Ross Kemp is today announced as the host of the banquet for this year’s finale of Great British Menu.

The special one-hour documentary, on BBC Two on Tuesday 16 June at 8.00pm, follows the remaining four chefs, after eight weeks of intense national and regional rounds, as they cook and serve their winning dishes to the troops returning from Afghanistan.

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Representing the North West this week is former champion of the North, Nigel Haworth (Northcote Manor, Blackburn), who defends his title against Aiden Byrne (The Church Green, Lymm, Cheshire), as the culinary challenge continues.

Nigel reached the final in last year’s competition but did not make it through the public vote. This year, however, he’s determined to make it all the way to the banquet and his menu includes: Goosnargh duck pie, ham and scratchings; Muncaster crab, tossed salad with eggs and English mustard mayonnaise; Lonk lamb Lancashire hot pot, pickled red cabbage, tangled garden carrots and leeks; and, for dessert, summer fruit pudding with a cornet of Kirkham’s cheese ice-cream.

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Over the past three years, Great British Menu has cooked for Her Majesty The Queen at her 80th birthday banquet, served a magnificent meal to the gastronomic elite of France and thrilled some of the world’s finest chefs with some of the very best, cutting-edge contemporary British food.

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