Chefs: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
Ten top chefs battle it out in the toughest test they've ever faced.
Kettners
In this first episode, James Tanner and Gino D'Acampo come face-to-face for their first challenge of the week. They are both buying, preparing, and selling dishes to a crowd of demanding diners in the same high-end restaurant.
Moti Mahal
Top chefs Gino D'Acampo and James Tanner will be taken completely out of their comfort zone as they are expected to cook for exacting guests at a high-end Indian restaurant.
York Viking
Gino D'Acampo and James Tanner square up to each other as they take on a mass catering challenge on an epic scale. Our dueling duo must draw a crowd from the thousands of festivalgoers at an outside kitchen in the middle of a Viking Festival in York.
HMS Belfast
Gino D'Acampo and James Tanner are challenged to cook at a special gala event on board the iconic HMS Belfast in London. The chefs can choose their own style of menu, so expectations are higher than ever.
The Swan at the Globe
This time, it is John Burton Race's and Atul Kochhar's turn to take each other on. They are both buying, preparing, and selling dishes to a crowd of demanding diners in the same high-end British bistro: one starter, one main course and one dessert each.
Rs Hispaniola
John Burton Race and Atul Kochhar take each other on. Their challenge takes them onto a ferry on the River Thames. Cooking in this functional kitchen will be the least of their worries.
2012 Aquatics Centre
John Burton Race and Atul Kochhar battle it out, as they take on an Olympic scale mass catering challenge. Having to feed hundreds of hungry builders at the 2012 Aquatics Centre, our chefs have and early start and a rude awakening.
Gaucho
Atul Kochhar and John Burton Race are tested to the max as they are challenged to take over a high end Argentinean Restaurant. They will have to draw on any knowledge they have of this unusual cuisine to please a room full of demanding regulars.
Norwich FC
John Burton Race and Atul Kochhar cook at a special gala event at one of Delia's restaurants at Norwich City Football Club. The chefs can choose their own style of menu, so expectations are higher than ever.
Waterloo Brasserie
Ed Baines and Galton Blackiston face off in a modern French brasserie. First they design a menu befitting their exacting clientele, then they buy their ingredients, prep their food and serve their dishes.
The Compasses
Galton Blackiston and Ed Baines are challenged to take over the running of a gastro pub recently named Pub of the Year. With a fiercely loyal following of locals, our chefs must design dishes in keeping with the high-end pub grub.
Royal Holloway
Ed Baines and Galton Blackiston go back to the classroom as they take over a canteen at the Royal Holloway University. With a roomful of hungry students to feed, our chefs must provide gourmet meals at budget prices.
The Lotus
Galton Blackiston and Ed Baines take on the challenge of cooking in a high end Chinese restaurant. It's a well known and much loved cuisine, but technically incredibly demanding for chefs used to Western cooking.
Below Zero
Ed Baines and Galton Blackiston cook in their own style for a roomful of specially invited guests. In the ultimate chef showdown they go head-to-head with one starter, one main course and one dessert each.
The Mercer
Nick Nairn and Aldo Zilli come face to face for their first challenge of the week. They will be buying, preparing and selling dishes to a crowd of demanding diners in the same high end restaurant in London's financial district.
Cottons
Nick Nairn and Aldo Zilli are taken completely out of their comfort zone as they are expected to cook cuisine totally alien to them. They will be trying to satisfy exacting guests at a specialist Caribbean restaurant, and these diners know what they want.
The Bull
Nick Nairn and Aldo Zilli square up to each other, as they take on the challenge of cooking for regulars at a top London gastro-pub. The chefs must devise the most tempting and cost-friendly menu for a pub full of hungry diners.
Ockenden Manor
Nick Nairn and Aldo Zilli cook at a special gala event at an Elizabethan manor house, renowned for its Michelin star cuisine.
Rosendale
Paul Rankin and Richard Phillips are battling it out in a high end gastro pub.
Windsor Racecourse
Top chefs Richard Phillips and Paul Rankin square up to each other as they take on a mass catering challenge at a well-known racecourse.
Bel Canto
Paul Rankin and Richard Phillips come face-to-face in another culinary cook-off. They take over a high-end French restaurant with an operatic twist.
Kenza
Richard Phillips and Paul Rankin are tested to the limit as they take on the challenge of cooking in a restaurant renowned for its Middle Eastern cuisine.
Elvetham
In this final challenge for top chefs Paul Rankin and Richard Phillips, they get the chance to cook their own style of food for a roomful of specially invited guests at a country house hotel.
