"80th birthday" news and stories

We have mentioned the Great British Menu competition several times - it used a televised cook-off to find the best regional chefs from the UK to create a celbratroy menu for the Queens 80th Birthday. This has occured but the good ol' BBC has posted video clips of each winning participant...

From Northern Ireland, Richard Corrigan came out top with his Smoked Salmon starter "Find out what made his menu so intrinsically Irish, and why he came to regret his choice of dessert". 

Bryn Williams, from Wales createdPan-fried turbot "He talks about how he used the competition to highlight the use of Welsh produce, and which ingredient the chefs were banned from using".

Scottish chef Nick Nairn won with Roe venison as the main dish "Find out what he thought of the menu, and how he'd feel if the Queen's plate came back half-finished. Read his interview here."

Representing the North of England, Marcus Wareing won the desserts category with his Custard tart with Garibaldi biscuits "He talks about how his Michelin-starred cooking has been influenced by the Great British Menu, and why he's had to put his Custard tart on the menu at his own restaurant".

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England goes through to the next round of the World Cup, Billie Pipper is leaving Dr Who and the Queen celebrated her 80th.

The meal that had the top chefs in the UK competing for the privilege of creating a dish took place last night. The Queens 80th birthday dinner comprised smoked salmon with blinis, pan-fried turbot with cockles and oxtail, loin of roe venison and custard tart. The competition was covered in previous posts...

The UK press is full of pictures of the dinner but they don't publish these online so the only picture I can find of the meal and of the Queen meeting the winning chefs is on the BBC.

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