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Great British Menu Season 8 Episode release dates & where to watch

Premiered

Monday, January 28, 2013

Ended: Friday, March 29, 2013

When does Great British Menu Season 8 come out?

Great British Menu Season 8 premiered Monday, January 28, 2013 on BBC Two and ended Friday, March 29, 2013. The season has 45 episodes.

The nation's greatest chefs compete to cook at a special banquet for Comic Relief.

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Great British Menu Season 8 release schedule

Great British Menu Season 8 episode release dates
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1. London and South East Starter

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?

Monday · 13 years ago

2. London and South East Fish

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?

Tuesday · 13 years ago

3. London and South East Main

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?

Wednesday · 13 years ago

4. London and South East Dessert

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?

Thursday · 13 years ago

5. London and South East Judging

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.

Friday · 13 years ago

6. Scotland Starter

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?

Monday · 13 years ago

7. Scotland Fish

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?

Tuesday · 13 years ago

8. Scotland Main

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?

Wednesday · 13 years ago

9. Scotland Dessert

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?

Thursday · 13 years ago

10. Scotland Judging

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.

Friday · 13 years ago

11. North West Starter

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.

Monday · 13 years ago

12. North West Fish

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

Tuesday · 13 years ago

13. North West Main

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

Wednesday · 13 years ago

14. North West Dessert

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.

Thursday · 13 years ago

15. North West Judging

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.

Friday · 13 years ago

16. North East Starter

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.

Monday · 13 years ago

17. North East Fish

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.

Tuesday · 13 years ago

18. North East Main

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.

Wednesday · 13 years ago

19. North East Dessert

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?

Thursday · 13 years ago

20. North East Judging

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.

Friday · 13 years ago

21. South West Starter

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.

Monday · 13 years ago

22. South West Fish

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.

Tuesday · 13 years ago

23. South West Main

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.

Wednesday · 13 years ago

24. South West Dessert

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?

Thursday · 13 years ago

25. South West Judging

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.

Friday · 13 years ago

26. Northern Ireland Starter

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

Monday · 13 years ago

27. Northern Ireland Fish

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

Tuesday · 13 years ago

28. Northern Ireland Main

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

Wednesday · 13 years ago

29. Northern Ireland Dessert

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?

Thursday · 13 years ago

30. Northern Ireland Judging

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.

Friday · 13 years ago

31. Central Starter

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.

Monday · 13 years ago

32. Central Fish

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.

Tuesday · 13 years ago

33. Central Main

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.

Wednesday · 13 years ago

34. Central Dessert

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.

Wednesday · 13 years ago

35. Central Judging

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.

Thursday · 13 years ago

36. Wales Starter

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

Monday · 13 years ago

37. Wales Fish

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.

Tuesday · 13 years ago

38. Wales Main

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?

Wednesday · 13 years ago

39. Wales Dessert

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.

Thursday · 13 years ago

40. Wales Judging

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.

Friday · 13 years ago

41. Finals Starter

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.

Monday · 13 years ago

42. Finals Fish

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.

Tuesday · 13 years ago

43. Finals Main

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.

Wednesday · 13 years ago

44. Finals Dessert

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.

Thursday · 13 years ago

45. The Banquet Finale

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.

Friday · 13 years ago

Great British Menu Season 8 guest stars

  • Charlie Higson

    Self - Guest Judge

  • Matthew Fort

    Matthew Fort

    Self - Judge

  • Oliver Peyton

    Oliver Peyton

    Self - Judge

  • Angela Hartnett

    Angela Hartnett

    Self - Judge

  • Richard Corrigan

    Richard Corrigan

    Self - Judge

  • Tom Kerridge

    Tom Kerridge

    Self - Judge

  • Phil Howard

    Phil Howard

    Self - Judge

  • Jeremy Lee

    Jeremy Lee

    Self - Judge

  • Prue Leith

    Prue Leith

    Self - Judge

  • Marcus Wareing

    Marcus Wareing

    Self - Judge

  • Arabella Weir

    Arabella Weir

    Self - Guest Judge

  • Debra Stephenson

    Debra Stephenson

    Self - Guest Judge

  • Rowland Rivron

    Rowland Rivron

    Self - Guest Judge

  • Jason Atherton

    Jason Atherton

    Self - Judge

  • Tim Brooke-Taylor

    Tim Brooke-Taylor

    Self - Guest Judge

  • Simon Day

    Simon Day

    Self - Guest Judge

Great British Menu Season 8 FAQ

When does Great British Menu Season 8 come out?

Great British Menu Season 8 premiered Monday, January 28, 2013 on BBC Two.

How many episodes are in Great British Menu Season 8?

Great British Menu Season 8 has 45 episodes.

Are new episodes of Great British Menu Season 8 released weekly?

New episodes are released daily.

When is the Great British Menu Season 8 finale?

The Great British Menu Season 8 finale (Episode 45) aired Friday, March 29, 2013.

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