Smoked Rainbow Trout, Plantain Pumpkin Puree, with Lemon and Hazelnut Relish

Danny: "Smoked rainbow trout. A foam of smoked trout and a plantain and pumpkin puree. And then nestled in there is also a hazelnut lemon relish."

Judge: "What did you use for smoke?"

Danny: "I use hickory chips.

Judges, behind the scenes

"How wonderful is this?"

"Smoked fish is inevitably dry. I mean, there's just no way around it. But to put that foam on top of there, which was so wet, I thought it was texturally just really nice. And then there was something lemony in there."

"Lemon and hazelnut."

"Yeah, just get a kick of that. It was brilliant. I love the texture. The nuts and the lemon together. It was so unexpected."

"There is such an amazing through-line between the hazelnut and the smoke for me, very Danny."

"Really, really delicious."