Avril Beaven

Great British Menu is BBC Two’s premiere professional TV cookery competition, which celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2025 following a hugely successful nineteenth series that garnered over 54 million views. Each year, the country’s finest chefs – a who’s who of Britain’s top gastronomic talent – put their reputations on the line for a supremely tough culinary battle, making Great British Menu an unmissable television event set apart by the calibre of its competitors and the longevity of this much-loved BBC institution.