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Great British Menu: Series 8

45 episodes · first aired Jan 28, 2013

The nation's greatest chefs compete to cook at a special banquet for Comic Relief.

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  1. 1 London and South East Starter Jan 28, 2013 · 30m 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. 2 London and South East Fish Jan 29, 2013 · 30m 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. 3 London and South East Main Jan 30, 2013 · 30m 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. 4 London and South East Dessert Jan 31, 2013 · 30m 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. 5 London and South East Judging Feb 1, 2013 · 30m 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. 6 Scotland Starter Feb 4, 2013 · 29m 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. 7 Scotland Fish Feb 5, 2013 · 30m 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. 8 Scotland Main Feb 6, 2013 · 29m 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. 9 Scotland Dessert Feb 7, 2013 · 29m 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. 10 Scotland Judging Feb 8, 2013 · 29m 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. 11 North West Starter Feb 11, 2013 · 29m 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. 12 North West Fish Feb 12, 2013 · 29m Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The North West chefs cook their fish courses.
  13. 13 North West Main Feb 13, 2013 · 29m Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The North West chefs cook their main course.
  14. 14 North West Dessert Feb 14, 2013 · 29m 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. 15 North West Judging Feb 15, 2013 · 29m 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. 16 North East Starter Feb 18, 2013 · 29m 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. 17 North East Fish Feb 19, 2013 · 29m 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. 18 North East Main Feb 20, 2013 · 29m 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. 19 North East Dessert Feb 21, 2013 · 29m 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. 20 North East Judging Feb 22, 2013 · 29m 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. 21 South West Starter Feb 25, 2013 · 29m 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. 22 South West Fish Feb 26, 2013 · 29m 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. 23 South West Main Feb 27, 2013 · 29m 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. 24 South West Dessert Feb 28, 2013 · 29m 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. 25 South West Judging Mar 1, 2013 · 29m 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. 26 Northern Ireland Starter Mar 4, 2013 · 29m 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. 27 Northern Ireland Fish Mar 5, 2013 · 29m 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. 28 Northern Ireland Main Mar 6, 2013 · 29m 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. 29 Northern Ireland Dessert Mar 7, 2013 · 29m 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. 30 Northern Ireland Judging Mar 8, 2013 · 29m 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. 31 Central Starter Mar 11, 2013 · 29m 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. 32 Central Fish Mar 12, 2013 · 29m 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. 33 Central Main Mar 13, 2013 · 29m 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. 34 Central Dessert Mar 13, 2013 · 29m 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. 35 Central Judging Mar 14, 2013 · 29m 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. 36 Wales Starter Mar 18, 2013 · 29m 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. 37 Wales Fish Mar 19, 2013 · 29m 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. 38 Wales Main Mar 20, 2013 · 29m 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. 39 Wales Dessert Mar 21, 2013 · 29m 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. 40 Wales Judging Mar 22, 2013 · 29m 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. 41 Finals Starter Mar 25, 2013 · 1h 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. 42 Finals Fish Mar 26, 2013 · 1h 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. 43 Finals Main Mar 27, 2013 · 1h 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. 44 Finals Dessert Mar 28, 2013 · 1h 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. 45 The Banquet Mar 29, 2013 · 1h 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.