Great British Menu - Series 8

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London and South East Starter

1 - London and South East Starter

Air Date: January 28, 2013

The nation's chefs compete to cook at a special banquet to celebrate 25 years of Comic Relief's Red Nose Day. Who will make the best starter?

London and South East Fish

2 - London and South East Fish

Air Date: January 29, 2013

The nation's chefs compete to cook at a special banquet to celebrate 25 years of Comic Relief's Red Nose Day. Who will make the best fish course?

London and South East Main

3 - London and South East Main

Air Date: January 30, 2013

The nation's chefs compete to cook at a special banquet to celebrate 25 years of Comic Relief's Red Nose Day. Who will serve up the best main course?

London and South East Dessert

4 - London and South East Dessert

Air Date: January 31, 2013

The nation's chefs compete to cook at a special banquet to celebrate 25 years of Comic Relief's Red Nose Day. Who will make the best dessert?

London and South East Judging

5 - London and South East Judging

Air Date: February 1, 2013

The nation's chefs compete to cook at a special banquet to celebrate 25 years of Comic Relief's Red Nose Day. Arabella Weir joins for the final round.

Scotland Starter

6 - Scotland Starter

Air Date: February 4, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Will the winning starter be spiced ham, a warm chicken salad or a rabbit terrine?

Scotland Fish

7 - Scotland Fish

Air Date: February 5, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Will the winning fish dish be a traditional Scottish soup, a chowder or a no-cook mackerel?

Scotland Main

8 - Scotland Main

Air Date: February 6, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Will the winning main course be an African inspired goat tagine, a beef dish or a duck dish?

Scotland Dessert

9 - Scotland Dessert

Air Date: February 7, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Will the winning dessert be a comedy custard pie, a chocolate dessert or doughnuts?

Scotland Judging

10 - Scotland Judging

Air Date: February 8, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Only one chef can make it through to the national finals to represent Scotland.

North West Starter

11 - North West Starter

Air Date: February 11, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The curtain raises on the competition in the North West.

North West Fish

12 - North West Fish

Air Date: February 12, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The North West chefs cook their fish courses.

North West Main

13 - North West Main

Air Date: February 13, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The North West chefs cook their main course.

North West Dessert

14 - North West Dessert

Air Date: February 14, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The North West chefs get a final chance to impress with their dessert.

North West Judging

15 - North West Judging

Air Date: February 15, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The two remaining North West chefs must cook their entire menus for the judges.

North East Starter

16 - North East Starter

Air Date: February 18, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The three North East chefs all want to top the leader board with their starter.

North East Fish

17 - North East Fish

Air Date: February 19, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The three North East chefs hope to impress with their fish courses.

North East Main

18 - North East Main

Air Date: February 20, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The North East chefs cook their main course for judge Jason Atherton.

North East Dessert

19 - North East Dessert

Air Date: February 21, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Which desserts will help get two North East chefs through to their regional final?

North East Judging

20 - North East Judging

Air Date: February 22, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The two remaining North East chefs must cook their entire menus for the judges.

South West Starter

21 - South West Starter

Air Date: February 25, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The three South West chefs all want to top the leader board with their starter.

South West Fish

22 - South West Fish

Air Date: February 26, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The three South West chefs compete to get their fish course to top of the leader board.

South West Main

23 - South West Main

Air Date: February 27, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The three South West chefs compete to get their main course to the top of the leader board.

South West Dessert

24 - South West Dessert

Air Date: February 28, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Which dessert will help get two chefs through to the Friday show?

South West Judging

25 - South West Judging

Air Date: March 1, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The two remaining South West chefs must cook their entire menus for the judges.

Northern Ireland Starter

26 - Northern Ireland Starter

Air Date: March 4, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The curtain raises on the competition in Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland Fish

27 - Northern Ireland Fish

Air Date: March 5, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The three Northern Ireland chefs cook their fish courses.

Northern Ireland Main

28 - Northern Ireland Main

Air Date: March 6, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The three Northern Ireland chefs prepare their main course.

Northern Ireland Dessert

29 - Northern Ireland Dessert

Air Date: March 7, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Which desserts will help two chefs get through to their regional final?

Northern Ireland Judging

30 - Northern Ireland Judging

Air Date: March 8, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The two remaining Northern Ireland chefs must cook their menus for the judges.

Central Starter

31 - Central Starter

Air Date: March 11, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. In central England, three culinary heavyweights return to the Great British Menu kitchen.

Central Fish

32 - Central Fish

Air Date: March 12, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The three chefs try to impress veteran judge Marcus Wareing with their fish courses.

Central Main

33 - Central Main

Air Date: March 13, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. As they cook their main courses, Adil Ray joins the chefs for a fundraising adventure.

Central Dessert

34 - Central Dessert

Air Date: March 13, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The chefs create their desserts, with one last chance to impress judge Marcus Wareing.

Central Judging

35 - Central Judging

Air Date: March 14, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The chefs must cook their entire menus for the judges, including Jim Moir aka Vic Reeves.

Wales Starter

36 - Wales Starter

Air Date: March 18, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The Welsh chefs raise the curtain with their starters.

Wales Fish

37 - Wales Fish

Air Date: March 19, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Luke Thomas hopes his quirky take on a classic fish finger will impress veteran Jeremy Lee.

Wales Main

38 - Wales Main

Air Date: March 20, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The Welsh chefs prepare their main course. Which one will get the top score from Jeremy Lee?

Wales Dessert

39 - Wales Dessert

Air Date: March 21, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. It is the final chance for the Welsh chefs to impress Jeremy Lee with their dessert dishes.

Wales Judging

40 - Wales Judging

Air Date: March 22, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The remaining chefs representing Wales must cook their entire menus for the judges.

Finals Starter

41 - Finals Starter

Air Date: March 25, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Patricia Hodge and the judges taste all eight winning regional starter courses.

Finals Fish

42 - Finals Fish

Air Date: March 26, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Impressionist Ronni Ancona joins the judges as they taste the fish courses.

Finals Main

43 - Finals Main

Air Date: March 27, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. Ade Edmondson tucks into the chefs' main courses to decide which will remain in contention.

Finals Dessert

44 - Finals Dessert

Air Date: March 28, 2013

Chefs compete to cook at a banquet to celebrate 25 years of Red Nose Day. The chefs not only learn the top three desserts but also the winning menu.

The Banquet

45 - The Banquet

Air Date: March 29, 2013

It is the climax of the competition as the winning chefs cook at the Comic Relief Banquet at the Royal Albert Hall. But it is not all plain sailing.