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BBC reveals the Great British Menu
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The Great British Menu series on BBC Two has revealed the winning four-course menu which will be served at a banquet to be hosted by the British Ambassador to France.
The banquet will be held at the Embassy in Paris, which has a proud reputation for championing the best of British.
The winning menu and its chef creator is:
- Starter: Poached egg with air dried ham and pea sorbet – Sat Bains for Central region of England
- Fish Course: Wild salmon and duck egg with cucumber salad – Richard Corrigan for Northern Ireland
- Main Course: Rabbit and crayfish stargazy pie – Mark Hix for the Southwest of England
- Dessert: Perry jelly with summer fruits and elderflower ice cream – Mark Hix for the Southwest of England
For the past seven weeks the series has transmitted daily on BBC Two.
In this ultimate cookery competition, 14 of the nation's top chefs have been battling for the chance to prove to the French that we can match them when it comes to culinary prowess.
At the end of each week's long heat, judges Prue Leith, Matthew Fort and Oliver Peyton had the deciding vote on which menu from each region or nation went through to the public vote in the final week.
In the final week of programmes, the seven heat winners returned to the Great British Menu kitchens to serve up their menus for the judges once more.
The judges then whittled down the seven choices for each course down to three in each category to be put to the public vote.
Richard Corrigan< says: "I personally feel that there has been an emergence of some great artisan suppliers in recent years and the Great British Menu series has really brought this to light. This is a great opportunity to showcase some great produce and what could be more traditionally British than wild salmon?"
Sat Bains says: "This dish is a typical example of modern British cuisine; I really hope it goes down well in Paris."
Mark Hix: "It is a great honour to have two dishes on the menu. I had a good feeling about the dessert but the pie was a bit of a risk – but it is a good example of how flexible a good old English pie can be."
Judge Prue Leith says: "It could not be a better menu. It's innovative, balanced, and above all delicious."
Notes to Editors
The chefs and regions represented in the Great British Menu series are (winners of each heat in bold):
- Central England – Galton Blackiston and Sat Bains
- Wales – Bryn Williams and Matt Tebbutt
- Scotland – Nick Nairn and Jeremy Lee
- Northern Ireland – Richard Corrigan and Noel McMeel
- South East – Atul Kochhar and Stuart Gillies
- South West – Michael Caines and Mark Hix
- North – Marcus Wareing and Mark Broadbent
Great British Menu – The Ambassador's Dinner, Friday 8 June 2007, 7.30pm, BBC Two.
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