AN Ambleside Chef had his appearance on Great British Menu aired on Monday evening where he passed through the finals of the competition.
Dan McGeorge, head chef at the Rothay Manor, appeared screens across the nation on May 5 - 7 during the competitive North West heats of the 2021 season.
CHEF: Dan McGeorge
The 30-year-old Liverpool born Chef battled against four other chefs to reach a place at the table in the finals of the season which will feature the show's prestigious banquet.
His fellow competitors included Kirk Howarth of Plates, London, Dave Critchley of Lu Ban, Liverpool and Ashwani Rangta, of Gupshup, Altrincham.
During the first two days of the programme Dan was able to produce six dishes, including a canape, starter, fish course, main dish, pre-dessert, and a dessert.
COOKING: Head chef Dan McGeorge working away for the show (Optomen Television)
All of which were based around this year’s theme of British innovation.
His starter was called ‘Doctor’s Orders’, which celebrated Lucy Cradock, Liverpool’s first practising female doctor, made with Herdwick lamb loin, black garlic, carrot tops, confit pink fir potatoes, finished off with a sauce served from a giant syringe.
His fish course was called ‘Deep Blue Sea’, which featured barbecued monkfish, served with cockles, kohlrabi and a silver submarine flavoured with Xo sauce.
The main course was ‘The Amazing Adventures of Isabella Bird’, which marked the achievements of this intrepid explorer, Orientalist, and first female member of the Royal Geographical Society.
The course was made up of six Asian dishes, one from each of the countries Isabella’s visited, including Korean fried lamb sweetbreads with a sticky BBQ sauce, Japanese tempura vegetables, Vietnamese morning glory with oyster sauce, soy marinated quail eggs, stir fried lotus root and barbecued char sui pork.
FINALS: Dan makes it through the finals of Great British Menu (Optomen Television)
Every dish he served was praised by the judges who then welcomed Dan into the finals of the Great British Menu.
Commenting on his success, Dan said: ‘‘I really didn’t expect to win with such strong competition, especially from Kirk.
"But I’m really chuffed that I did and now I’m going to push on in finals week to see if I can get a dish to the banquet and do the North West proud."
The finals of the show will be aired on May 21.
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