My Million Pound Menu is a BBC reality tv television series which ran from 2018 to 2019, where budding restaurateurs would present food concepts to a panel of investors in hopes of winning investment.

[3] The show also discussed and depicted trends within the culinary industry in the UK, such as the increasing popularity of vegan food and up-and-coming world cuisines.

[4] Million Pound Menu was praised for its depiction of the process of developing a successful restaurant business, with Fred Sirieix commenting: "Everybody in the hospitality industry dreams of owning their own restaurant and they all worry about getting capital but we show it’s important you also meet the right investors and that you have a simple but scalable concept.

"[5] Originally titled Million Pound Menu, in each episode of the first series, a number of participants (it is never shown how many) pitch their ideas via video conference to a table of investors.

After this, the participants then run a lunch service which the investors also attend, often sitting at the bar so they can observe the kitchen operating.

In series two, the format was changed to give investors greater opportunities to interact with the different aspects of the concept.

Three concept teams of hopeful restaurateurs prepare their signature dish for four potential investors, who make comments to camera about the value of the idea.