Great British Menu 2025 Thread 2 - From beige sludge to poncey nonsense, but is any of it banquetworthy?

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Agree. I think it was average

I always wonder how much time they have between the heats and the judges' chamber? They make out they go in the next day but they often have new ingredients, new props or entirely new dishes.

Bigging up the wild card thing makes me think one will be given this week

also lovely Greg Jenner - love me some horrible histories

Same. And mammy went ooh

Wasn't the HH Death Julian from Ghosts?

Food-wise, I thought that Ahmed's looked pretty, but obviously didn't taste great...

For those with allergies at the banquet, do they "just" give them the veggie/vegan option, or is there a specific alternative per dish? I.e. there seems to be a lot of shellfish allergies - do they all get a lot of mushrooms?

Yes - Simon Farnaby 😁

Looked like Tom got venison instead of lobster in the canapé? He often gets a different fish instead of shellfish though

Whenever they mention 'grains' it just makes me think of the kinds of foods forensic anthropologists find in the stomachs of ice-age mummies and peat bog bodies.

And often looks like it, too.....

I don't think Callum made his own puff pastry and those palmiers look a bit pallid and underdone.

"not as bad". Yeah. That's getting a 5! Lol

Not as bad. Eek

Time to ban the sodding water bath

Oh I’d blocked out the water bath

He didn't use the waterbath the last day. Whyyy is he now

Just cook the fish in a frying pan

I.e. everyone hates the sodding sous-vide! Stop it! He also did his main in it. Does he have shares??

Ah, my bad. It was the main he didn't put in the water the last day. I stand by what I said tho. Whyy

Bowls are v deep - they're all digging around in the bottom.

It looks like a meagre curry.

Meagre sums it up

Maybe you are meant to pick them up and drink from them like you are having Bovril at a football match.

I do wonder how many jay cloths get wasted on this show

3 versions!! Sod that.

Champagne and vanilla sauce has been used several times this series. Must be flavour of 2024 (assuming they filmed it last year!)

I missed. What has the none fish got?