A CITY centre restaurant has been crowned the winner of the second episode of Come Dine With Me: The Professionals to take place in Glasgow.
In the latest episode, which aired today on Channel 4, Bath Street restaurant Bloc+ competed against Amore d'Italia in Dennistoun and Maki and Ramen, also based on Bath Street, to take home the £1000 prize money and the coveted Come Dine With Me trophy.
Bloc+'s head chef Andy Neilson and hostess Pixie Brady wowed guests with a menu of plant-based wings made using jack fruit, a ramen noodle hot dog and deep-fried sticky toffee pudding.
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The quirky menu also proved to be a hit with viewers of the show who took to Twitter to share their amusement at the menu.
One person tweeted: "Hope Bloc win Come Dine With Me! Food looks amazing."
Another said: "Just watching come dine with me in Glasgow and they made deep fried sticky toffee pudding.
"I have never seen anything so Scottish"
A third added: "Hot dog…Come Dine With Me….still UPLEVELLED."
Speaking to the Glasgow Times ahead of the episode, Andy said: "It was an amazing experience and I would love to do something like that again because when I first came back to work after it I was like 'this is boring, I want to be sitting doing telly stuff' because it was really fun.
"Stressful but really really really fun, I definitely enjoyed it."
READ MORE: Glasgow city centre restaurant Red Onion wins Come Dine With Me: The Professionals
On Tuesday's episode, city centre restaurant Red Onion came first place after competing against Saffron and Calabash.
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