Great British Menu

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Anyone coming to watch with me?

The judges on this show are such miseries. I like Andi being in the kitchen. Maybe it would be better to replace the grumpy judges with three of the chefs.

Agreed, they were particularly grumpy tonight!

Watching on catchup and wow you're right they are grumps and cutting off the guest when he's positive.

I've never really liked these judges as they can be very negative. I mainly watch it because I think Andi is absolutely fantastic.

I really enjoy Andi in the kitchen and her extra comments on how to improve dishes for the final table. But equally I miss her in the judging room. As she would speak up and over the men.

Am I going mad, or did BBC 2 just show the first welsh heat from 7-8 pm as scheduled, and then start repeating the exact same episode from 8pm instead of whatever it was on the schedule???!

Was this some attempt to show the axed London final they cancelled on Friday that they've spectacularly messed up on, or have I misunderstood what's happening here?

You're going mad, or maybe there were different BBC regions with different things - I don't know what was on between 7 and 8 here, but at 8, they started showing some home improvement thing, despite the schedule saying Great British Menu.

I am hoping they bring Alex Greene back as a guest chef-judge. I really liked him and the other finalists from the last series.

....very very weird!

Here, it was definitely the same GBM episode twice in a row. It recorded from 7-8 because I thought initially I was somehow watching the recording and checked. And the home improvement just started now at nine with an announcement about "and now later than billed".

Someone needs to get hold of the person lining things up tonight and get the glass out of their hands....

Ooh, checking in! Love GBM and just watched the first Welsh one. Some top quality chefs in this series!

I’d like to know where the “storm in a teacup” crockery came from

Think being bee is getting to a couple of these Welsh chefs, or maybe I’m just a bit underwhelmed because they’re after the London lot who all did really well in every round

New, not bee

Just watching the first Welsh one on catchup. None of them made a canapé.

How is a woman who worked at Bletchley Park a Welsh innovator? Sure she was involved in something ace, but she didn’t actually invent or create anything, there were quite a few other ladies doing the exact same thing at the time

I don't mind the flexibility of the brief this time. At least they're mostly giving it a really good go, unlike with the children's books.

But I'm not sure I'd eat the black leek purée.

Lots of lamb & leeks as you’d expect this week

I'm not sure I fancy any of the dessserts.

Ali definitely going home

Anyone watching tonight? I LOVE Rachel Khoo’s dress- wish I knew where it was from!

I like her dress too, but I find her really annoying.

She's very negative.

I am hating Rachel Khoo in this and can’t get past the uncomfortable feeling that she’s been brought on simply as a bit of totty to sit between two pensionable old men. But that’s possibly just me being a grump.

Loved Andi as judge, didn’t get her last year, but am loving her this year. She seems so much more involved and I love hearing her opinions which I think got lost last year

I want Dr Hugh Hunt for dinner at my house

Am re watching series 5 on Food. I’d forgotten Daniel Clifford failed to get through on his 2nd attempt and ignored advice from Glynn Parnell, who beat him the first time, and got slatted by the judges for the exact things Glynn said

Andi balanced out the male judges being total miseryguts, but Rachel is just adding to the miserygutsness. The science-y guests seem far more representative of the potential banquet attendees. The end of the week always seems so deflating.

I always think it's a flaw in the format that a chef can do a stellar dish in the heats which doesn't go forward because another chef does an overall better menu. It rarely feels like we end up with all the best dishes.