It's that time of year again and here at Satellite Dishes we have been hearing lots of rumblings as to who will be the chefs competing in the next series.This will be the seventh series of the BBC 2 show which has seen top chefs win to cook for the Queen on her 80th birthday, a banquet to be held at the Gerkin in London, hosted by Heston Blumenthal, a celebratory dinner for British troops returning from Afghanistan and last year a feast for sharing with the community.
This year, we believe the theme to encompass being the best that you can be and throw in an Olympics element to coincide with London 2012 games.
The chefs taking part so far...
Northern Ireland
Chris Bell - River Room restaurant, Galgorm Resort and Spa
Chris Fearon - Deanes at Queens Head, Belfast
Niall McKenna, James Street South, Belfast
South West
Simon Hulstone - The Elephant, Torquay
Nathan Outlaw - Restaurant Nathan Outlaw, Rock, Cornwall
Paul Ainsworth - Paul Ainsworth at Number 6, Padstow
Judge: Tom Kerridge, Hand & Flowers, Marlow
Central
Daniel Clifford - Midsummer House, Cambridge
Paul Foster - Tuddenham Mill, Suffolk
Aktar Islam - Lasan, Birmingham
Judge: Glynn Purnell, Purnell's, Birmingham
London & South East
Tom Aikens - Restaurant Tom Aikens, London
Phil Howard - The Square, London
Marcus McGuinness - Hibiscus, London
Judge: Jason Atherton, Pollen Street Social, London
North West
Aiden Byrne - The Church Green, Lymm
Johnny Mountain - the English Pig, London
Simon Rogan - L'Enclume, Cartmel
Scotland
Alan Murchison - L'Ortolan, Reading
Mark Greenaway, Hawke & Hunter, Edinburgh
Colin Buchan - York & Albany, London
Wales
Stephen Terry - Hardwick, Abergavenny
James Sommerin - the Crown at Whitebrook, Monmouth
North East
Stephanie Moon - consultant chef
Holy smokes, are you serious?
don't get why Johnnie Mountain representing NW - understand he's from NW originally but now very much London based! There are so many more deserving Chefs who are based in NW - why now let them shine?!!! same goes for Alan Murchison?!!! both good Chefs but on the basis of regionality, I'm confused!