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Great British Menu Series 8 starts 28th January 2013

25 January by Mecca Ibrahim

The Great British Menu returns for its eighth series, and will be celebrating the fun of Comic Relief. The chefs will be creating a menu that is not only playful, but funny. To help them on their journey they will be inspired & judged by a number of the UK's funniest comedians.

Waterside Inn: 40 Year Anniversary 13 September by Matthew Fort

The Waterside Inn, located along the Thames in the village of Bray, began 40 years ago by the Roux brothers who bought a pub and transformed it into the culinary landmark it is today. Bearing three Michelin stars and now under the leadership of Alain Roux, the restaurant is visited by Matthew Fort during its anniversary celebrations, who shares with us the experience

Lunch at Dinner by Matthew Fort 01 July by Matthew Fort

In May Heston Blumenthal's London restaurant Dinner went straight into the top 10 of The World's 50 Best Restaurants - making it only one of three UK establishments in the list. Matthew Fort, Great British Menu judge & Great British Chefs strategic advisor visited before it achieved this accolade. He recently returned for lunch to see what, if anything, had changed.

Ocado & Great British Chefs Mealtime Masterclass 22 June by Mecca Ibrahim

We were delighted to be involved in a UK first on Wednesday 20th June 2012, as along with Ocado we broadcast the first UK virtual cook-a-long through Google+ Hangouts and live streamed via YouTube. The Ocado Mealtime Masterclass involved three Michelin starred chefs, a camera crew, live webstreaming on YouTube AND Matthew Fort as host - was it a case of too many cooks in the kitchen? Read on to find out

Shaun Hill by Matthew Fort 07 May by Matthew Fort

You may have noticed many esteemed chefs joined Great British Chefs website, and we're delighted to announce that Shaun Hill of The Walnut Tree will be joining our site soon. In the meantime we have a guest blog post on Shaun from Matthew Fort, Great British Menu judge & our strategic advisor.

A Visit to the Hand & Flowers by Matthew Fort 11 April by Matthew Fort

With series seven of The Great British Menu underway, at Great British Chefs we're delighted that a number of our chefs are competing or are veteran judges of the show. Matthew Fort one of the overall judges & our strategic advisor, was lucky enough to get a sneak preview of Tom Kerridge's new menu at The Hand & Flowers as he gets it ready for public unveiling. Let's see what he thought

Great British Menu Series 7 starts 9th April 2012 09 April by Mecca Ibrahim

The Great British Menu returns for its seventh series, this year taking an Olympic theme. Twenty four of the finest chefs in the country including many chefs from Great British Chefs site will compete in eight regional heats for the opportunity to create a four course menu at a prestigious event at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, hosted by sporting legend Sir Steve Redgrave with a guest list of British sporting greats.

Which Forgotten Foods would you bring back? 13 March by Mecca Ibrahim

Fancy some cow heel, pigs trotters, black pudding and carp pie? How about some delicious sounding Goosnargh cakes or Hawkshead Wig as a dessert? No. Well, these are all delicacies the Brits once relished and some of them could be back on our dinner tables. Great British Chefs discovered which ones could be on supermarket shelves soon ......

Fort on Bruno Loubet - The Traveller Returns 19 January by

The Tale of Mr Trotter 08 December by

Toast sandwich is UK’s ‘cheapest meal’ 23 November by Mecca Ibrahim

What Austerity or “Wartime” Foods have you eaten? 22 November by Mecca Ibrahim

As Remembrance Day and Veterans’ Day events take place this weekend, we wanted to look back to times when food wasn’t in such great supply.

Great British Menu Series 8 starts 28th January 2013

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