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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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When the series first began, the Great British Menu offered 14 talented chefs and lots of  ideas as to what should be on the menu for the queen's 80th birthday. The final menu is a compilation of tradition and innovation, taking the best dishes suggested by the participants and combining them into a cohesive whole. Various UK countries are represented and so are local ingredients. The final, and ultimate, British menu is:

• Starter: Smoked salmon with blinis, woodland sorrel and wild cress (Richard Corrigan, Northern Ireland)
• Fish course: Pan-fried turbot with cockles and oxtail (Bryn Williams, Wales)
• Main course: Loin of roe venison with potato cake, roast roots, creamed cabbage and game gravy (Nick Nairn, Scotland)
• Dessert: Custard tart with nutmeg (Marcus Wareing, Northern England)

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Using produce and recipes from across the country, top chefs are to participate in a competition to create the perfect four course meal for a lunch celebrating the 80th birthday of the Queen.

Fourteen chefs are to take part in the BBC's latest project - The Great British Menu.

Cookery experts will judge their creations as, over eight weeks, two chefs from each British region go head-to-head with local produce and local recipes. The final menu will be voted for by the public. The four winners will present their meal to the Queen and Prince Philip at a lunch on the 15th June.

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