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Richard Corrigan and Noel McMeel

Series two: Northern Ireland

Top chefs Richard Corrigan and Noel McMeel represented Northern Ireland and went head-to-head to create a menu for a banquet hosted by the British ambassador to France. Find out more about the series.


Day one: Starter

Richard Corrigan, Noel McMeel and Jenni Bond

Every day this week the chefs cooked a different course, culminating on Friday's programme when they presented their entire menu to the Great British Menu judges. First up were the starters: Richard cooked crubeens (stuffed pigs' trotters) and Noel opted for a carpaccio of venison.


Day two: Fish course

We moved on to the fish course on Tuesday: Noel's dish had a distinctly French flavour - a consommé of seafood with a tomato and fennel essence - and Richard served poached wild salmon with a duck egg dressing.


Day three: Main course

Jenni Bond and Noel McMeel

For the midway point of the menu both chefs chose to serve lamb: Richard cooked two cuts of mountain lamb, while Noel opted for a canon of lamb with black pudding and sweetbreads. Once in the final, Richard took some of the judges comments from the first round on board and adapted his lamb dish to include sweetbreads and kidneys.


Day four: Dessert

Jenni Bond and Richard Corrigan

Noel stuck to seasonality with rhubarb served three ways, while Richard used traditionally Irish ingredients in his pudding made with carrageen moss and dulse.


Find out which Northern Ireland suppliers Richard and Noel used to create their great British menus.


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