Great British Menu

[Sunbird24]

Anyone coming to watch with me?

Squirting Oliver was hilarious. Part of me thought it was deliberate .

Was it just me or did it appear that Andi was a little surprised by the result?

Squirting Oliver was the highlight of the series so far! I laughed so hard.

We've decided to have a really nice lunch tomorrow so..

Chef, I'm serving you:

Côte de boeuf pan roasted with herb butter, served with whole grain mustard mashed potato, buttered cabbage, Yorkshire puddings and a red wine / beef gravy. Serving the beef medium rare.

Dessert will be toffee apple & choc chip oat crumble with vanilla custard.

DS has to quiz DH & I about whether we're happy with the cooking of the beef, the seasoning of the cabbage etc.

Sounds lovely @iklboo! For proper twattery chefiness DS has to call it ‘cuissant’ rather than ‘cooking’ when he asks you about the beef, and you have to reply to any time calls he gives you with ‘oui chef’…

Love it sunbird

'Five minutes to the pass, mum'
'Oui, chef'

'Anything here I can taste? Is there anything you're worried about?'

Maybe shove it all on a pride flag & call it côte of many colours?

Are you sure the taste of the beef is cow like enough?

@jay55 - are you Richard Corrigan?

I firmly deny that accusation

My brother likes to make mashed potatoes and roast potatoes with a Sunday lunch. I tell him he's making a huge mistake by not calling it 'potatoes two ways.'

We had pork chops (rubbed with ras el hanout), cauliflower cheese, roasted herby onion & courgette, and crispy broccolini & asparagus for tea, followed by a rhubarb & loganberry crumble (with muesli & crunchy nut cornflakes in the topping). My mum didn’t even try and deconstruct it, how can I vote her through to the banquet? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Give her another chance in the Judges' Chambers. Give her a mid-range score and feedback on how to improve.

I'm disturbed that none of you are using charcoal or squid ink to make your food a thoroughly appetising black.

I need to ask, the "oui chef" thing? I have heard it in previous series, but it seems to be out of control this year. We have both really noticed it and wondered about it. I assume it's kitchen etiquette, but why so much more this year than other years. Perhaps it's just me.

I expect it depends who they all trained under.

Well, that was quite delicious.

Looks amazing, well done. 10.

Given that the banquet is supposed to be to reward/honor/recognise "ordinary" people then I think there should be an "ordinary" person as the guest judge for each region - half the time when I see some of the dishes going through to the judging chamber I am thinking that if I were served that at a special banquet I'd either be leaving hungry or only able/wanting to eat some of the dishes. I consider myself to be a fairly easy to please and I am always willing to try new foods but it seems to me that more and more this "being inovative" requirement is affecting what the food tastes like. I'd far more welcome a hearty traditional plate of food over some of these teeny weeny over fluffed bits and bobs covered with some frothy slimey looking foam.

Given that the banquet is supposed to be to reward/honor/recognise "ordinary" people then I think there should be an "ordinary" person as the guest judge for each region

Erm... isn’t that exactly what they do?! Every week the judging chamber is made up of the 3 foody judges (Oliver, Rachel and Matthew) and a guest judge who is a “normal” person from within the field of the theme.

I think @Gracesquirrel means a member of the public rather than a 'famous' person.

@iklboo

I think *@Gracesquirrel* means a member of the public rather than a 'famous' person.

Thats exactly what I meant - someone who isn't used to eating in Michellin starred restraunts. I haven't for example ever eaten in a restaurant like that - and my impression was that the banquet was aimed at people like myself who wouldn't have had that kind of experience or who haven't experienced it very often.

Fair enough. I guess some are more well known than others but this season is not exactly celebs (Unless anyone is raving over professors of geology) and they do frequently Talk about how they don’t eat at posh restaurants and don’t have the same standards as the other judges. But I see what you’re saying.

I think we're angling for an invitation ourselves 😄