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

[Sunbird24]

The drama continues…

Sous vide for fish seems like a crime

They seem to do vanilla sauce with fish quite a lot. Must be a thing.

I think a lot of the dishes end up back engineered to find a link to the brief. Easier with such a wide brief, basically anyone could be great.

That's happened to me every time I've tried to make dosas

That fierce stuck.

Dear god I'm on fire. Heartburn a bitch

Nope to banana curry thanks

Reminds me of Hugh Grant in Notting Hill at the cinema. Love Michael though.

'Someone hijacked the oven?'

Does Scott think none of the other chefs are allowed to use the oven?

This is quite clever as banana leaf is often used for vegan fish and chips

I've had banana flower curry and it was surprisingly nice.

Am liking Ahmed

That fish is a mess

That dish just doesn't look like it works

Caramel fish?

I still don't get how Chaz Chandler is connected to the dish. I suppose fish is an animal.

Deep fry the fish. Cmon

Something about Michael's feedback really bothered me but I can't put my finger on it. I think parts felt like "I would have done the dish this way, so that's how you should have done it."

Sea bass for a bassist?
V. weak connection though

Is that supposed to be served hot? Cold?

Exactly the temperature I’ve given you, definitely!

The fish course must be the hardest for the vegan or vegetarian chefs. I remember Michael was the mentor who put Kirk through last year and gave him really high marks.

Some bullshit comments there I think. Preferred the other chefs response to Ginger curly man-bun vegan bloke

Ahmed's looks nice

I don’t get the point of doing a sous vide then barbecuing then blowtorching…

Exactly. Just cook it then rest it

It's not really a fish course more a second starter. Could have made more use of seaside veg.

They seem quite hard on each other.