Great British Menu is back

[MsNobodyAgain]

if anyone is interested.

BBC2, 7.30pm tonight.

Ooooh I like the idea of a banquet for children, maybe Great Ormond Street or something. Someone on another thread here mentioned how good Manoir aux quat'saisons are at making special dishes for children. It would be really interesting seeing the chefs provide high quality food but aimed at kids.

I'll have to go over to Digital Spy and mention this! I mentioned on a thread there last year that whoever hosts the banquet should also judge the food each week and low and behold this year they have the fourth judge.

Pavlovian- I have now spent half an hour reading the DS thread- at least we are not alone in finding the chefs humourless, and the brief- crap

The DS contributors scare me. I read but don't comment.

I'm like that with AIBU

Now that is a proper scary place but fun to read

Lovely Richard from last week must be watching Wales week and thinking WTF. He would have strolled through against this lot.

Mary-Ann feels very threatened by young Luke doesn't she? She is going to be very annoying this week. Is she generally a well regarded chef?

I am really not enjoying this week- and it's only day 2. Mary Ann is just awful

'young gun' and 'experienced'- voice over woman is in her element this week!

I honestly couldn't eat a thing Mary-Anne's touched, she looks like she hasn't washed for weeks. Did no one tell her this was on tv?

Poor Luke looked scared of Mary Ann- bet he really wanted to tell her to fuck off, but has been brought up better, and it would be like swearing at his gran.

Clearly Richard is going to win. Hopefully. He's another who has (apparently- don't remember him) been on a few times before, and hasn't won. I have no idea what the other 2 are doing there- and can't see how Mary-Ann was marked higher than Luke(hers looked a mess).

Mary-Anne, cringe. It is like having your granny getting drunk at a wedding.

'Young Gun' Luke. Wtf was that milkshake about.

Richards was the best but voiceover woman was stretching a bit saying he was serving on a 'comedy red plate'.

It is the worst week so far.

I think it would be fun to see a brief where the "main ingredient" of each course is set, and chefs have to make up a menu of dishes around it.

So, say, mushroom starter, salmon fish course, beef main, strawberry pudding.

Make them think but bring the focus back to the actual food.

I'd like them to have a brief where every course is vegetarian. There always seems to be a lack of vegetarian dishes on GBM.

Can I be bothered with today? Greasy Mary-Ann is really putting me off. Do you think her 'restaurant' is actually a greasy spoon on Barry Island?

So far -Mary-Ann's mince looks grey.

Her kitchen looked gross.

I can't see cottage pie going through.

No- cottage pie stands no chance thankfully

I want a piggy plate

the piggy plate is great. he's surely won?

Well Mary Anns greasy pie won't win.

Young gun Luke is not having a good week.

'young gun' SHUT UP!

(not you,obvs)

Can they just send one through to the judges this week?