The two highest-scoring chefs from south west England must go head-to-head and cook their six-course menus again.

They need to impress a panel of exacting judges: Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge, former Great British Menu Champion of Champions Lorna McNee, and comedian and food podcaster Ed Gamble. The guest judge is Professor Tracy Daszkiewicz, the former director of public health for Wiltshire who was instrumental in helping to prevent the spread of the Novichok poison in Salisbury in March 2018. How will she judge dishes celebrating great Britons of the past?

Only one of the chefs will triumph and go through to represent south west England at the national finals.

The three talented chefs from Scotland are halfway through their heat, and the pressure is mounting. Once again, they each serve a unique take on the brief celebrating great Britons of the past for a banquet at historic Blenheim Palace.

The dishes are judged by Aktar Islam and include a complex dish celebrating the Cairngorms and Nan Shepherd with Scottish venison and venison parfait, and a pudding made from apple bavarois, Drambuie sorbet and aerated white chocolate toasting Flora Macdonald, who hid Bonnie Prince Charlie from the British army. But who will be leaving the competition?