Series 8
Great British Menu
Overview
The nation's greatest chefs compete to cook at a special banquet for Comic Relief.
Episodes

1. London and South East Starter
January 28, 2013
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?
Guest Stars: Richard Corrigan

2. London and South East Fish
January 29, 2013
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?
Guest Stars: Richard Corrigan

3. London and South East Main
January 30, 2013
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?
Guest Stars: Richard Corrigan

4. London and South East Dessert
January 31, 2013
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?
Guest Stars: Richard Corrigan

5. London and South East Judging
February 1, 2013
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.
Guest Stars: Matthew Fort, Oliver Peyton, Prue Leith

6. Scotland Starter
February 4, 2013
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?
Guest Stars: Angela Hartnett

7. Scotland Fish
February 5, 2013
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?
Guest Stars: Angela Hartnett

8. Scotland Main
February 6, 2013
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?
Guest Stars: Angela Hartnett

9. Scotland Dessert
February 7, 2013
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?
Guest Stars: Angela Hartnett

10. Scotland Judging
February 8, 2013
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.
Guest Stars: Matthew Fort, Oliver Peyton, Prue Leith

11. North West Starter
February 11, 2013
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.
Guest Stars: Phil Howard

12. North West Fish
February 12, 2013
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The North West chefs cook their fish courses.
Guest Stars: Phil Howard

13. North West Main
February 13, 2013
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The North West chefs cook their main course.
Guest Stars: Phil Howard

14. North West Dessert
February 14, 2013
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.
Guest Stars: Phil Howard

15. North West Judging
February 15, 2013
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.
Guest Stars: Matthew Fort, Oliver Peyton, Prue Leith

16. North East Starter
February 18, 2013
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.
Guest Stars: Jason Atherton

17. North East Fish
February 19, 2013
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.
Guest Stars: Jason Atherton

18. North East Main
February 20, 2013
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.
Guest Stars: Jason Atherton

19. North East Dessert
February 21, 2013
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?
Guest Stars: Jason Atherton

20. North East Judging
February 22, 2013
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.
Guest Stars: Matthew Fort, Oliver Peyton, Prue Leith

21. South West Starter
February 25, 2013
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.
Guest Stars: Tom Kerridge

22. South West Fish
February 26, 2013
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.
Guest Stars: Tom Kerridge

23. South West Main
February 27, 2013
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.
Guest Stars: Tom Kerridge

24. South West Dessert
February 28, 2013
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?
Guest Stars: Tom Kerridge

25. South West Judging
March 1, 2013
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.
Guest Stars: Matthew Fort, Oliver Peyton, Prue Leith

26. Northern Ireland Starter
March 4, 2013
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The curtain raises on the competition in Northern Ireland.
Guest Stars: Glynn Purnell

27. Northern Ireland Fish
March 5, 2013
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The three Northern Ireland chefs cook their fish courses.
Guest Stars: Glynn Purnell

28. Northern Ireland Main
March 6, 2013
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The three Northern Ireland chefs prepare their main course.
Guest Stars: Glynn Purnell

29. Northern Ireland Dessert
March 7, 2013
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?
Guest Stars: Glynn Purnell

30. Northern Ireland Judging
March 8, 2013
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.
Guest Stars: Charlie Higson, Matthew Fort, Oliver Peyton

31. Central Starter
March 11, 2013
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.
Guest Stars: Marcus Wareing

32. Central Fish
March 12, 2013
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.
Guest Stars: Marcus Wareing

33. Central Main
March 13, 2013
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.
Guest Stars: Marcus Wareing

34. Central Dessert
March 13, 2013
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.
Guest Stars: Marcus Wareing

35. Central Judging
March 14, 2013
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.
Guest Stars: Matthew Fort, Oliver Peyton, Prue Leith

36. Wales Starter
March 18, 2013
Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The Welsh chefs raise the curtain with their starters.
Guest Stars: Jeremy Lee

37. Wales Fish
March 19, 2013
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.
Guest Stars: Jeremy Lee

38. Wales Main
March 20, 2013
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?
Guest Stars: Jeremy Lee

39. Wales Dessert
March 21, 2013
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.
Guest Stars: Jeremy Lee

40. Wales Judging
March 22, 2013
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.
Guest Stars: Matthew Fort, Oliver Peyton, Prue Leith

41. Finals Starter
March 25, 2013
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.
Guest Stars: Matthew Fort, Oliver Peyton, Prue Leith

42. Finals Fish
March 26, 2013
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.
Guest Stars: Matthew Fort, Oliver Peyton, Prue Leith

43. Finals Main
March 27, 2013
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.
Guest Stars: Matthew Fort, Oliver Peyton, Prue Leith

44. Finals Dessert
March 28, 2013
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.
Guest Stars: Charlie Higson, Matthew Fort, Oliver Peyton

45. The Banquet
March 29, 2013
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.
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