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Banquet Special

Great British Menu Series 17

It’s the final, with the chefs cooking their banquet dishes at Alexandra Palace for a guest list of broadcasting stars. Who will be voted Champion of Champions?

It’s the final, where the overall winner of Great British Menu 2022 will be decided. Over nine weeks, 32 of the best chefs from across Great Britain have been competing for the renowned title of Champion of Champions with menus celebrating 100 years of British heritage in broadcasting. Now it’s the banquet, where the overall winner will be voted for by an illustrious array of famous guests at London’s Alexandra Palace – the historical home of British broadcasting.

The judges, chef Tom Kerridge, restaurateur Nisha Katona and food podcaster and comedian Ed Gamble, have chosen four chefs, each from a different British region or nation, to create a banquet celebrating 100 years of British broadcasting.

Presenter Andi Oliver will show the chefs around the banquet location of Alexandra Palace. Known as the People’s Palace, it was here that the ±«Óãtv led the world into the golden age of television when it transmitted the first high-definition public television service in 1936. But with a three-minute walk upstairs from the preparation kitchen to the service kitchen, it’s a challenging location to serve food.

Adding to the kitchen difficulties we’ve got one of the toughest crowds they’ll ever cook for. The guest list reads like a who’s who of broadcasting, including Floella Benjamin, Les Dennis, Anita Dobson, Brian May, Mary Berry, Prue Leith, the Hairy Bikers, Cherry Healy, Julia Bradbury, Alison Steadman, Julia Sawalha, Clive Myrie, Kirsty Wark, James Acaster, Steven Moffat, Sue Vertue, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith.

The chefs need to impress with every dish, as it’s the guests who choose the ultimate winner.

6 months left to watch

59 minutes

Last on

Sat 2 Apr 2022 19:35
±«Óãtv Two Wales & Wales HD only

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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:01

    Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

    Red Right Hand

  • 00:13

    Tom Jones

    Green, Green Grass of ±«Óãtv

  • 00:17

    The New World Orchestra

    Strictly Come Dancing 

  • 00:27

    The South Bank Orchestra

    The New Adventures of Black Beauty (Galloping ±«Óãtv)

  • 00:29

    Eric Cotes Symphony Orchestra

    By The Sleepy Lagoon (Desert Island Discs) (1940)

  • 00:29

    Morecambe & Wise

    Bring Me Sunshine

  • 00:29

    New World Orchestra

    Parkinson

  • 00:30

    John Sullivan

    Only Fools and Horses

  • 00:30

    The London Ensemble

    Fawlty Towers

  • 00:35

    New World Orchestra

    Ski Sunday (Pop Goes Bach)

  • 00:36

    Matt Berry

    Are You Being Served?

  • 00:38

    David Arnold

    One More Miracle

    Composer: Michael Price.
  • 00:41

    David Arnold & Michael Price, London Session Orchestra

    Opening Titles

  • 00:42

    Barry Gray

    Thunderbirds

  • 00:44

    Carl Davis

    Pride And Prejudice (Opening Title Music)

  • 00:47

    Pet Shop Boys

    It's A Sin

  • 00:51

    The Cranberries

    Dreams

Credits

Presenter Andrea Oliver
Executive Producer Sarah Eglin
Series Producer Avril Beaven
Series Producer Liz Rumbold
Director Francois Gandolfi
Series Editor Antonia Lloyd
Production Company Optomen Television Ltd

Broadcasts

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Series 19: Meet the Chefs

Find out more about the chefs competing to make it through to the 2024 banquet.