Yesterday’s morning meeting, and the celebrities arrived promptly for a surprise which Marco had promised the night before. But the surprise soon turned into a shock when Marco revealed that their very next service would be from a totally new menu – and their very next service was that night.

Marco said: “I told you you’d like your surprise didn’t I; because there’s less of us now I’m not saying I’m making it easier, I’m making it different. What we’re going to be doing now is English.”

Abbey said: “Sausage and mash!”

Marco: “Not quite that low.”

The celebrities were delighted to see shepherds pie on the menu and Paul said:

“This is going to be great because my kids are coming on Wednesday.”

“It’s a whole new dessert menu!” said Brian in a panic.

The new dishes include: a cocktail of oysters served raw – similar to the one Barry drank last week, a cocktail of lobster with Marie-rose sauce, fried turbot with chips and mushy peas, oxtail and kidney pudding, shepherds pie and butter peas, partridge; and new desserts including lemon meringue pie, sherry trifle and treacle tart.

Marco said of the new menu:

“I’ve left the asparagus on for the vegetarians, and I have a pet hate for vegetarians.”

“To continue with the menu they’ll get complacent. It’s too easy for them. So … I think we’ll change. We’ll sidestep them, tilt them off balance and see how they adjust to that.

“Let’s go English, it’s England. We will go English, shepherd’s pie, fishcakes, fish pie, partridge in pie. Love it! And I think the customers will too. It’s just a bit of a change.”