Episode guide
Great British Menu: Series 8
45 episodes · premiered Jan 28, 2013
The nation's greatest chefs compete to cook at a special banquet for Comic Relief.
- Episode 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?
- Episode 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?
- Episode 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?
- Episode 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?
- Episode 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.
- Episode 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?
- Episode 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?
- Episode 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?
- Episode 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?
- Episode 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.
- Episode 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.
- Episode 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.
- Episode 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.
- Episode 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.
- Episode 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.
- Episode 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.
- Episode 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.
- Episode 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.
- Episode 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?
- Episode 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.
- Episode 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.
- Episode 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.
- Episode 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.
- Episode 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?
- Episode 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.
- Episode 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.
- Episode 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.
- Episode 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.
- Episode 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?
- Episode 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.
- Episode 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.
- Episode 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.
- Episode 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.
- Episode 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.
- Episode 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.
- Episode 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.
- Episode 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.
- Episode 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?
- Episode 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.
- Episode 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.
- Episode 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.
- Episode 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.
- Episode 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.
- Episode 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.
- Episode 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.