaining chefs from south west England compete over dishes inspired by British broadcasting, including celebrations of iconic radio and TV broadcasts.

The three chefs are halfway through their heat, and the pressure is mounting. Once again, they each serve their unique interpretations of the brief celebrating 100 years of British broadcasting.

For mains, one chef is taking inspiration from long-running Radio 4 classic Desert Island Discs, another is paying homage to William and Kate’s wedding in a lamb feast with apricots and sauternes, and there’s also a dish celebrating Neville Chamberlain’s radio broadcast announcing the Second World War in 1939, which champions wild Somerset deer paired with a beef fat pastry pithivier.

Meanwhile, for dessert, there’s a celebration of classic comedy Only Fools and Horses, an apple sorbet with decompressed apple elements to pay homage to Radio 4’s The Pips, and a raspberry parfait with lime curd in honour of the BBC’s launch of a full colour TV service in 1969. 

Only two will proceed to cook for the judges and have a chance to represent south west England at the regional finals.

Great British Menu: Series 17

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

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

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