Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial

Alex starts her search at The Gilpin in the Lake District, whose family owners want to find a new executive head chef who will love the business as much as they do.

Alex continues to try and find an executive head chef for Lake District restaurant The Gilpin as three new candidates' butchery skills tested as they are presented with a traditional saddle of hogget.

There is just one place left in the final, and the pressure is on for the final three candidates to try and secure that place.

Three candidates have made it through to the final and are challenged is to come up with a three-course fine-dining menu for a restaurant full of regular and discerning diners.

Alex attempts to find a new head chef for Mario and Karen Constantinides, the owners of the Miners Arms gastropub in Whitecroft, Gloucestershire. The first three candidates are put to to the test.

Alex continues to try and find a head chef for the Miners Arms gastropub in Whitecroft, Gloucestershire. The next set of candidates are put to the test.