Great British Menu - The Finals: Starters - 08:00 am Wednesday, April 22 on BBC Two England

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The Finals: Starters
Season 21, Episode 25

Andi Oliver hosts finals week as the eight winners from the heats try to win a course at the banquet in Liverpool's St George's Hall celebrating the British film industry.. First up are the starter courses, with judges Tom Kerridge, Lorna McNee and Phil Wang joined by film director Marli Siu to choose the winner

HD subtitles repeat 16x9 sign-language audio-description

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Cast & Crew

Andi Oliver (Judge)

Tom Kerridge (Judge)

Phil Wang (Judge)

Lorna McNee (Judge)

Marli Siu (Judge)

Dan Davis (Director)

Avril Beaven (Series producer)

Antonia Lloyd (Series editor)

Sarah Eglin (Executive producer)

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Did You Know..

Andi Oliver (Judge)

Tom Kerridge (Judge)

Born: July 27, 1973 in Salisbury

Best Known For: Being a chef.

Early-life: Tom was born in Salisbury on July 27, 1973. He has a younger brother. His parents divorced when he was 11. Tom began cooking for himself and his brother after school while his mother was at work. He attended a youth theatre for three weeks and this led to him being cast in a Miss Marple Christmas special. He had further roles in After Henry, The Tomorrow People and Chris Cross, but at the age of 18 he decided to pursue his love of cooking by attending catering college in Cheltenham.

Career: Kerridge's first professional cooking job was as a commis chef at Calcot Manor in Tetbury in 1991. He worked in several other restaurants before joining Rhodes in the Square in 1999 as a sous chef under Gary Rhodes. He spent time in other restaurants before opening his own gastropub, The Hand & Flowers, in 2005. It gained a Michelin star in 2006 and again in 2012. He has since appeared on a number of TV shows in his capacity as a chef, including Great British Menu and Saturday Kitchen. He has also presented his own series, Tom Kerridge's Proper Pub Food and Spring Kitchen with Tom Kerridge. In 2015, he became a co-host on Food and Drink.

Quote: 'Ninety minutes of standing in the rain with my mates watching football is one of the few times I truly get away from cooking.'

Trivia: Kerridge supports Marlow FC.