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The creme de la creme
of the UK's chefs... Ooh la la.

...are headed to
the Great British Menu kitchen.

Hot stuff coming through.

They're competing to cook a course
in our magnificent banquet,

one of the most prestigious prizes
in a chef's career...

Rock and roll.

...to hon our and celebrate Britain
and Northern Ireland's triumphs

in the world of animation
and illustration.

Stop-motion action. Wow.

Inspired by the 65th birthday
of the nation's favourite bear,

Paddington, we're raising a glass
to the full range of illustrated

and animated delights...

CHEERING

Isn't that amazing?

...from cartoon series
to computer games and comics.

LAUGHTER

But reputations are at stake...
I wave the white flag.

...as some of the most eminent
Michelin-starred veteran chefs

of the competition... I'm not giving
out points for confidence, right?

...those dependable old hands...

Snakes. Snakes. Yeah.

...and bright young guns...
One each. Oh, you're too kind.

...will be returning
to cast judgment.

I'm scoring you a 10.
I would give you an 11 if I could.

The chefs will need to come up with
dishes which tell a story

and capture the imagination...

That's amazing!

...just as the likes of Mr Bean,
Rupert Bear, Pingu and Fireman Sam

delight their audience.

Back-up career.

The chefs must thrill
the exacting panel of judges...

It's actually buzzing with flavour,
isn't it?

...who are searching
for perfection on a plate.

Torn, so nice to see you!

What?!

Of course they are.

It's Great British Menu.

Game on, people.

Today, four chefs from
the South West's top drawer

are illustrating
why they should be the one

going through
to the national finals.

Stop shaking. Why are you shaking?

This week, the top chefs from the
South West are drawing inspiration

from the most lovable cartoons
and characters from their region.

Get set for culinary takes
on The Wombles,

Wallace and Gromit, and how about
lunch with The Gruffalo?

First in is Andi Tuck, who is
bringing a unique set of skills

to the Great British Menu kitchen.

I cook on fire, it's completely
different to what everyone else

is doing here, and there's
going be lots of flames

and smoke and pyrotechnics.

Fellow first-timer Amber Francis
is French classically trained.

She wants to let her elegant style
of cooking do the talking.

I think I've got what it takes.
I've practised it enough.

Andi. Amber. Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.

Put my heart and soul into it and
it's now time to let my food shine.

Next up, it's returner
Charlotte Vincent,

whose nerves got the better of her
last year.

Charlotte. Nice to meet you.

You've got to stay humble,
not be nervous,

and just focus
on what I love to do best.

Confident and competitive
Nick Beardshaw,

head chef at Kerridge's Bar 8; Grill,
is also returning to the kitchen.

He narrowly missed out
in front of the judges in 2021.

So my goal is to get
a dish to the banquet.

Hi. Hey. I know I've got the dishes
so, barring any mistakes,

I think I will get there.

Hello, chefs.
VARIOUS GREETINGS

How you all doing? Great.

Nick. Hi. You came back? Yeah.

Of course your boss, Tom Kerridge,
is now one of our judges.

So we've replaced Tom for the week
with another chef

who is also
at the top of their game,

who's also done brilliantly well
on Great British Menu.

Charlotte, you're back again.
I am back again and I feel

really positive about it this time.
This time? Yeah.

Last time, I was scared witless.
Amber, how are you, sweetheart?

I'm nervous. Good! But excited.
This is a good combination.

How about you, Andi?

Really excited and really can't wait
to show everyone what I'm doing.

It's wonderful to have you all here.

As ever, first up, it's the canapes.

They won't be scored,
but will help decide any tie-break.

Unorthodox chef Andi
cooks everything over fire.

This is going into the box.

He's introducing beef short rib
to the flame for a tartlet.

Refined chef Amber
is also making a tartlet,

hers with Bath soft cheese
and green apple.

These look lovely. What are they?
It's a really simple batter

and then you just fry them
in this little copper thing.

Super cool.

Precise chef Nick
is also using green apple.

We're just going to pickle it
in a vac packer.

So the pickle goes into the apple.

It will accompany panne'd pressed
pig's head and truffle mayonnaise.

So who will be their mentor
this week to select the two

going through to the judges?
Going to give you some names.

Tommy Banks, Lorna McNee,

Michael O'Hare, Tom Aikens.
What do you think?

Well, Tom Aikens is a fellow ginger,
so he might take a liking to me.

No. Absolutely. No?

I would love Michael O'Hare
or Tommy Banks, personally,

because I'm a big fan girl and
they're fit. ls Michael O'Hare fit?

And what do you think
about their cooking?

What about you, Andi?
Definitely Michael O'Hare.

Really look up to what he does.

Tom Aikens, I reckon, will have
quite high standards, so...

They've all got really high
standards, just so you know.

Fish specialist Charlotte
is making mackereltartare

on a seaweed biscuit. Got some more
mackerel that I just cured.

It's going to go round it, just to
keep everything on the biscuit.

In theory.

Oh, yeah.
You have four minutes to the pass.

Stop shaking. Why are you shaking?
You don't need to shake.

Our South West chefs will be trying
to impress six-time veteran,

one-time winner
known for his unconventional

and innovative style of cooking...

Beautiful.

...it's Michelin-starred
Michael O'Hare.

Chef. Chefs.

Four new, beautiful chefs for you.
Very much so. What have we got here?

So that's smoked beef,
horseradish and truffle.

This is a tartlet of Granny Smith
apple, Bath soft cheese

and elderflower vinegar.

What about here? Mackerel tartare

with a Cornish seaweed
fairing biscuit.

And what's your canape, chef?

Crispy pig's head with pickled apple
and truffle mayonnaise.

Thank you, chefs.
Thank you, chef.

So the brief this year,
animation and illustration,

is an absolute gift. But first and
foremost, for me, at this stage,

it just needs to taste beautiful.

Super happy to have Michael O'Hare
as the veteran.

Oh, my God! Did you see my face?

I need rankings from you.

If I had to go the bottom, I'd say
Charlotte's mackerel tartare.

The thing it was sat on top
was kind of dusty tasting.

That's really fresh.

Third - Amber. I thought it was
a beautiful little tartlet.

Very beautiful.
There was so much inside of it.

It took me ages to eat it.

You were quite a while. Yeah.
Ancl my teeth work!

Second, I'm going Andi
with the short rib.

I thought it was delicious.

It was maybe a little bit
on the large side. So warming.

So Nick's at number one
with his braised pig's head.

It melted in my mouth. You know,
it's like a true canape.

It's a mouthful. It's so light.
It's like a little mini hog roast.

So good standard. Great standard.
Not really a bum note.

It's straight onto the starter.

And this year, our chefs must create
a more sustainable vegan dish.

So your expectation
for the starters,

I know you love this brief,
what are you hoping for?

I want to see delicious food,
but it's the stories.

You know, with animation, it's such
a big part of everyone's life.

I don't want to see any food
just on a book.

The reason for cooking that food
is the brief.

Nick's starter is inspired
by Aardman Animations,

which was established
in the South West.

My dish is called The Golden Carrot

and it is based on Wallace And
Gromit: Curse Of The Were-Rabbit.

The carrot is the trophy
for a veg-growing competition,

which is the central theme
of the movie.

What are you actually cooking
for us? The carrot itself

is going to be made out of potato.

It's filled with whipped vegan feta.

It sits on top of a carrot royale.
The royale is like a jelly, then?

Slightly custardy, jelly...
Exactly, yeah, so it's soft, silky,

so it all kind of slots together
and hopefully looks like

one solid, beautiful golden carrot.

I'm intrigued by how little carrot
is in The Golden Carrot. Yeah.

Well, we wish you loads of luck.
Thank you very much. Thank you.

Nick's dish.
Lovely connection to the brief.

My biggest concern is he's doing a
carrot dish with very little carrot.

If he's going off-piste
with a carrot,

it needs to be better than a carrot.

Hey, Charlotte. How are you?
Hi, Andi. Hi, chef.

Charlotte, the title of your dish,
please, and how you're connecting it

to the brief. OK, so I'm also doing

Wallace And Gromit:
Curse Of The Were-Rabbit,

and I've gone for the scene
in the greenhouse where Gromit

is growing giant vegetables.
There's a lot of mushrooms.

What are you doing
with all of those?

I'm going to have crispy enoki
for texture.

I'm going to roast the shiitake

and put them in a spicy cabbage
clumpling. OK.

I'm going to steam it,
and then I'm going to fry it. OK.

I'm going to compress
the maitake in sherry.

Ancl I'm going to make
a mushroom dashi.

What are you worried about
on this dish?

Don't want a clumpling drama, which
has happened quite a lot recently.

You have regular dumpling dramas?

I've had a couple of
clumpling dramas, yeah.

I'm not sure why she's cooking
the dumplings the way she is.

Get it in the pot. Stick in
the pot... ..then steam it out.

But she's steaming it first...
Mmm. ..and then crisping it up.

Andi is also using mushrooms in
his dish, Lunch With The Gruffalo.

There is Forestry Commission woods
in Cornwall

where they have
a big Gruffalo statue. Right.

And that's where me and the team
will go foraging and we'll find

pretty much all of this stuff
that's on here.

What are you going to do
with these ingredients?

We're going to use the wild
chervil root, make a puree,

with sticky hen-of-the-woods,

pickled girolles, and then the star
of the show - foraged penny buns.

So we're going to roast them
on the hot coals.

Well, I hope it works out for you.
Thank you. It sounds wonderful.

It does. I'm excited to taste it.
Cheers. Thank you very much.

Andi's dish, he's got so many
beautiful mushrooms on his station.

Those big, fat penny-bun mushrooms.
Those cooked over the open fire,

you know that's going to be good.

He needs to make sure he gets
the cooking of that right

so he's not over-smoking
all these mushrooms

so it just becomes, like,
one kind of flat note.

This dish is called
Underground Overground,

inspired by The Wombles.
# Wombling free... #

That's been going round in my head
for so long now.

It's inspired by the things
that everyday folk leave behind.

Onions and bread are some
of the most common things

that the British household
throws away. I love The Wombles.

What are you going to do with this?
An onion broth.

And when you make bread,
you teed the sourdough starter.

Some of that is excess and I'm using
that to make crumpets with it.

Ancl that'll be served with
a vegan onion butter.

It sounds delicious. There's not
a place to hide, is there?

You know, it's crumpet and soup.
That's the intimidating thing

for this dish, definitely.

Amber's dish,
Underground Overground.

What she's clone beautifully here,

she's taken the idea of The Wombles,
what they stand for, and she's put

almost the beliefs behind
The Wombles into her cooking,

and that is, like, perfect.

Four excellent chefs.
Four intriguing dishes.

I'm excited because they're excited.
Yeah.

There's passion, isn't there?
Yeah. Nice to see. I can't wait.

Charlotte starts with her dumplings
and they're already proving tricky.

Dumpling fail.

I knew I'd have a clumpling drama.
It was really dry

so I'm taking a risk and I'm putting
more warm water in there.

In the meantime, there are other
elements to keep an eye on.

I've got the mushroom dashi,
which has had its first boil.

Now I'm making the compressing
liquor for the mushrooms.

I'm going to pop the maitake
into the compression.

She moves onto her dumpling filling,

adding shredded cabbage to carrot,
spring onion and chilli.

But again, she's not convinced.

This isn't quite working, actually,
if I'm honest. It's missing that,

like, umami, sesame hit.

She adds more soy sauce
and sesame oil.

It's stressing me out. But I'm just
going to give it ten minutes

and see if it will really infuse in.

Her dashi is causing her
less of a problem.

I'm really happy with that.

The dumpling mix
comes out of the fridge.

I can taste sesame now. Cool.

And she's pleased
with dumpling dough take two.

Much better.
The risk looks like it paid off.

Yeah, HAPPY-

This is going to be
where the fun starts.

Happy with the component parts,
she can now assemble the dumplings.

Don't tempt fate,
but they're going really well.

Right, they can go in the freezer
for ten minutes.

Hi, Charlotte. How are you
getting on? Yeah, good, thank you.

Just letting the mushroom dashi
infuse a bit

before I reheat to serve.
If you want to give that a go? Yeah.

So, what have you got in here?

Shiitake, there's sesame
and some soy in there as well.

What about these dumplings?
How's the dumplings coming on?

The dumplings are good, they're in the freezer at the
moment. They're going to go in the steamer shortly.

How are you feeling with your prep levels?
Are you about there? Yeah, about there.

Just the last few minutes
is going to be absolutely crazy.

I shall leave you alone. Thanks,
chef. Thank you. Good luck. Thanks.

Charlotte is head chef
at Hotel Meudon in Cornwall,

but she was in the Armed Forces
when she realised her vocation.

When I joined the Army I was a
driver. I decided to switch careers.

I changed to be a chef.

I stepped in the kitchen and I knew
that I'd made the right decision

and this was my life goal.

How long on the veg garnish, chef?
Two minutes, chef.

I'm really excited to be yet again
representing the South West.

I've come back stronger this year

and took last year's comments
on board.

I love a competition
and I will push myself all the way.

Service, please.

For his starter,
Andi's made a marinade,

which includes birch-sap syrup
and miso, which he adds

to his hen-of-the-woods mushroom,
also known as maitake.

It's going to vac all that flavour
into the mushroom.

Just going to start
making the puree.

Almond milk is added to chervil root
and celeriac, and blended.

Hi, chef. What are you making?
The chervil-root puree. Oh, yeah.

So it's going to be a bit bitter,
but with all the other acidity

in the dish,
it should really bounce out.

How are you finding vegan cooking?
Pretty well, actually.

Vegetables and fire really
go hand in hand together. Yeah.

You can make something
that's so humble,

make it into something amazing.
Excellent. Best of luck. Thank you.

I'm really surprised by Andi's
chervil root and celeriac puree.

For a vegan element
he's got it so, so creamy

and he's clone really well
to get that.

He removes the hen-of-the-woods
from the marinade and reduces.

Want to get that down to, like,
a sticky reduction.

For his dish,
The Golden Carrot,

Nick is wrapping a thin layer
of potato around cones.

But is he feeling the heat?

Michael was a bit on the fence,
I think, about it.

So it's kind of knocked
a bit of confidence.

He deep-fries his potato cones

and starts his edible soil
by adding powdered black olives

to panko breadcrumbs and spices.

He then blends with black olives and
the delicate potato cones are done.

Very happy. If I get this one out,
I'll be even happier.

For his royale -
a kind of custard -

carrot juice, coconut oil
and thickening agents

are mixed and heated

and it's poured into
the serving boxes to set.

How are you doing? Very good.
Can I try some of this? Absolutely.

So in here you've got?
Panko breadcrumbs,

dehydrated black olives,
some fennel pollen, nutmeg,

caraway, ginger, a little bit
of lemon thyme.

All of those spices
are friends with carrots

so hopefully that will bring a bit
more of the carrot out as well.

Excellent.

Nick's edible soil is really intense

and on its own
not particularly enjoyable,

but as a seasoning for carrot,
it could work perfectly.

Nick, who gained a Michelin Star
at his former restaurant The Coach,

is now head chef at Kerridge's Bar
& Grill in London.

My cooking philosophy is about
big flavours, hearty,

really delicious food, and then
allowing the produce to sing

by doing as little to it as we can.

I think it's really important to
love the food that you're cooking.

If you really put passion in,

you know, you'll feel that
on the plate. This time out,

I'd really like to go
one step further,

get to finals week and get
a dish to that banquet,

so I'm really looking forward to
giving it my best shot. Service.

For her sustainable
Womble-inspired dish,

Amber is sweating down onions
for her broth.

Sugar in first...

She then moves on to her crumpets.

This is the wasted sourdough
starter.

She proves in a very low oven.

Fingers crossed.

She caramelises Roscoff onions
face-down in salt and sugar.

This dish is simple.
There's nowhere to hide.

My crumpets have to be perfect.
Everything's got to be perfect.

She griddles her crumpets. just
checking that they're not burning.

But they're not up to
her exacting standards.

So I'm not happy with how
these crumpets have come out.

So what I'm going to do
is I'm going to make a new batch

with a little bit more flour in.
Bit tight for time.

Just going to leave that
for a little bit to do its thing.

She passes her onion broth,
and reduces.

Can I try it now? Yeah, absolutely.
Still got a bit ways to go.

I finished it with a touch of soy
sauce. Vegan food sometimes needs

a little bit of a punch of flavour
just to balance out a little bit.

Amber's onion broth is tasty,
but naturally it's a little sweet.

I hope the yeast extract
that she's making

is going to balance out
that sweetness.

Charlotte's up first,
and the pressure is on.

I'm not having a clumpling drama.
They're in 15 minutes late.

SHE SIGHS

She removes the dumplings from
the steamer and crisps in a pan.

The dumplings worked!
They've never worked before.

Yes, mate.

They're looking good. Crispy enoki.

The compressed maitake are plated
first, but it seems Charlotte

hasn't escaped the dumpling drama
after all.

Oh, no, they're burnt.

I've managed to burn my dumplings.
That one's OK.

Oh. Are you happy
with your dumplings?

I accidentally turned that up and they
burnt a little bit. But that's OK.

I'll just serve the ones
that are OK.

Two minutes to the pass, Charlotte.

The mushroom dashi
is served in watering cans.

In the greenhouses, please.

OK.

Charlotte, the title of your dish
and inspiration.

It's The Plant Suite
and it's from Wallace And Gromit:

The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit.
Happy with how it's gone?

I might have burnt the dumplings a little bit.
I turned it up instead of turning it down.

But you've got the best one, so...
Shall you and I go test this?

Yes, please. Thanks, guys. Sorry
about my burnt dumplings. Enjoy.

The watering can's to pour dashi

over the mushroom?
Yeah, please, yeah.

Ancl the mushrooms, some of these
are pickled, right? Mm-hm.

The tempura, is that crispy enough?
Ancl does that maintain its crisp,

do you think, through the broth?
Erm, no, it does lose it

once the broth hits it. The broth
is really delicious, actually.

It is. Very mushroomy. Yeah. I'm
a bit concerned about the texture

of all these mushrooms.
These feel a bit slimy to me.

The textures merge into one another
a little bit.

The pastry on the dumplings, is that
the thickness you were looking for?

No. Bit thinner next time.

Ancl talk to me about
how you cooked those again.

So I steamed them in kombu
and ginger and I fried them

just to get them crispy.

My dumpling's burnt.
ls your dumpling not burnt?

My clumpling is not burnt.
Mine was very tough and quite chewy.

Yeah. So I know she'll be
disappointed with that.

So, Charlotte, if you had to score
this dish, what would you give it?

Six or a seven. More a seven.

I'm going to go for a seven as well.
I'm going to go for a six.

Cos there's a couple of
little errors on there

that will bring that down for me.

Hey, how was that? Hey. I am annoyed
that I burnt my dumplings.

Not afraid to admit it.

Andi's up next, and his penny bun
mushrooms are barbecued...

I want them, like, al dente.

...while chervil puree
is first on the plate.

So it's going to create
a little well. What's the oil?

Wood sorrel oil. Oh, amazing.

The barbecued penny bun mushrooms
are next...

Look at that penny bun. Massive.

...followed by the sticky
hen-of-the-woods.

You have two minutes to the pass,
Andi. Thank you very much, chef.

Pickled girolles follow,
along with deep-fried caribou moss,

wood sorrel and a tuile.

It looks very woodlandy.
Looks great.

Oh.

Here we go. Thank you. My dish
is called Lunch With The Gruffalo

and Foraging
Along The Gruffalo Trail.

It smells amazing.
It smells absolutely amazing.

Can I just see your hands?

I got Gruffalo hands.

I just thought, what was that?
I just saw...

Are you all right to carry it
with those paws?

Yeah, absolutely fine, thank you.

I'll get the door. Thank you, chef.

Are you happy with the seasoning
on the penny bun? Yeah.

The penny bun, I like the fact
he's clone it al dente.

For me, it could have clone with
a touch more salt.

My favourite thing was the maitake.
Maitake's lovely.

Are you happy with that,
the amount of it? Yeah.

I mean, it is strong, especially
with the sticky hen-in-the-woods.

I think it really cuts through
the strength of the puree.

I thought it was a lovely...balm
to the whole dish, that puree.

Brings everything together.
Presentation -

does that tell the story
that you wanted to? Oh, definitely.

You go in the woods,
you're going to see the fern,

you're going to see the moss.

It hits that kind of
walk in the woodland

with The Gruffalo bang-on.
What would you score this dish?

Like an eight?
I believe in this dish.

Just a few fine tweaks,
could be a ten.

I'm going to say seven.
I'm going to go eight.

I would give it an eight
out of ten as well.

How did it go? Didn't give anything
away, does he? No. Really happy.

Really loved it. Oh, and your puree?
Beautiful. Yeah? Awesome.

Yeah, really nice. Thank you.

Nick is frying pommes souffle
as he's next to serve.

While they cook,
he whips vegan cheese.

Is that your vegan feta? Yes.

So just got a bit of chopped dill
and a bit of zest through it.

Beautiful. His edible soil
goes on top of the carrot royale.

Ancl you're happy
with the set on the carrot?

So you can see it's just got a bit of a
wobble there. Yeah, nice wobble, yeah.

Pesto made with celery, apple and
capers will be served on the side,

and he fills pommes souffle
with the vegan whipped feta

and adds the carrot top.

The moment of truth.

He also fills his cones

and places the carrots
on the bed of edible soil.

They look fantastic.
Are you happy with them?

It's very playful, isn't it? We are
three minutes to the pass, Nick.

Corning up now, chef.
Nice, early. Love it.

So my dish is called The Golden
Carrot, and it's based on the movie

Curse Of The Were-Rabbit
by Wallace And Gromit.

Shall we go and test it, chef? Yes,
let's go. I'll carry the carrot.

All right, may I?
Please do. You can crack it.

In terms of portion size,
do you think that's right?

I believe so, yeah. It's very rich.

I think it's perfect
for a six-course menu.

Potato's really strong.
I love the feta.

I just want more carrot.
As in more of the potato carrot.

More of that...? Yeah.

With the carrot royale... Yeah.

.Are you happy with the consistency
of it? I'm very happy, yeah.

Ancl in terms of levels of the
carrot, think that comes through?

Yes, I do. I think that carrot
royale really does taste like carrot.

I really like the surprise that
the carrot isn't made of carrot.

The royale, for me, I think it could
have been a little bit firmer.

It's got a weird texture, doesn't
it? It's just too watery for me.

I could do with more punchy
carrot flavour.

So, Nick, what would you score
your dish? I'm happy with it.

It's howl intended.
I think a strong eight.

I think it has to be an eight.
It looks amazing. An eight.

I'm going to give it eight as well.

How did it go? Good, I think.

I mean, the carrot was stunning.
Good job, chef. Cool.

The last chef up is Amber.

She wasn't happy with her first
crumpet, so started again.

I'm hoping this has worked.
We'll see.

While they cook, she passes
her onion broth through muslin,

and her new crumpet mix
seems to be doing the trick.

I'm happier with this batch,
but it is always a bit

of an occupational hazard
with crumpets.

She begins plating.

This is a yeast extract
that I made from leftover sourdough.

It's pretty punchy.

Charred Roscoff petals
sit on top of the yeast extract,

followed by allium flowers.

You have one minute remaining,
Amber. The broth is decanted.

Crumpets on the plates.

And chive oil finishes it off.

And it's served to the unmistakable
Wombles theme tune.

# The Wombles of Wimbledon Common
are we

# Making good use of the things
that we find

# Things that the everyday... #

This is Underground Overground,
a dish inspired by The Wombles

and things that everyday folk
leave behind.

Ancl the newspaper article.

You'll see some of the really
poignant food waste facts about

the UK and why it's so important
to use your bread and onions.

Andi, I know you want
your crumpet buttering. I do.

Shall we go and test it?
Let's do it. Butter your own.

I'll deal with mine.

Out. Out. Get him out.

So onion soup classically
has a level of sweetness to it.

Is that sweetness level
something you're comfortable with?

I think so, yeah.

The chive oil hopefully
just cuts through the sweetness.

So I think the broth's really nice.
It's got a lovely flavour.

It's quite sweet. I mean, I could
just... just keep drinking it.

The yeast extract on the bottom, are
you happy with the strength of that?

I am really happy.
The element is there

to add a bit of a flavour punch
to it.

Oh!

Just got to the yeast extract.

If I was eating that again, I would
probably take a little bit less

cos it killed the flavour
of the onion for me.

I agree with Charlotte, that
yeast extract is a bit too much.

The crumpets, you had a few attempts
at them? Yes, I did. These ones?

I'm really happy with them. You can
see the bubbles. Crumpet, lovely.

It's got just that right amount
of, like, softness

but still being crisp. Amber,
what would you score your dish?

I'd give it an eight out of ten.
I think I did the dish justice.

Eight. The yeast extract
was too strong.

I'm going to go in with an eight as
well. Yeah, I agree. I think an eight.

Hi, guys. Hi. Hey, how you doing?
Good, thanks. Happy that it's over.

Happy with what I served.

I love the presentation of it all,
was just super cool.

Just a shame we had to share it
cos I just wanted more.

How are you feeling after starters?
I feel good.

I think the standard was high. There
wasn't perfect cooking throughout.

No. But some delicious things
happened. Some clever things,

some creative things happened.
So scoring-wise, I would imagine

it's going to be
quite the broad array.

There's a spectrum, but it's got
to be reflective of ultimately

what is a tasty plate to food? Yeah.

You are four very skilled chefs,
clearly bursting with ideas,

some of which came out
beautifully on the plate

and some of which...did not.

Charlotte, for your dish,
The Plant Suite,

the clumpling pastry
I felt was way too thick.

Ancl the making of the clumpling
itself, a little bit sloppy.

The filling of the cabbage
was a little bit cloying

and a bit claggy
on the palate, I felt.

You did a lot of work
to make the variety of mushrooms

taste different, but I don't feel
that was successful

when it came together on the plate.

On a whole, none of this dish
was lacking in flavour.

It was just a little bit disjointed
and, for me, it didn't work.

Andi, for your dish,
Lunch With The Gruffalo,

I loved the presentation. We see
smoke coming out of things so often

that it becomes kind of twee. This
is the first time I've ever seen it

and it's had a real connection.

The hen-of-the-woods
was the star of the show.

I thought it was incredible.

The penny bun, however, for me,
it was a little underwhelming.

It was cooked perfectly. just need
a little bit more seasoning.

For me, on the dish there was
too much of the chervil

and celeriac puree, and I'd knock
that down by at least half.

OK, thank you, Chef.

Nick, for your dish,
The Golden Carrot,

presentation was beautiful.

The making of the carrot was very
precise. Flavoured it perfectly,

and there was just great detail
on your food.

The vegan feta filling
made it nice and fresh.

However, it felt like that was
the main element of the plate.

I really wanted the main element
on a dish called The Golden Carrot

to have a little more carrot.

Carrot royale was well cooked.

Technically, everything was very,
very good. I just feel like

the concept of the food itself
might be slightly off.

Amber, for your dish,
Underground Overground,

the presentation I loved.

The plate of food itself,
it was very elegant.

I was a little worried
with the onion consomme,

that it would be too sweet,
but it balanced out perfectly.

The crumpet was lovely. It was
nice and crisp on the outside,

and it was able to soak up
that butter through the middle.

The waste sourdough yeast extract,

it was tasty, but maybe pull back
a little bit on how much

you're putting in that bowl.
It's quite intense.

You had nowhere to hide with
this dish. It was soup and crumpets

and you didn't need to worry.

And so to the scores.

Andi.

|'m giving you...

...an eight. Thank you.

I was completely seduced
by the presentation on this dish.

It was wonderful.

Charlotte.

I'm scoring you...

...a five.

I know you as a chef, and I feel
that you would want more clarity

on your plate than that.

Nick.

I'm scoring you...

...a seven. As ever, everything was
beautifully executed, so precise.

It's just oddly disjointed.

Amber.

I'm scoring you...

...a nine.

I love the way that you connected
to the brief from the beginning

to the end, from top to toe.
Excellent work.

Well clone, all of you.
It was very impressive cooking.

I look forward to the fish.
So whether you had highs or lows,

put it all behind you
cos we're moving forward.

Remember, after this course,
one of you...is going home.

Thank you, guys.
Thank you, chefs.

Good job. Well done. Happy?

After all that drama
with the crumpets. My goodness.

How are you feeling? Yeah, fine.
I kind of knew that, didn't I?

It's fine. But well clone, guys.

You got a chance to bring it back
now, though? Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah.

I'm feeling rubbish because I
messed up. Nerves get me every time.

Getting that eight,
it's exactly where I want to be.

And with the constructive criticism
he gave me,

I can make that eight a ten.

I'm slightly disappointed
I'm out in third place.

The flavours, the rebalancing,
I take all that on board.

I'm really pleased that Chef
liked it and that I did myself

and the food proud.

Fish course, then. Let's do this.

Good luck, everyone. Come on,
let's go. Yeah, good luck, everyone.

After a solid starter course,
Andi is keeping the fire burning,

caramelising veg and cooking prawns
directly over coals for his bisque.

You just want to give them
a nice scorch.

Most of the flavour in a prawn
is in the head.

Just going to get a rolling pin
and just start smashing those up.

He's taken inspiration from Cornish
author and illustrator john Cleave.

He wrote about the fish stew in his
book Gully And The Celebrity Chef.

Grappling with a giant of the sea
there.

Yeah. One of my favourite fish.
Quite an unusual fish, Michael.

Gurnard? Yeah. Delicious.

I'm going to serve that with
cockles, clams, mussels. Oh, yum.

And that's going to be finished with
this lovely coal-roasted bisque.

What's the main thing on this that
could give you cause for concern?

Getting that balanced.
So it's all about the last-minute

tasting of it all. It sounds
fabulous, right, Michael? It does.

Are you cooking the fish whole? Are
you going to fillet it? No, no,

I'm going to fillet it in a minute.
And then just nice, big chunks.

Second-from-last-in-the-competition
Nick

is hoping his scallop fish course
will earn him top marks.

OK. Sauce going on.

He sweats onions, ginger and garlic
with lemongrass and lime leaves

for his Thai green sauce.

The sauce is really key, getting
the sauce absolutely perfect,

that's the main driver of flavour.

So if the sauce is bang-on,
that will sort me out.

Nick is basing his dish on
the artwork of the Radio head album

A Moon Shaped Pool
designed by Stanley Don wood.

I'm going to make the album

and that will be made from
an edible gelatine paper.

It'll have some black rice
vinegar jelly on it to represent

what the album cover looks like.

And then underneath will be
a hidden bowl, which will have in it

a hand-dived scallop, some scallop
roe mayonnaise, and then there's

a green Thai curry sauce on the
side. I love the sound of that.

What were your favourite
cartoons growing up?

One of mine was Trap Door.
It was from Honiton, I think.

"Feed me, Berk." Was it Berk?
That's it. Yeah? Love it.

Berk's got a really...

A really bumpkin West Country
accent, hasn't he? "Feed me!"

Yeah. Loved Bananaman.

Super Ted. Transformers.

I've still got some of the original
Transformer toys at home. Have you?

Well, you're making me feel like
a baby. Sorry.

Cos I don't know
any of those references.

You are very young.

LAUGHTER

Amber, who is top of
the leader board,

is smoking butter with oak chips
for her beurre blanc sauce.

And I'm going to pop that
into the freezer.

Hopefully, that should
smoke nicely. Lovely.

What are you making for us, my love?

My dish is called
Engines Don't Go Fishing.

And it's inspired by Thomas the
Tank Engine and the steam and smoke

from steam trains. So we've got
a steamed piece of halibut,

then I've got a smoked
butter beurre blanc sauce,

so I've smoked it with wood chips.
Right.

I'm serving that with loads
of Cornish sea herbs and seaweed.

Gorgeous. Look at this.
Michael, excited? I am.

The fish looks beautiful.

Keep doing what you're doing.
Thank you so much. Good luck.

Fish specialist Charlotte
is simmering onions and aromats

in cream for her smoked mackerel
butter sauce.

I'm just going to infuse my mackerel
into the cream now so I get

a really lovely smoky hue
going through the sauce.

She's at the bottom of the pack,

so needs to impress with her fish
course. Look at the size of it.

Oh. I'd give it a kiss,
but I'm not in the mood.

I'm worried about quite a lot
on this dish, actually.

It's kind of important to me now
if I stay or go so, yeah.

One thing right today is the fish.

Give me a hug.

All right. Set me up again.
Bit hard, isn't it?

Yeah, and I'm, you know, I'm good
at fish, so if I let myself down

on this, it's my fault.
No, nobody's letting anybody down.

It's cooking.
And this is why you're here

cos you're an excellent chef
and we're really happy

to have you back in the kitchen.
Thank you.

Tell me what you're making and how
you're inspired by the brief.

It's called
Hard To Catch An Angler's Lunch,

inspired by Norman Thelwell,
the unofficial country cartoonist.

Ah... Wait, he's the...
All those pictures in Punch?

The one I'm doing is the angler who
could never quite catch his fish.

How is this going to look? I'm
making a hash brown with a lardo.

So it's going to be fried in lardo.
Whoo! I'm happy already.

Yeah. You like the sound of
this one? I love the lardo.

Well, he's my friend...

We've got sea bass from Cornwall,
which is beautiful.

Ancl I've made a smoked mackerel
infusion.

I smoked the mackerel myself.
I caught the mackerel myself.

Oh, how nice. That's this.
Hopefully it's going to be good.

I believe in you.

Just do what you're here to do
and do what you do best.

Thanks very much.
All right, darling. Thanks.

Charlotte's Dish,
Hard To Catch An Angler's Lunch.

It's a long title. There's also
quite a lot going on to this plate.

This is her bread and butter.

You know, fish cookery
is what she's all about.

She suffered from that starter
score. She needs to produce this.

Nick's dish, A Moon Shaped Pool.
It sounds lovely.

It's not the direction
I expected him to go in,

with the type of chef he is. It's
an exciting one for me personally.

It's the kind of things that I love.

He just needs to make sure
the balance of that Thai sauce

is spot-on. Amber's dish,
Engines Don't Go Fishing,

quite stark, this dish. She's got that beautiful
piece of halibut, she's got the sea greens,

she's got a smoked butter sauce.
There's not a lot going on.

They're much nicer ingredients
than an onion and some old bread.

Ancl what she made with an onion
and old bread

I thought was phenomenal.

My only concern with Andi's cooking
is that he loves fire,

he loves smoke so much... I still
need to see the natural flavours

coming through from the prawns,
coming through from the gurnard.

Andi fillets his gurnard
and hot smokes cockles.

Sometimes we give a little tap

and they'll start opening. just
going to chuck them in this pickle

so we'll have some nice pickled
cockles in the half shell.

Into a blender goes his bisque.
Please, please, Lord. Please.

There you go, heads and all.

May I? Yeah.

I've taken out half the bodies
and just pressing them.

Cos obviously it'll end up making it too
bitter if there's too much shellfish in there.

But, yeah, really happy,
really confident with it.

Andi's bisque
tastes surprisingly light.

I was expecting really heavy, smoky,
strong, almost robust flavours

with it, but it's actually
very light, very easy going.

Andi is head chef
at St Kew Inn in Cornwall,

voted one of the top 50 gastropubs
in the UK.

The food we serve
is fresh, local produce.

We like to do food in metres,
not miles.

I love cooking with fire.
It's the flavour. It's the depth.

Corning home smelling smoke,
it gets ingrained into your skin.

Really, I see myself
as a bit of a rule-breaker.

What we do hasn't really
been done before.

We experiment and write recipes
and make things up as we go along,

which gives us
loads of creative freedom.

Fish, please?

Getting a dish to the banquet
would be the most amazing thing

that had ever happened to me,
going into this being an underdog

against Michelin Star chefs,

and it would just mean
the world to me. Service.

Nick shucks his scallops...

Scallops look flippin' amazing.
Yeah, they're decent.

...and separates the roe
to make a mayonnaise,

blending with egg yolk,
mustard and smoked oil...

...then passes his Thai green sauce.

What have you got here?
I've just finished my sauce.

So that's the Thai green curry. OK.
It does have a bit of a kick to it,

but I think that's
a desirable thing. Yeah.

When it's eaten with everything else

I think that's the heat level
that I'm looking for. Wonderful.

Nick's sauce has got a lovely
level of spice to it.

I thought it would be quite soft,

but it's actually got a bit
of a kick and I love that.

Amber is making her seaweed oil.

The stock is my sole. Obviously.

She portions her halibut and then
starts on her beurre blanc sauce

adding smoke butter to white
wine and white wine vinegar.

May I? Yes, absolutely. Still just
balancing up the flavours.

I've smoked half of the butter
with wood chips.

It's quite strong. Oh, it is strong.

So what I've been doing is balancing
it with some unsmoked butter

and then adding in
some different lemon elements

and the white wine vinegar.
Excellent.

Amber's beurre blanc,
it's got a real nice flavour to it.

The smoke I'm not 100% keen on.
The smoke's a little acrid

and it's not that sweet,
nice wood smoke that I expect.

Bristol born Amber is just
26 years old and already head chef

at the Zebra Riding Club
in Cheshunt.

I think being young
presents huge advantages.

I think I bring fresh ideas and
I've learnt from some of the best

in the industry, but I'm bringing
my own twist to that now.

I've worked in lots of different
restaurants with different styles,

but I always come back to keeping
things as simple as possible.

My favourite thing is to walk
through the gardens and to see

what we've got available
that week and that clay.

Your food is a reflection
of who you are, and if you're not

passionate about what you're
producing and you don't love

the food that you're handing over
to your guests,

then there's no point in doing it.

I've got a huge amount of passion
and ambition,

and I'm going to do
the absolute best that I can.

Service, please.

Charlotte, who's chasing
the rest of the pack,

blends lardo for her hash browns...
Pork fat.

Get on. ..and grates potato,

to which she adds melted butter
and fries in the pork fat.

OK. just let them cook away.

Feeling good? Yeah, yeah.
You promise? Yeah.

Everything's last minute.com. So
I'm kind of in limbo a little bit.

Look, as long as you can stay,
like, perfectly organised,

it doesn't matter how last-minute
anything is, right? Yeah.

Charlotte's confidence has taken
a real hit after her starter course.

Fish is her baby. That's what
she does clay in, clay out.

I really want to see some
good cooking from her.

Plating first,
Andi's cooking his gurnard.

So these are going to be about
three to four on here.

And his clams and mussels are
cooked, too, before he smokes them.

As soon as they pop open,
I'm going to put them up here.

The smoke's rising.
Oh. Wowzers. Heavens.

His fish goes into the oven to
finish, and he passes his bisque.

You have three minutes
to the pass, Andi.

Just waiting on that fish
in the oven.

It's just going to be last minute.

Pickled clams, cockles and mussels
are plated

and Amber decants the bisque.

Chive emulsion goes on next.

How's that fish, Andi? I was just
a little bit behind on my timings,

just due to the size
and meatiness of the fish.

I literally just gotta wait,
literally, like, one more minute,

30 seconds. Sorry. OK.

It's OK for Andi to have a couple
more minutes, but he'll start

to lose points if he's more than
five minutes late.

I think it's better that
you get your fish right.

I'd rather have it right,
then two minutes late to the pass

than have it raw. I agree.

Finally, the fish is up
to the temperature that Andi wants

and is plated,
and caviar is spooned on top.

You're nearly at the five-minute
mark. Right, coming now.

Oh, sorry about that.
This, My Darlings, ls A Gurnard,

inspired by Gully And The Celebrity
Chef, written by john Cleave,

local author and illustrator.
I'll take the sauce? Yes, please.

Good luck, chef. Good luck, Andi.

So you had a little bit of trouble with the fish
at the end. Yeah, it was just a bit too thick.

I know I was four minutes late to the pass.
But I just wanted that fish to be perfect.

I'd say it's over.
just a little smidge, I would say.

Andi, the bisque, is that carrying
the flavour that you wanted it to?

Yes. Yeah, it's sweet, a hint
of smokiness in there, I think...

I think it's well-balanced.

It's one of my best recipes
I've ever done.

The sauce, you get the beautiful
smokiness coming through.

I think the sauce is seasoned nicely.
It could do with something acidic.

Does this plate of food
tell the story? Yes.

Is there anything that you'd change on the dish?
Apart from the timing, the size of the gurnard? OK.

There's some good elements here.
Nice ideas. I think it's a seven.

Yeah, I would agree again,
it's a seven.

It's a really beautiful dish.
I loved how it was presented.

Andi, what would you score
your fish dish?

My heart and soul has gone into this dish. You know,
I think kind of like an eight, eight slash nine.

How was that, chef? It was good.
I know I was four minutes over

but I'd rather send out
perfect fish than raw fish.

Up next, it's Nick,
who is pan-frying his scallops.

What sort of cuisson
you looking for? Medium rare.

A little opacity.

He starts plating
with compressed cucumber.

What are you putting on there now?
This is just scallop roe mayonnaise.

Delicious. You got four minutes
to the pass, Nick.

He preps the top of his dish,
made with edible glitter sheets,

for the look of the album cover.

What are you putting on this, then?
This is a black rice vinegar jelly.

Are you happy
with how this came out? Yeah.

They look great.
You have one minute, Nick.

Thank you.
Thai green sauce is poured.

So where do you want this up to?
just under half, please.

And scallops sliced and plated.

So you're happy with the cooking
on that, then? Yes.

Caviar tops the scallops and the
edible lids are placed on top.

So it's called A Moon Shaped Pool.

Based on the album by Radio head,

the artwork clone by Stanley Don wood.

It's very exciting.
Pressure's on, chef.

So we just pour it and hopefully...

Oh, look at that. Look at that!

That's really great.

Wow. What a feature.

All of the sauce, chef? Yes, please.
Wow. That's amazing. So part of

the idea of the inspiration is that
that ends up random.

You wanted it to be
more a product of chance.

Love it. Shall we go taste it?
Let's go.

I have to say, looks stunning.
It looks amazing.

The scallop? Yes. How is that
cooked? It's just in the middle.

Just still a little bit medium rare
in the middle.

Cooking on the scallop,
how about that? Perfect.

Got that just right.
The Thai green curry sauce,

you're happy with the heat of that?
Yeah, I am. Yeah.

It's absolutely beautiful.

It's creamy, there's heat,
there's pops of acidity.

I don't really get the roe in there.

Ancl do you think it hits the brief?
I think it does hit the brief.

It's linked to the way that
he made the artwork and the way

that it's kind of randomly formed
when it all falls in.

I mean, can't fault it.

I want to fault it, but I can't.

And so...
So it's going to have to be a ten.

I'm really between a nine
and a ten, I think.

Nick, what would you
score your dish?

I'd like to think it's
a strong eight, maybe a nine.

Thank you.

You're up next.

No pressure following that.
Do you know what I mean? Marvellous!

Hi. It was stunning, mate.
It was beautiful.

It really, really was.
You blew me away. Well clone.

Thank you very much.

To keep with her Thomas the
Tank Engine steam and smoke theme,

Amber is steaming her halibut.
How's your fish?

It's always a bit nerve-racking
in a bamboo steam,

you don't want to open it too much.
Yeah. But you need to trust...

Trust the process.

She flash-fries sea beet and dulse
in butter.

It has that beautiful irony flavour.

Pickled sea fennel goes on next
and the halibut is done.

So satisfying when
it just peels off. Yeah.

That's how you know it's cooked.

You're just trying to give it
a bit of colour? Yeah, absolutely.

You have one minute
to the pass, Amber. Oui, chef.

The fish sits on top of the sea veg,
followed by the smoked beurre blanc.

That should be going round, surely.

Oh, look at that.

The title of my dish is
Engines Don't Go Fishing

and it's inspired by
Thomas the Tank Engine.

Have you got any chance of reviving
this guy? Oh... We've got movement,

we've got movement. There we go.

Yay. Hey. There we go.

Shall we go taste it?
Absolutely. Let's do it.

Are you happy with the smokiness
of the beurre blanc? I am, yeah.

I think it can overpower things,
but with the quite saline flavours

of the sea herbs and the lemon
just here at the end

with the halibut,
hopefully it balances really nicely.

I think it's well balanced.

I think the veg is nice
and gives it nice texture.

What about the link to the story
of Thomas the Tank Engine?

Do you think that's clear
within the plate?

People could find it difficult,
but what I really wanted to

get through with the dish was
that element of smoke and steam.

There's nothing to say Thomas
the Tank Engine apart from a train.

Ancl what would you score this dish?

I would score this dish
a seven out of ten.

I think the fish is a tiny bit over
and the lack of visible brief.

I'm going to go seven. I think
I'd go an eight on this one.

I'm going to go seven. Seven.

Hi, guys. Smokey beurre blanc.
That was lovely.

So classical. Beautiful.
Delicate. Very much like you.

You charmer.

Charlotte is the last to serve
and needs a top score for her dish,

The Complete Tangier,

inspired by Norman Thelwell's
illustrations.

She fries her sea bass and sea beet.
In there...

She strains her smoked mackerel
and butter sauce.

It's all the good stuff in there.
And her fish is ready.

That skin looks... Yeah.
Beautiful. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

It helps when you've got
a beautiful sea bass, to be fair.

She plates cherry tomato vinaigrette

while Andi decants the mackerel
butter sauce. Grandpa's flask.

She's serving it in the style
of a fisherman's lunch,

complete with flask and hamper. OK.

Sea beet is followed by the bass.

Fantastic. I'm nearly there.
It's super, super simple.

It's garnished with sea herbs
and a copper ham crumb.

You have four minutes to the pass,
Charlotte. Oui, chef.

A fish-shaped tuile sits on top...
I love these tuiles, Charlotte.

...and the hash browns
are served on side plates.

Hard To Catch An Angler's Lunch. And
the inspiration is Norman Thelwell,

who was an unofficial
countryside cartoonist.

Are you happy, Charlotte?
Yeah, I am, actually. Good.

Good luck. Thank you.
That's what I like.

You don't want too much sauce
cos it's quite strong.

Are you happy with the cooking
on the bass? Yeah.

It's maybe just slightly over.

Erm...only slightly.

The skin is beautifully crisp
on that, which is really enjoyable.

The hashbrown seasoning
where you want it to be on that?

Yeah, I think so. Yeah.

Because the sauce is quite strong,
so I didn't want to over-season.

I think the hash brown is really
nice. I love the loud flavour.

The hash brown
is absolutely delicious.

Does it feel a little bit like
an afterthought on the side there?

Yes, but it's so tasty that I'm not
going to complain about that.

What's in the sauce? So that's
the smoked mackerel that I caught

and smoked myself. I've heated some
cream up with the smoke mackerel

in it very, very low
just to infuse it through.

I just loved just grabbing the hash
brown and dipping it in the sauce.

As a plate of food, is there anything
that you'd change for this competition?

I'm not sure, actually, I don't think I
would. That's OK. I'm quite happy.

OK, let's have some scores. Nick.

Maybe it's a little bit disjointed,
so I'm going to say seven.

I want to go... Go a seven.
I'm going to give it an eight.

What would you score it? A seven?

Hello. Hey. How was that?
Yeah, good. Yeah. Not too bad.

The skin on the bass was delicious.
So tasty.

I just loved picking up
that hash brown at the end.

Just dipping it in the sauce
and chewing on it. I love that,

that makes me happy.
Thanks for that, guys.

So you had quite high expectations

of the fish cookery
from this region.

Really excellent cooking. Not so
excellent on the storytelling.

Yeah, never before
have I've been given four dishes

that are so different,
so equally well executed,

but have exactly the same problem

in that there's just...
There's no storytelling there.

So it's a tricky one. It's harsh
that somebody has to leave now.

It's brutal. It's Great British
Menu. It's brutal.

Amber is on nine points. Andi eight,
Nick seven and Charlotte five.

It's the South West, where we expect
the fish cookery to be excellent.

But did you deliver
all that we hoped for?

Andi, for your dish,

This, My Darlings, ls A Gurnard.

The gurnard was cooked nicely.

I thought that really
took on the smokiness.

I understand that you were late with
your fish as it was a large piece.

You prepped it
and saw the size of it.

Yeah. So I don't think the size of
it is really that relevant.

It was just a little late.

The ocean dwellers, the clams,
cockles and mussels

were cooked well. For me,

I was left a little bit
disappointed by the bisque.

It felt somewhat flat
and it didn't have punchy flavours

running through it, which is what
I expect from a bisque.

Nick, for your dish,

A Moon Shaped Pool,

scallop was cooked perfectly
and well seasoned.

The Thai green sauce was delicious
and it packed a punch.

I like that you weren't afraid
of the heat.

The theatre of the presentation
was ace, everyone loved it.

I personally question
whether this is the best example

of illustration - as clever
and as well executed as it was.

Amber, for your dish,

Engines Don't Go Fishing,

the presentation and the theatre
of this, I thought,

was a little lacking. It felt a
little bit rough around the edges.

The halibut, though, I thought
was delicious, and the smoked

beurre blanc had the right level of
smokiness. But you'd not integrated

the brief as seamlessly
as you had with the starter.

Charlotte, for your dish,

Hard To Catch An Angler's Lunch,

the sea bass was cooked nicely.

The hash brown cooked in lardo
was delicious.

The smoked mackerel butter sauce
was lovely.

But I want you to have more
confidence in your cooking.

When we went to taste it,
the first thing you said was,

"Don't pour too much. It's quite
intense." It was lovely.

And so to the scores. Nick...

...|'m giving you...

...an eight. That's exactly
the beautiful, sharp cooking

I've come to expect from you.
Andi...

...I'm scoring you...

...an eight. I thought it looked
like an excellent plate of food.

I do worry, however,

about the size of that giant prop

and its connection to the brief.
It felt a little shoehorned.

Amber, I'm scoring you...

...eight. We've come to expect
simplicity from you.

Sometimes a dish can be too simple.

It still needs to have energy in it.

Ancl Charlotte...

...I'm scoring you...

...an eight.

So that means,
with the lowest overall score,

Charlotte, I'm afraid, sadly,
you're going to be leaving us.

Charlotte, you can pack
so much flavour into your food.

What I'd like you to take away
from this is that you don't need

to prove yourself with hundreds
of different things going on

on the plate. If you spent the same
amount of time just focusing on

a few of those elements, you'd have
really standout dishes. OK. Thanks.

Charlotte, very sorry that
you're going to be leaving us.

The other three,
we move on to main courses.

Thank you very much.
Thank you, chefs. Thank you.

Well clone, guys.
That was a tough course. Yeah.

I'm really pleased I got an eight.
Gutted that I got an eight too late.

I'm really happy with that. Loads of
constructive criticism which I can

take away that if I get through
to the judges, I can change on it.

I really wanted to be able
to showcase my whole menu and now

I have the chance to do that.
So I couldn't be more thrilled.

Look, it's going to be a hard couple
of days now. It's very, very tight.

All got to bring our A-game.

We've all got to come in fighting
tomorrow.

I did myself justice today.
I gave it absolutely everything.

Again, too little, too late.
But proud of myself, I guess.

There's only two points between
top and bottom, so the scores

are super tight. I'm looking forward
to seeing what these chefs can do

with main course and dessert.

Next time
there are surprises in store...

SHE GASPS

Amazeballs. ..as the chefs
pull out all the stops...

This is it now,
it's just a waiting game.

...for their mains and desserts.

Are you on schedule? Give me another
half hour and I'll tell you.