Great British Menu 2022 start date: Judges, contestants and latest news

The talented chef represented the North West in the tense finale, which required the contestants to each make a course for a banquet held at Chesire's Jodrell Observatory. Though all the pros brought their A game, it was Dan's "spectacular dessert" which stole the show and earned him the win.

Another season has yet to be confirmed, though it's more than likely the beloved cooking show will return. It remains one of the BBC's most popular cooking shows, alongside Masterchef.

Here's everything we know so far about series 17.

Will Great British Menu return for series 17?

While the BBC hasn't yet confirmed it's renewed the show, we have no reason to expect the 2021 finale marks the end of the show as a whole.

It's a bit of an institution at this point and we have only recently seen changes to the host and judging line-up which isn't something we imagine they would have done if they had an eye on calling time on the competition.

So, in all likelihood, it will be back; we just need to wait for the BBC to announce it before we can say that with 100 per cent certainty.

We're also still waiting to hear if there will be a Christmas special in 2021, which is something that doesn't tend to get revealed until much closer to the time.

Great British Menu series 17 start date

While the next series of Great British Menu is yet to be officially confirmed, we would expect it to start next year, in 2022.

Great British Menu judges

Oliver Peyton, Matthew Fort and Rachel Khoo made up the judging line-up for 2021, with Rachel making her judging debut on the series after taking over from former judge Andi Oliver, who made the leap from judge to host.

It was a good refresh for the judging panel and gave the series a bit of a new feel. We expect the same judges for 2022 and all signs are that Andy will be back to once again take on hosting duties.

Who are the chefs competing on Great British Menu series 17?

It's a bit too early to say yet considering series 16 has only just wrapped up but we normally find out the full chef line-up way ahead of time and we expect that to be the case with the 2022 series.

As soon as we start to hear rumblings about who is taking part we will update you!

Where is Great British Menu filmed?

Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire in a specially built studio kitchen is the place where the show is shot – mostly, anyway. The final banquet takes place at a secret prestigious location. Past banquets have been held at the Royal Albert Hall and Abbey Road Studios, so they do go big!

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