# List of Great British Menu chefs (series 5–7)

The following chefs have appeared in Great British Menu cooking their own four-course menus: starter, fish, main, and dessert. From series five onward, for the finals weeks, the public vote used in the prior four series was abandoned in favor of a fourth (guest) judge. Furthermore, a chef judge/mentor, usually a previous contender of the series, scores the dishes accordingly, eliminates a third-place contender, and sends the top two highly-scored contenders to the judging round of a regional heat competition. From the fifth to seventh series, the fourth judge has been a previous contender.

## Series 5 (2010)

List of contenders of series five (2010) :
| Chef | Role(s) and restaurant(s) at the time of competition | Region | Placement | First time? |
| Richard Bainbridge | Morston Hall (Norfolk) | Central | Eliminated | Yes |
| Daniel Clifford | Chef patron of Midsummer House (Cambridge; ) | Central | Lost heat | No (S4) |
| Will Holland | La Becasse (Shropshire) | Central | Won heat | Yes |
| Anthony Demetre | Arbutus (London) | London and South East | Lost heat | Yes |
| Tom Kerridge | The Hand & Flowers (Marlow, Buckinghamshire) | London and South East | Won Main | Yes |
| Tristan Welch | Lauceston Place (London) | London and South East | Eliminated | No (S4) |
| Kenny Atkinson | Rockliffe Hall (County Durham) | North East | Won Fish | No (S4) |
| Lee Bennett | Le Pont de la Tour (London) | North East | Eliminated | Yes |
| Tim Bilton | Butchers Arms (Hepworth, West Yorkshire) | North East | Lost heat | Yes |
| Lisa Allen | Northcote (Lancashire) | North West | Won Starter | Yes |
| Aiden Byrne | The Church Green (Lymm, Cheshire) | North West | Lost heat | No (S4) |
| Johnnie Mountain | Mosaica Restaurant at the Factory (London) | North West | Eliminated | Yes |
| Derek Creagh | Deanes (Belfast) | Northern Ireland | Lost heat | Yes |
| Brian McCann | Restaurant Shu (Belfast) | Northern Ireland | Eliminated | Yes |
| Niall McKenna | James Street South (Belfast) | Northern Ireland | Won Dessert | Yes |
| Tony Singh | Oloroso (Edinburgh) | Scotland | Eliminated | Yes* |
| Michael Smith | The Three Chimneys (Isle of Skye) | Scotland | Lost heat | Yes* |
| Alan Murchison | Paris House (Woburn, Bedfordshire) and L'Ortolan | Scotland | Won heat | No (S4) |
| Henry Herbert | Head chef of Coaches & Horses (Clerkenwell) | South West | Eliminated | Yes |
| John Hooker | Browns Hotel (Tavistock, Devon) | South West | Lost heat | Yes |
| Nathan Outlaw | Nathan Outlaw Seafood and Grill at St Enodoc Hotel (Rock, Cornwall) | South West | Won heat | No (S4) |
| Richard Davies | Bybrook Restaurant at the Manor House Hotel (Wiltshire) | Wales | Eliminated | Yes |
| James Sommerin | The Crown at Whitebrook (Monmouthshire) | Wales | Lost heat | No (S4) |
| Aled Williams | Plas Bodegroes (Gwynedd) | Wales | Won heat | Yes |
* First appeared in series three to compete in the Scotland heat but was not selected to cook one's own menu.

### Introduced in series 5
#### Henry Herbert

Henry Herbert, the head chef of the Coaches & Horses pub (Clerkenwell, central London) at the time, appeared in series five (2010) and was eliminated in the South West region heat before its judging round.

#### Aled Williams
## Series 6 (2011)

List of contenders of series six (2011) :
| Chef | Role(s) and restaurant(s) at the time of competition | Region | Placement | First time? |
| Richard Bainbridge | | Central | Lost heat | No (S5) |
| Sue Ellis | | Central | Eliminated | Yes |
| Aktar Islam | | Central | Won Fish | Yes |
| Tom Aikens | Head chef of Restaurant Tom Aikens | London and South East | Lost heat | Yes |
| Tom Kerridge | | London and South East | Won Main | No (S5) |
| Phil Thompson | | London and South East | Eliminated | Yes |
| Tim Bilton | | North East | Eliminated | No (S5) |
| Stephanie Moon | | North East | Lost heat | Yes |
| Andrew Pern | | North East | Won heat | Yes |
| Lisa Allen | | North West | Won heat | No (S5) |
| Bruno Birkbeck | | North West | Eliminated | Yes |
| Johnnie Mountain | | North West | Lost heat | No (S5) |
| Chris Bell | | Northern Ireland | Lost heat | Yes |
| Chris Fearon | | Northern Ireland | Won Starter | Yes |
| Brian McCann | | Northern Ireland | Eliminated | No (S5) |
| Philip Carnegie | | Scotland | Eliminated | Yes |
| Tony Singh | | Scotland | Lost heat | No (S5) |
| Michael Smith | | Scotland | Won heat | No (S5) |
| Paul Ainsworth | | South West | Won Dessert | Yes |
| Andre Garrett | | South West | Lost heat | Yes |
| John Hooker | | South West | Eliminated | No (S5) |
| Garrett Jones | | Wales | Eliminated | Yes |
| Hywel Jones | | Wales | Won heat | Yes |
| Aled Williams | | Wales | Lost heat | No (S5) |

### Introduced in series 6
#### Phil Thompson
## Series 7 (2012)

List of contenders of series seven (2012) :
| Chef | Role(s) and restaurant(s) at the time of competition | Region | Placement | First time? |
| Daniel Clifford | Chef patron of Midsummer House | Central | Won Main | No (S4 & S5) |
| Paul Foster | | Central | Lost heat | Yes |
| Aktar Islam | | Central | Eliminated | No (S6) |
| Graham Garrett | | London and South East | Eliminated | Yes |
| Phil Howard | Chef patron of The Square (London; ) | London and South East | Won Fish | Yes |
| Marcus McGuinness | | London and South East | Lost heat | Yes |
| Charlie Lakin | | North East | Lost heat | Yes |
| Colin McGurran | | North East | Won Starter | Yes |
| Stephanie Moon | | North East | Eliminated | No (S6) |
| Aiden Byrne | | North West | Lost heat | No (S4 & S5) |
| Johnnie Mountain | | North West | Eliminated | No (S5 & S6) |
| Simon Rogan | | North West | Won Dessert | Yes |
| Chris Bell | | Northern Ireland | Lost heat | No (S6) |
| Chris Fearon | | Northern Ireland | Won heat | No (S6) |
| Niall McKenna | | Northern Ireland | Eliminated | No (S5) |
| Colin Buchan | | Scotland | Lost heat | Yes |
| Mark Greenaway | | Scotland | Eliminated | Yes |
| Alan Murchison | | Scotland | Won heat | No (S4 & S5) |
| Paul Ainsworth | | South West | Lost heat | No (S6) |
| Simon Hulstone | | South West | Eliminated | Yes |
| Nathan Outlaw | | South West | Won heat | No (S4 & S5) |
| Richard Davies | | Wales | Eliminated | No (S5) |
| James Sommerin | | Wales | Lost heat | No (S4 & S5) |
| Stephen Terry | | Wales | Won heat | No (S3 & S4) |
* ↑ Unsatisfied with the scoring results after the fish course, Johnnie Mountain did not appear at the start of the main course, leading to his elimination.