From 18 to 29 December 2020, a special Christmas series was shown. Andi Oliver hosted and presented the special series, and comedienne Kerry Godliman took Andi's place as a special guest judge.[15] Twelve previous winners of the show competed to cook their dishes for a six-course banquet originally located at York Hospital. In the first round of each course, various eight of those veteran chefs were selected, and one group of four judges double-blind the other group's dishes in the first rounds. Top three dishes of their respective courses (or four for canapé) are selected for the second round in the judging panel. Godliman is a vegetarian, so chefs cooked vegetarian alternatives of their courses for her.