As the final day of reckoning looms, when he will deliver the feast to more than 200 diners, Marco’s attentions turn to creating puddings. He meets Hell’s Kitchen maitre d’ Nick Munier at a Tithe barn in Hampshire where the feast will be held and tells him that between them they will decide which pudding will be served at the feast. Marco’s favourite pudding of all time is crème brulee – but this desert sounds French.

• Marco Pierre White