Great British Menu 2024 Thread 2

[Sunbird24]

Sorry about the unimaginative thread title!

Style over substance.

Definitely

What story

It's definitely on brief.....

At least Kirk's is a bit fun. If not fishy.

Three little bowls of stuff

So there’s no fish in this fish course?

3 bowls of stuff

I don't want to sound like a weird fetishist but I wish they'd do a close-up of Michael's feet.

10 🙈

It is going to get a 10 despite having no fish

Yep

Ooh, brutal. From the comments I thought that Nina was a goner.

Ooooo. The problem is that he genuinely didn't think he'd had a bad day! He thought he was 9s and 10s! And no invite back next time...

might be a brilliant dish but it just doesn’t meet the brief of being a fish course. The vegetarians I know also prefer vegetarian food not designed to taste like fish or meat.

Yes pasta. No pretending.

Hope for better mains tomorrow

Whoever sells that paper that burns into nothing must have been unprepared for the orders received this year from chefs all over the UK

I literally let out a gasp when I heard the 5

While I believe them when they say it tastes of the sea and it was awesome, I sincerely think that if you’re not vegetarian/vegan, people actually like to eat a piece of fish.

he’s also getting round the main technical challenge of cooking fish to perfection.

i understand he has personal health issues and wants to open a restaurant that only offered that food, but unless there’s some religious aspect to it, I think a chef should be open to cooking what others want to eat.

@SpttyMaldoon Really well put. My thoughts exactly.

I'm not around this evening, so will be getting updates from here on main/ desserts. I think we're a pretty good yard stick for scores...

I've just caught up. The scores didn't match the comments and a fish dish without fish ain't a fish dish.

At least he gets round having to find a way to accommodate the shellfish allergies…

I am actually Team Kirk. I like that he is putting in some effort. (Cue him doing a bloody torch or medal now.)