Great British Fish

It doesn't look like any of the regional winning chefs chose to alter their fish dishes for the final, so the judges got to choose from :

Jeremy Lee's A broth of Scottish shellfish
Atul Kochhar's Crisp-fried spicy John Dory with grilled tomato chutney, cucumber salad and crushed peas
Sat Bains' Lemon sole and oysters with muscovado jelly and sweet and sour chicory
Bryn Williams' Pan-cooked wild salmon with Conwy mussels, crushed new potatoes and horseradish sauce
Mark Broadbent's Poached turbot and cockles with asparagus and brown shrimp butter
Mark Hix's Scallops, lobster and spider crab with wild seashore vegetables and oyster butter
Richard Corrigan's Whole poached wild salmon and duck egg dressing with wheaten bread and country butter

I do remember that the judges were particularly damning of Atul's John Dory so it'll be intriguing to see if he's altered it. And of course, Richard's salmon got rather slated also. I am so hoping Sat's rather odd muscovado jelly cubes accompanying his lemon sole is not in the final

Update:

So Richard did update his salmon dish and impressed the judges considerably more this time. Richard, who never changes anything, is certainly bowing to the judges' preferences and making a few artistic tweaks, clearly he's dreaming of the Eiffel Tower.

The three we have the pleasure of voting from are

Jeremy Lee's A broth of Scottish shellfish

Atul Kochhar's Crisp-fried spicy John Dory with grilled tomato chutney, cucumber salad and crushed peas




Richard Corrigan's Whole poached wild salmon and duck egg dressing with wheaten bread and country butter

I am particular excited about Jeremy being in the final and actually voted... multiple times!

Tomorrow we're back on the main courses again - my money is on Mark Hix, surely that crayfish and rabbit pie will just be truly British and utterly different than anything else.