Co-owner of North East Michelin Star restaurant to appear on BBC cooking competition show
Cal Byerley, chef and co-owner of Michelin-starred Restaurant Pine, in Northumberland, is set to appear on the 2026 season of Great British Menu.
He features as one of four chefs representing the North East of England in the regional heats, which begin on 24th March at 7pm on BBC Two and iPlayer. The chefs will compete for a place in finals week, with three episodes airing each week.
The series, which runs for nine weeks, covers each of the eight regional heats, followed by finals week, before culminating in a final banquet.
The 35 year-old from Northumberland is competing in his third year of Great British Menu, and alongside the other North East regional competitors will battle it out for a place in finals week.
Byerley, chef and co-owner of Restaurant Pine, said: ‘’This is my third year of competing in Great British Menu.
“I’ve come second twice in previous years by the narrowest of margins - this year I’m ready to give it another go, and determined to make it through to finals week.
“This year’s theme is pretty interesting and gives us all lots of opportunities to be creative, so we’ll just have to see where I end up as competing against some of the UK’s best established and up-and-coming chefs.’’
The Northumberland chef will face off against Jamie Keeble and Weike Zhao of Yorkshire and Sunderland’s Ryan McVay in the regional episode.
The show will be broadcast on Tuesday, March 24 at 7pm on BBC Two and iPlayer.