Series 8

Great British MenuSeries 8

2013
45 Episodes

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

Episodes

London and South East Starter
S08E01

London and South East Starter

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?

28 Jan 201330m
London and South East Fish
S08E02

London and South East Fish

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?

29 Jan 201330m
London and South East Main
S08E03

London and South East Main

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?

30 Jan 201330m
London and South East Dessert
S08E04

London and South East Dessert

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?

31 Jan 201330m
London and South East Judging
S08E05

London and South East Judging

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.

01 Feb 201330m
Scotland Starter
S08E06

Scotland Starter

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?

04 Feb 201329m
Scotland Fish
S08E07

Scotland Fish

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?

05 Feb 201330m
Scotland Main
S08E08

Scotland Main

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?

06 Feb 201329m
Scotland Dessert
S08E09

Scotland Dessert

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?

07 Feb 201329m
Scotland Judging
S08E10

Scotland Judging

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.

08 Feb 201329m
North West Starter
S08E11

North West Starter

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.

11 Feb 201329m
North West Fish
S08E12

North West Fish

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The North West chefs cook their fish courses.

12 Feb 201329m
North West Main
S08E13

North West Main

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The North West chefs cook their main course.

13 Feb 201329m
North West Dessert
S08E14

North West Dessert

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.

14 Feb 201329m
North West Judging
S08E15

North West Judging

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.

15 Feb 201329m
North East Starter
S08E16

North East Starter

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.

18 Feb 201329m
North East Fish
S08E17

North East Fish

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.

19 Feb 201329m
North East Main
S08E18

North East Main

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.

20 Feb 201329m
North East Dessert
S08E19

North East Dessert

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?

21 Feb 201329m
North East Judging
S08E20

North East Judging

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.

22 Feb 201329m
South West Starter
S08E21

South West Starter

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.

25 Feb 201329m
South West Fish
S08E22

South West Fish

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.

26 Feb 201329m
South West Main
S08E23

South West Main

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.

27 Feb 201329m
South West Dessert
S08E24

South West Dessert

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?

28 Feb 201329m
South West Judging
S08E25

South West Judging

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.

01 Mar 201329m
Northern Ireland Starter
S08E26

Northern Ireland Starter

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The curtain raises on the competition in Northern Ireland.

04 Mar 201329m
Northern Ireland Fish
S08E27

Northern Ireland Fish

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The three Northern Ireland chefs cook their fish courses.

05 Mar 201329m
Northern Ireland Main
S08E28

Northern Ireland Main

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The three Northern Ireland chefs prepare their main course.

06 Mar 201329m
Northern Ireland Dessert
S08E29

Northern Ireland Dessert

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?

07 Mar 201329m
Northern Ireland Judging
S08E30

Northern Ireland Judging

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.

08 Mar 201329m
Central Starter
S08E31

Central Starter

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.

11 Mar 201329m
Central Fish
S08E32

Central Fish

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.

12 Mar 201329m
Central Main
S08E33

Central Main

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.

13 Mar 201329m
Central Dessert
S08E34

Central Dessert

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.

13 Mar 201329m
Central Judging
S08E35

Central Judging

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.

14 Mar 201329m
Wales Starter
S08E36

Wales Starter

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The Welsh chefs raise the curtain with their starters.

18 Mar 201329m
Wales Fish
S08E37

Wales Fish

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.

19 Mar 201329m
Wales Main
S08E38

Wales Main

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?

20 Mar 201329m
Wales Dessert
S08E39

Wales Dessert

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.

21 Mar 201329m
Wales Judging
S08E40

Wales Judging

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.

22 Mar 201329m
Finals Starter
S08E41

Finals Starter

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.

25 Mar 201360m
Finals Fish
S08E42

Finals Fish

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.

26 Mar 201360m
Finals Main
S08E43

Finals Main

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.

27 Mar 201360m
Finals Dessert
S08E44

Finals Dessert

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.

28 Mar 201360m
The Banquet
S08E45

The Banquet

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.

29 Mar 201360m