The chefs had to submit a description of a three course meal that can all be prepared on a BBQ and that they can cook in an hour at the final event.
All dishes cooked will include at least one Lion sauce from the choice of BBQ, hot sauces, salsas and chutneys, mustards, mayonnaise and dressings.
The judges are Ben Bartlett, BBQ Champion & President of the British BBQ Association; Bill Verity, President of Crown Verity; Gareth Finney, 2015 BBQ Battle Champion; and Jim Eaves of the British Culinary Foundation.
The chefs will be cooking their dishes on Crown Verity BBQ’s supplied by UK exclusive distributor for the brand, R H Hall.
The chefs competing to win the title of British BBQ Battle champion 2016 are:
Leisure & Contract Caterers:
· Logan Lloyd - Baxterstorey
· Simon Rapkin – Food Events Ltd
Pubs, Bars & Restaurants:
· Phillip Hunt – Marston’s Inns & Taverns
· Dave Alebon - Stonegate
Universities:
· Ash Spencer – Westminster Kingsway College
· Martin Wheeler – University of Reading
Hotels:
· Gerald Quadros – The Lensbury
· Martin Baker – Ston Easton Park