Hospes Hotels are offering authentic Catalan cookery courses at their 5 star Villa Paulita in the region of Cerdanya in the heart of the Spanish Pyrenees. The first cookery class focusing on sourcing and cooking wild forest mushrooms, is set to take place on the 25th and 26th of October.
Divine 85% dark chocolate recipes from Tom Aikens, Lily Vanilli & Ian Marber
Farmer-owned chocolate company Divine Chocolate has teamed up with Lily Vanilli, Tom Aikens and Ian Marber for some fabulous chocolate recipes using their new 85% Dark Chocolate bar. Why not have a go at making their creations? It is Chocolate Week after all!
Sheba, Brick Lane
Sheba has done well in Brick Lane, even being winner of the 2006 / 2007 Chef of the Year Brick Lane Curry Festival. Fading clippings in their window testify that local papers like it and that one day, the Evening Standard even popped in. I didn’t see a clipping of Ken Livingstone shaking the owner’s hand but it must have been there somewhere, every curry house had to have one of those back in the 1980s, it was a GLC by-law.
Cloudy Bay Chef’s Table at The Montagu, Hyatt Regency
Qin Xie was invited to The Montagu at Hyatt Regency, London, to sample a rather special meal. The meal was special in that the entire menu had been created to complement a small portfolio of six New Zealand wines rather than the usual method of matching wine to food. It’s also special because these new world wines are almost exclusive to The Montagu restaurant at the Hyatt Regency since so few cases have been imported into the UK.
The Restaurant St Paul’s Cathedral’s new Weekend Express Lunch Menu
Whether you’re headed to the theatre or an art gallery and in need a quick bit to eat or you just don’t want to spend hours eating with someone you aren’t that keen on, The Restaurant St Paul’s Cathedral’s Express Lunch Menu will have you fed and watered in no time at all!
Chocolate Mousse recipe from Filippo Berio
During Chocolate Week (11-17th October) why not join in the chocolate frenzy at home? Have a go at this creamy, smooth, melt in your mouth chocolate mousse recipe using olive oil from specialist Filippo Berio.
Food Landscapes at St Pancras
One of London’s most prominent landmarks will play host to an exhibition of extraordinary ‘foodscapes’, as British photographer Carl Warner launches a series of his internationally acclaimed food landscapes throughout the upper floor of St Pancras International on Thursday 14 October.
The Manchester Food Festival 2010
Up in Manchester, food is being taken as seriously as it is anywhere down south. In fact up north they have perhaps even more local produce and local crafts to celebrate, being less subject to the winds of trend as us soft southerners are. Nick Purves pops up to the Food Festival and gamely avoids making the usual jokes about baggies and being mad for it.
British Food Fortnight – we sample some of the best
The beef got a bit overdone, but Nick Harman loves lunch with fellow foodies at the Guinea Grill to sample some of the best of our island produce in quintessentially British surroundings
Truffle season hits London’s restaurants
With all the talk of chocolate week you may have forgotten that the word truffle means more than just a sweet cocoa dusted ball! October marks the start of truffle season and London’s restaurants are already featuring special truffle dishes on their menus.