The judging panel includes vice president of the Craft Guild of Chefs Steve Munkley, Dan Hawkins & Rufus Taylor from the Darkness, managing editor of The Caterer Lisa Jenkins, culinary & innovation director of Griffith Foods John Feeney and Karl Pendlebury from AHDB.

The 12 Teams of two Chefs will be supported by a college – two students one Lecturer.

The finalists include:

• Hoggy’s Dellends - Matthew Hoggard and Dez Turland - Milton Keynes
• Poynton’s Pirates - Mark Poynton – Sam Carter – Grimsby Institute
• Milkies Swine’s - Adam Lestrelle and Dennis Mwakulua – Basingstoke College
• Paton’s Porketeers - Alan Paton and Matt Wilby - Colchester Institute
• Jabba The Nuts - Nutter- Rob Kennedy – Loughborough College
• The Mardy Mods - Russell Bateman– Jean Paul H/K – North Hertfordshire College
• Delia’s Darlings - Eric Snaith – Adam Simmonds – West Suffolk College
• Smithy’s City Slickers - Adam Smith- Jonas Plangger – Farnborough College
• “Mighty Morphin Pork Arrangers” John Jackaman & Barney O’Connell – New City College
• Los Dos Amigos Peludos – Lee Cooper - Greg Emmerson - Cambridge Regional College
• Claxton’s Crafty Cockney Rebels -Nick Claxton Webb – Scott Taylor – New Suffolk College
• The Dare Devil BBQ’s - Jazz Dawar and Greg Cheeseman - Eastleigh College

Tickets cost £27.50 per ticket, which includes four small plates and a beer.