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It's decision day on Great British Menu.

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All week, three of the North West's leading chefs,

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Lisa Allen, Johnnie Mountain and Bruno Birkbeck

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have been striving for the chance to get their dish served at the ultimate street party.

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On yesterday's programme, they locked horns over the main course...

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Did you pinch my oven, Bruno?

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..and new boy Bruno scored even with overall points leader, Lisa...

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Can't let my dad down. It is all to play for really.

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..leaving Bruno in second and maverick Johnnie trailing by two points in last place.

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Right now, Bruno's in my vision and I'm going to take him down.

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Scoring the chefs all week is taskmaster Marcus Wareing.

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Now it's their last chance to impress,

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as only the top two will face the judges tomorrow.

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None of them are across the finishing line. Somebody today is going home.

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Today it's desserts, and the three dishes in the running for a place at the People's Banquet

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are a trio of rhubarb and custard puds,

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a riff on a classic raspberry and chocolate pavlova,

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and a tiramisu with a retro twist.

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I think it's going to be tough.

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They're going to be chasing me and also each other much more.

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This year, each chef has sought inspiration for their dishes

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in their own community, meeting local heroes

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who use food to build common ground and bring people together.

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-Shall we have a little taste?

-ALL: Yeah!

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-How was your food?

-Very good.

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For us to put one of our dishes in front of them on a banquet is a massive reward for us.

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As the chefs embark on their desserts, they know it's crunch time.

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Can they convince Michelin star holder Marcus that their food is fit for the People's Banquet?

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This is the final thing.

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This is still anyone's race, and it will get hot in there.

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In first place with a total score of 25 it's former champion Lisa Allen,

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whose experience and discipline throughout the week has given her a commanding lead.

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Now, she's determined to stay out in front with a show-stopping pudding.

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The dessert I've chosen to do is a traditional dessert with a little bit of me revamping it.

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Familiar, but give it a bit of fun and excitement as well.

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-What's the dish?

-Right, I'm going to do a take on a pavlova.

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So I'm doing a raspberry and chocolate pavlova with little ice cream pots

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with sheep's milk ice cream and nuts in.

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And some raspberry jelly on the side.

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A little bit of theatre again because it should bring you back to that old pulling a pot together,

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getting some ice cream and some pavlova.

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I think I've done it quite cleverly because it's on a big plate and all joined,

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but you can just put your knife in and pull them away.

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So Lisa is staying true to her strategy

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of re-imagining street party favourites,

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but will her dramatic pavlova secure her top rank in the competition?

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Lisa's dessert is about skill, making meringue, getting layers right.

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She can't afford for a disaster.

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She could lose this as easily as she could win it.

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Next up is Bruno Birkbeck, a first-timer with everything to prove.

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He's had a week of highs and lows, winning two impressive eights from Marcus,

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but criticism for his fussy, fine dining approach.

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Only two points ahead of Johnnie, he must deliver a generous dessert today or face going home early.

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Hopefully, the dessert will have a little bit of a wow factor.

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It's more a bit of a gimmicky dessert, you know?

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Rhubarb. What are you doing?

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-We're doing a rhubarb and custard today.

-OK. It's local rhubarb, I take it?

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-Basically, that's Yorkshire, so it's just across the way.

-Ooh!

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A little rhubarb and custard tart

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and then a rhubarb cheesecake with a Grasmere gingerbread base.

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My mother's recipe. That's going to go into a cake box.

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I remember when I was a young child, you know, you go to the cake shop, you get a box.

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So I'm going to put that in a box and the box is going to be passed around the table.

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So will Bruno's nostalgic selection of rhubarb and custard treats

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be the stellar dish he needs to get him in front of the judges?

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No plates, you know. He's really got a grip of the brief now.

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It sounds a simple dish, but sometimes the simple things

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are very hard to get right. Who knows what can happen?

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Finally, at the bottom of the leaderboard with 19 points is last year's early user, Johnnie Mountain.

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Desperate to do better, he has pushed his limits all week with an unpredictable global menu,

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and there's no playing it safe for the final course,

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as Johnnie needs to earn at least three points more than Bruno to stay in the race.

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Going into the dessert course in third is usually a problem for any chef,

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but I've got something really magical in my bag.

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-What are you doing, Johnnie?

-This year, I'm cooking a Viennamisu.

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Sorry? A what?

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It's a classic version of a tiramisu, slightly changed.

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-It's Italian, so I've gone to Italy now.

-Tell me about these. This is for?

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These are the colourants for the pulled sugar that I'm attempting.

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It's not going to be one, it's three pulled sugars.

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It's Italian so I want to make an Italian ribbon.

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Why have you stretched yourself so much here?

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If we just copied everybody else then it would be very boring place.

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If I can pull this off, it's, "Oh my God!"

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You're sitting in third place at the moment. You're not out of this.

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-Yeah, yeah.

-It can be won.

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There's two people going through and one going home.

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Who's it going to be?

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Italy, the final destination for Johnnie's jet-setting feast,

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and he's again gambling on a risky strategy to save him.

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Johnnie's got three different sugars.

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He's got to bring them together as one.

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It's a skill, it's an art.

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It's a craftsman that does things like that,

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and Johnnie doesn't quite strike me as the master craftsman.

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With all three chefs vying for the top spot

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and everything riding on their dessert, a simple error could mean leaving the competition for good.

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-What are you doing?

-Raspberry and chocolate pavlova

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-with raspberry jelly, old-fashioned style.

-Wobbly jelly?

-Wobbly.

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Marcus will be scoring each dessert on taste, execution and whether it's good to share.

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He expects nothing less than the best, having served his own custard tart

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at the Queen's 80th birthday banquet.

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This is a skilful exercise, desserts.

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It is the Achilles' heel of most chefs. We have to have accuracy, it just needs to be brilliant.

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Most under the cosh is Johnnie,

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who despite working on his menu for months, is still on the verge of repeating last year's early exit.

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Down to 84. Come on!

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-Do you feel under pressure now?

-I'm rubbish at pastry.

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You're rubbish at pastry so you pick a dessert like climbing Mount Everest?

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With so many points to gain, Johnnie is putting it all on the line.

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He's making the crisp, tempered chocolate layer of his Viennamisu

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just one of five tricky elements he'll have to pull off.

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-112 down to 84.

-That's a task in itself!

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It is. One of the tasks!

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He's hoping his daring dessert will keep him in the competition.

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Which elements aren't risky? They're all risky!

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I'm trying to step my game up,

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and I'm really stepping out of my comfort zone.

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Newcomer Bruno has relied on cheffy tricks and fancy presentation to carry him through so far,

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but with a place in Friday's judging on the line, he's taking a more homespun approach.

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That's my mum's gingerbread recipe, so it's quite hard.

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Hopefully the ginger comes through and goes with the rhubarb.

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It's Bruno's first time on Great British Menu so it means a lot to him,

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and I hope the pressure doesn't trip him over.

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Close rival Johnnie's looking for any slip-up from Bruno to knock him off his game.

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Eh up!

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Bruno's under pressure!

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I'm only two points behind. If it all works for me and one or two little things go wrong,

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then two points might be coming back my way.

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In the pavlova corner, seemingly unflappable Lisa's racing through her prep,

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boiling raspberries in lemon juice and sugar for a puree,

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while Johnnie is attempting a tricky pate a bombe filling for his Viennamisu.

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To make this light and airy mousse, he must first boil sugar syrup at exactly the right temperature.

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-What's this for?

-This is to start my pate a bombe.

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Just to put myself under pressure, I need to get this damn thing made first.

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But eagle-eyed Marcus has noticed an error.

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-That's what it is. It's the

-BLEEP

-pan, isn't it?

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-In his rush, Johnnie has carelessly used a dirty pan.

-Can we start again with the sugar, please?

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It's in the base of the pan, that.

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The pan wasn't quite clean enough so he's just started again.

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That's a good sign. Normally, Johnnie just carries on.

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That knocks me back.

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400 grams, 400 mil as soon as possible.

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Eager to pack a visual punch, all three chefs are decorating their desserts with pulled sugar.

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-Sugar, is it?

-Yeah. What do you use in your recipe?

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Mine's just to add a bit of crunch.

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It's a bit darker than that. I love them knots in it, yeah.

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Across the kitchen, Johnnie has just started on his three sugars

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which he hopes to fashion into an Italian ribbon.

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It's a technique so precise he's brought in his own heat lamp to work under.

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-What's happening, Johnnie?

-Pressure, Marcus. It's quite complicated.

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I'm up against it. I knew I was putting myself up against it.

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I can't walk away from this.

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You know what it's like with pulled sugar. Doing one pulled sugar's is difficult.

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-So why are you doing three?

-Why do we swim the Channel?

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We don't swim it if we can't swim.

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Why he's doing something so complicated,

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so technically skilful is absolutely crazy.

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Despite earning praise for the rest of her menu last year,

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Lisa's dessert was panned by the judges and she doesn't want to make the same mistake twice.

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Makes me really nervous today, cooking the dessert, because last year,

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the judges didn't give me a high score at all, they didn't like it.

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This time she's pinning her hopes on dainty individual pavlovas,

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stuffed with chocolate and raspberries.

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The idea behind it is I can get more garnish in.

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Put some chocolate sauce and chocolate puree.

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When they cut away, it's joined together and is garnished as a big one. Makes it easier to cut away.

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Lisa's just made her meringues.

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In my mind, a pavlova is a big, round dessert.

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It just doesn't seem big and bold enough. I don't know.

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It just doesn't seem right.

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The chefs' brief this year has been to cook up spectacular sharing platters for the People's Banquet,

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a magnificent street party celebrating food's power to bring people together.

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Lisa travelled to Eccles to attend a Lancashire Day party

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to get inspiration for her dessert.

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I'm a born Lancashire lass so for me to be able to come here and actually get some feedback

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from fellow Lancastrians is fantastic.

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I love the idea of Lancashire Day.

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I remember when I was younger, cakes local to the region, hot pots,

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different things that really brought your community alive.

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Lisa's meeting Ann, the driving force behind the event,

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and she's come armed with her own pudding to contribute.

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Hello, Lisa, welcome.

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Ann and her friends have been busy cooking up local specialities

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for the traditional heritage lunch open to the whole community.

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This is where it all happens.

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-What's on the menu today?

-Well, we start off with either black pudding or black peas.

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And the hot pot with the cow heel.

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And we have two choices of pudding, rice pudding that's done in the oven with the skin on top.

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-That's the best way.

-Manchester tart that I've already started here.

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And we'll see what you're going to make us.

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Brian!

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Careful, now, don't drop it, please.

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With Ann's husband's help, they take the food to the church hall,

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where the locals have gathered for a slap-up feast.

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Looks fantastic.

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Proper tradition.

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Beef and lamb. That's everybody's now.

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Before she tests out her dessert, Lisa's keen to find out how these luncheons help bring people closer.

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What do you think about the theme and how people get together?

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It's a good social event.

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Communities these days are getting split asunder with one thing and another,

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and to do something like this and get it all together,

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I think it's important.

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It's a good way of socialising and getting to meet people.

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-How was your food?

-Yes, very good.

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I'll have a taste in a minute when I've finished talking!

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-It looks like it's time for dessert.

-I know, and I'm dying to see yours.

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Right, this is Lisa's contribution to our Lancashire lunch.

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It's her version of pavlova.

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Please don't eat it all because I'm dying to have some myself!

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Will her meringues brings smiles and cheers or collapse under the expectations?

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This is a big difference from your hotel to our little church hall, isn't it?

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-Just a bit!

-That looks like a real royal feast.

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I'm not a sweet man myself, but I could demolish that.

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It's gorgeous!

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It's delicious.

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To the Queen. Duke of Lancaster.

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Before she goes, Lisa's got a surprise for Ann and the rest of the Lancashire lunch-goers.

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I just want to say a big thank you to Ann and all of you today.

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It would be absolute honour, IF I was to get one of my dishes through to the banquet

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which is a street party for the Great British Menu, if Ann and all of you be my guests at the party.

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I'd love to be one of your guests. Yes, thank you very much. APPLAUSE

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'Ann, she's an incredible lady.'

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It makes you want to work even harder knowing that you can invite people

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to the banquet and make their day and their hard work more special.

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In the kitchen, three chefs are battling for two places in front of the judges tomorrow.

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Lisa Allen's serving a cunningly constructed

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chocolate and raspberry pavlova with sheep's milk ice cream.

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Bruno Birkbeck's out to impress with a cake shop inspired

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selection of three rhubarb and custard desserts.

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And Johnnie Mountain's going for broke with a Viennamisu,

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topped with a fiendishly tricky pulled sugar Italian ribbon.

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Former champion Marcus Wareing will determine which two chefs to save and which chef to sent home early.

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The pressure's big. They're all very busy, they're all very, very focused.

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They can smell the finish line. They know it's just around the corner.

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Hoping to be the first over the line is firm front-runner Lisa Allen,

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who's un-moulding her retro raspberry jellies.

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Also on course is Bruno Birkbeck, who's keeping a careful eye on his rhubarb and custard tartlets.

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But for Johnnie Mountain, nothing is going right.

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Already pushed for time, he spoons a coffee reduction on to his sponge base

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and starts piping on his mascarpone pate a bombe.

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-BLEEP.

-It's split.

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-It's split.

-Johnnie's having a few problems at the minute.

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He might have bitten off more than he can chew.

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-What are you going to do?

-I'll have to do it again.

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This is it. The curtains are going to be closed on him and he will be going home tonight

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as the man kicked out of the Great British Menu for the second time running.

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You've thrown it away, you're starting again.

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-Yep.

-You are up against the clock. There's no two ways about that.

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Johnnie's best hope of a place in front of the judges is to knock Bruno off second spot.

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-How are you, Johnnie, mate?

-BLEEP

-off.

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Bruno's scores all week have suffered from his restaurant-style presentation,

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but today he's relaxing his approach.

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I'm not too sure about Marcus. Hopefully, he'll like it.

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Sounds like there are lot of fun elements coming in from Bruno

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but he's really under pressure. He's got a lot going on.

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But Johnnie's not the only threat for Bruno.

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He's just spotted that Lisa's had the same idea of him,

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serving little tubs of ice cream with wooden spoons.

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And she's gone one better, packaging hers with custom-made designs.

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I remember when I was little going to an ice cream van. You get a lid you can pull off.

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They also remind me of ones at the cinema.

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Me and our lass used to go in the back row of the cinema, get those little pots there as well, like.

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-The back row?

-That's it. Many memories, you know.

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But it's Johnnie who's feeling the strain most.

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With time against him, he's finally got around to pulling his sugar by hand.

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The only problem is, this is about 130 degrees.

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Have you got the recipe?

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No.

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Aaagh! Aaagh!

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-Napalm.

-Bruno's keeping it cool.

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If he has any sense, he should start putting the knife in Johnnie right now. Pile the pressure on him.

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-Kick him while he's on the floor.

-It is hot.

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-That's the northern in you, fella, coming out.

-Aah, you...!

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You won't be able to do anything with them hands for a few days!

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Fortunately for Johnnie it's Lisa who'll be serving first,

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and true to form, she's calm and collected at the final curtain.

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-What's this here?

-It's praline paste, that.

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-That is gorgeous.

-She fills the meringue with raspberry and chocolate sauce,

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pipes on hazelnut cream and adds the jellies and tops with pulled sugar shards to complete the dish.

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Those two pots on there, if you just bring those up.

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Are you happy with the presentation?

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Yeah, I think so. Centrepiece goes in the middle of the table and they help themselves.

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-So the idea is for me to cut straight through?

-That's it.

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-Are you happy with the meringue?

-Yes, it's gooey in the middle like a marshmallow.

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-Looks like a proper jelly.

-Lisa, come with me, let's try.

-Thank you.

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Lisa believes her reworked pavlova is perfect for a celebratory street party. But will Marcus?

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You've just put your dessert on the table, is it good enough?

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-Think you're going to get your way to the next stage?

-I hope so.

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Pavlovas can be quite heavy. I think this is very light.

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I've kept it quite dainty and quite quirky. It's something I would be happy to serve.

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I like the way that she's kept the raspberry jelly quite tart

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so it helps to cut through all the sugar.

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The meringue is soft in the middle.

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I wanted that marshmallowy, because I think that's what pavlova is, isn't it? A marshmallowy chew.

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Sheep's milk ice cream. Really delicious.

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It reminds me of when I was a kid with that little pot.

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You'd be very happy to see that go through the banquet hall?

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I think it's quirky and people should recognise it. "I could get one of those from an ice cream van."

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It must be good anyhow, we've polished it off!

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I might just take that back to my station!

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I'm incredibly nervous now, you know?

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It's that crunch point where one of you is going to get kicked out.

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And it's not a good feeling cos I really want to cook for those judges tomorrow.

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Next to the finish line is Bruno, sitting in second place, two points ahead of Johnnie.

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His cake shop-style confection includes a rhubarb sorbet,

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a rhubarb cheesecake with a ginger base, his mum's recipe,

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and, finally, rhubarb and custard tarts.

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-Bonny little boys.

-Yeah, bonny little tartlets.

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The tarts!

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So, yeah, you just open them up.

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The idea is you pass it round the table and everyone takes one of them,

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or if they want a tart and a little bit of cheesecake they can do.

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It's almost sort of cake shop-like, isn't it? Is this your mum's recipe?

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The ginger, quite crunchy at the bottom there, so you need to...

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Get a chisel!

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Very good. That's the one. Have a do.

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-Are you happy with that?

-Yeah.

-Let's go.

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Is Bruno's trio of eye-catching desserts more than the sum of its parts?

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-This is the dish that will get you through.

-Yeah, this is the dish that will get me through or,

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maybe, see me go, you know? So...

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It's like afternoon tea for ladies.

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It is. The colour, it's very feminine.

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-It is. For a big boy!

-For a big lad like him!

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-The biscuit, chewy, isn't it?

-A little bit chewy, but it is a little bit crunchy, as well.

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-I think it's lovely...

-But?

-But, personally, I don't get any rhubarb.

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I don't get rhubarb. I don't get any sharp taste.

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Is it going to really stand out at the banquet if it gets there?

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It's got the little gimmicks, and, you know,

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the cake box, and everybody can have a little "ooh" when it comes up.

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Then you've got the sharing element as well. It fits the bill for me,

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but, you know, it's up to yourself.

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Delicious tart.

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Johnnie, are you threatened by this dessert?

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I am, big time.

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With four courses served, Bruno's chance of meeting the judges is now in Marcus's hands.

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I think I've done enough to get there.

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Between me and Johnnie, I cooked well and a little bit better than him.

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For final chef Johnnie, it's still an uphill battle with his pulled sugar to sculpt

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and his Viennamisu to build from scratch.

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Time against him, Johnnie layers his coffee-soaked sponge base with the pate a bombe mix,

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sour cherries and chocolate.

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So, layers of sponge chocolate...

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Soaked sponge.

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Finally, Johnnie finishes off his delicate Italian ribbon centrepiece.

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It's too complicated. He's just trying to do too much.

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-Can I just say that, Johnnie Mountain, you are a nutcase!

-Yeah!

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-How many times have you practised that, Johnnie?

-This is the first time I've ever done it!

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-Look at that!

-Eh?

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Despite the epic setbacks, Johnnie has managed to complete

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his dessert to plan and on time, but is it enough to save him?

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-That looked tough. Was it worth it?

-You know if you put something

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on the plate in front of you and YOU know it's not right,

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-then it's pointless me doing it, you know?

-You're going home.

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-Can I get a little jug of my coffee reduction?

-Hurry up.

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Where's my coffee reduction, please?

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In his dash to the finish, Johnnie has forgotten to serve one vital element of his dessert.

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-Sorry, Marcus, I wanted to serve this with just a little bit... Yeah.

-Let's go.

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Will Johnnie's last-ditch craftsmanship be worth all the pain?

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That guy's gone down on Great British Menu history for producing sugar like that!

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Good wow factor, isn't he? It's what they're looking for.

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-Centre of the table, it's a masterpiece.

-What is it?

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It's a tiramisu, but it's a Viennamisu to me,

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so I threw a bit of retro '70s and '80s in from that classic dessert.

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Yeah, I love it.

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So you've got the sponge and that's soaked in the coffee reduction they put on the plate.

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-Yeah.

-You've got cherries that give that real nice sharpness to it.

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Chocolate, which gives the crack. And then the cream to finish.

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The coffee syrup is, yeah, lovely.

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I think without it it would be a little bit dry, but with it, it's superb.

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-Is it the one for the banquet?

-I think it could be. Can you imagine upscaling that...

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Fantastic. You know, you could make it as wide or as long as you want.

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Marcus saw the trouble that I was in and I don't think he believed that I could pull it off,

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so being able to put it in front of him made me the proudest chef,

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certainly within this competition.

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The chefs have cooked their hearts out.

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Soon they'll learn who's lived to fight another day and who is going home.

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They've both given me a run for my money

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and it's really daunting waiting for those scores to come out.

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I've been sent home before in this competition.

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If I get sent home again at least I know that I put everything in.

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I've cooked my socks off all week, you know?

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And definitely, definitely, don't want to go home.

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-Hi, guys.

-It's time for Marcus to deliver his final verdict.

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-Lisa, in my mind I had this thought of a big pavlova.

-Yeah.

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But, when you presented it and I went through the process of serving,

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it was a very accomplished dish and I thought the eating of it was absolutely delicious.

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-It was singing summer.

-Thank you.

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Bruno, I loved the idea.

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Very cake shop like. And I thought the sorbet was delicious.

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Beautiful colour when you opened it, but the cheesecake didn't really get much flavour of rhubarb

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and I also felt that the biscuit underneath, obviously, was hard.

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As an accomplished dessert, for me it felt a little bit disjointed.

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And, Johnnie,

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your dessert sounded very quirky, you put it together very nicely.

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You didn't give in and I thought the sugar work was brave.

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One final thing that you did was that coffee sauce.

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If you'd have forgotten that, that coffee flavour

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would have been missing within the layers of the tiramisu.

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So, which two chefs will be cooking for the judges tomorrow?

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With the score of nine for their dessert,

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the highest-scoring chef of this week

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-is you, Lisa. Congratulations. Well done.

-Thank you very much. Thank you.

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That leaves you two.

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And only one of the two of you can go through to tomorrow.

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-Bruno.

-Chef?

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For your rhubarb and custard...

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..I'm going to give you five.

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OK. Thank you.

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Johnnie...

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..for your dessert...

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..I'm going to give you eight.

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Congratulations, Johnnie.

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Well done, Johnnie.

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-Commiserations, Bruno.

-Thank you.

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Congratulations, mate.

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Johnnie, you got over the barrier you never thought you'd get across.

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You should be proud.

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Johnnie's huge risk has paid off and, against the odds,

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he's up against Lisa in tomorrow's judging.

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Sadly, Bruno will be packing his bags.

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I'm upset, you know? Without a doubt.

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But I am happy that I've cooked to my best.

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Well done, big lad. Johnnie.

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What can I say? You know, I'm absolutely overwhelmed.

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Mr Mountain!

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I may fool around and I may be a joker, but, you know, I've got a lot of emotions inside.

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It's just a front that I put on. I'm the proudest man alive right now, I really am the proudest man alive.

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Tomorrow, Lisa and Johnnie have three tough judges to satisfy.

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I think all the flavours are absolutely amazing, I really do.

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I think you're rather too easily pleased and too easily made happy.

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With a place in the final at stake, it's time to get serious.

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No talking!

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Gloves are off! Me and Johnnie Mountain.

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I'm going to give him a run for his money.

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