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Britain takes on France in second serving of Great British Menu
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"Compelling" - Sunday Times; "deadly competitive" - Daily Telegraph;
"a must for all foodies" - The Express; "a glorious melange of egotism, envy
and raspberry coulis - it really can't fail to be a hit" - The Independent
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Earlier this year Great British Menu quickly established a reputation for
providing an addictive insight into the highly-competitive world of fine dining.
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Top chefs from across the country battled it out to create food fit
for the Queen, and to be voted by the public onto the menu for her 80th
birthday celebrations.
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Now a second series of Great British Menu on 大象传媒 Two sets out to test ancient rivalries between Britain and
France.
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The series aims to see whether the best of British can achieve a culinary entente
cordiale in Paris, the heart of the nation traditionally associated with world
supremacy in haute cuisine. 听
The British Ambassador, Sir Peter Westmacott, and his wife, Susie, will host an
exclusive dinner at the climax of next year's second season in the grandeur and
splendour of the British Ambassador's Residence in Paris.
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Britain's leading chefs will have the opportunity to dazzle some of
the most respected and opinionated members of the French food elite.
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The Ambassador's guests
will also include some famous and outspoken advocates of British food: a
spectacular guest list summoned from both sides of the Channel to sample the
very best of British food on 2007's ultimate foodie menu.
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In the new series each of last year's regional winners - Bryn Williams, Nick
Nairn, Marcus Wareing, Richard Corrigan, Michael Caines, Galton Blackiston and Atul Kochhar - will return to face a new challenger to their culinary
thrones.
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Every week two chefs go head-to-head across five consecutive days,
trying to secure their dishes a place on the Great British Menu.
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Sourcing the
best ingredients from their local area, each chef creates a four-course feast
which they feel best expresses what their region has to offer.
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A panel of food
experts judges each menu, with viewers getting to vote in the eighth and final
week of the series.
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Nicola Moody, Executive Producers, says: "This year's winning Great British Menu chefs fed the elite of the British
establishment - the Queen, the Prime Minister and the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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"Next year the challenge is even
harder. Our country's finest chefs are going to serve the best British haute
cuisine to the French. The fight is on..."
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Jay Hunt, Controller, 大象传媒 Daytime: "Great British Menu was a real highlight of the 2006 schedule.
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"I am delighted Britain's best chefs will be battling
it out again, this time to demonstrate how impressive the nation's modern
cuisine is to the French."
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The first series (shown on weekdays at 6.30pm) averaged a daily audience of
2.1 million (12.8% share) with a peak of 2.6 million (14.8%), with a narrative repeat each Saturday
at 11.30am achieving an average of 1.3 million (22.4%).
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The series culminated
in a peak-time finale with an audience of nearly three million watching the special
hour-long documentary featuring the Queen's birthday banquet at Mansion
House.
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Great British Menu, produced by Optomen Television, returns to 大象传媒 Two for an
eight-week season in 2007.
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Notes to Editors
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A book to accompany the series will be published by
Dorling Kindersley.
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