The Great British Menu 2015 finals week is here, so we are looking back through the dishes that the finalists hope will impress the judges and win them a place at the banquet.

Scotland: Jak O'Donnell

The dishes: 'Soup and a Sandwich', 'Pretty Kettle of Fish', 'Herd at the Gathering', 'Ladies Bake with an Angels Share'

South West: Josh Eggleton

The dishes: 'Mack Victoria Sandwich', 'The Agricultural Pie Scheme', 'Round the Table with Your Five-a-day', 'Mission Milk'

Wales: Adam Bannister

The dishes: 'Suckling Pig Nic', 'Salmon and Cucumber', 'Jerusa-lamb', 'A Sweet Force to be Reckoned with'

Northern Ireland: Ben Arnold

The dishes: 'Behind Every Working Man', 'Mrs Skillen's

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Fish Soup', 'Lamb Revolution', 'Summer Fayre of the Country Trifle'

North East: Michael O'Hare

The dishes: 'Everyone I Ever Ate with', 'Emancipation', 'My Mum is Single and Looking For a Well Dressed Man', 'Century Cookbook in 4D'

North West: Matt Worswick

The dishes: 'Game Old Birds', 'Grandma's Garden', 'Shall I Be Mother?', 'Grandma's Humble Apple Crumble'

London and the South East: Matt Gillan

The dishes: 'Sowing and Growing', 'Jamming and Canning', 'Teaching and Preaching', 'Back to Black (and Yellow)'

Central: Richard Bainbridge

The dishes: We All Stand for Jerusalem, For Home and Country, Betty in the Hen House, Inspiring Women

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