Scrum dine with me - rugby charity supports mentally and physically disadvantaged children

Cinnamon Kitchen and Wooden Spoon host a celebrity rugby event to  find the best chef.

Converting a bunch of heavyweight rugby players for kitchen service may seem like an impossible task, but when it comes to charity you have to give it a try. Executive Chef Vivek Singh, of the esteemed fine dining  Indian restaurant Cinnamon Kitchen, and Wooden Spoon, a rugby charity  supporting mentally and physically disadvantaged children, introduce  ‘Scrum Dine With Me’.

On 21st October, swapping their England kit for chef whites, Jason  Leonard OBE, Martin Offiah MBE and Lee Mears take possession of Vivek’s kitchen in a celebrity cook-off. Four courses will be played out to an  expectant crowd as each player creates and cooks his own dish. Hosted  by Millie Clode, the Sky Sports News presenter, alongside a panel of  esteemed food critics including Charles Campion, Kate Spicer, Humayun  Hussain and Richard Vines will drop kick tasteless dishes into touch,  giving the audience their opinion on each course.

Will Jason Leonard, the former England rugby union prop, otherwise  known as ‘The Fun Bus’ score with his spicing or will former rugby  league great Martin Offiah alongside Bath and England hooker Lee Mears  tackle the tandoor to become king of the kitchen? Each player will  battle against the other to win over the panel and the audience who  will be rating each course as the evening goes on. Sky Sports will be  filming all the action from the kitchen and screens will be in the  restaurant showing all the live footage so guests don’t miss a thing.

The rugby stars will experience the soaring temperatures and stress of  a full service in the kitchen, with Vivek’s kitchen brigade on hand  they will be expected to produce some of London most exciting, modern  Indian food, for which the Cinnamon Kitchen is famed.

Tickets to ‘Scrum Dine With Me’ are £125 per person with tables for 10  available at £1000 and include cocktails and canapés in the  restaurant’s contemporary bar and lounge, Anise, before enjoying a  four-course meal from our celebrity rugby chefs. After dinner, an  auction of money-can’t-buy prizes will go under the hammer, before the ‘Scrum Dine With Me’ winner is announced.

Avoid the rucks and the mauls in the bid to get tickets by booking now  to avoid disappointment. For tickets please call 0207 626 5000 or email
events@cinnamon-kitchen.com.

‘Scrum Dine With Me’

Cinnamon Kitchen, 21st October, 6:30pm - Late

Early bookings are recommended, as numbers are limited.

Cinnamon Kitchen & Anise, 9 Devonshire Square, EC2M 4YL
0207 626 5000
www.cinnamon-kitchen.com

Wooden Spoon

In the UK, one child in every hundred suffers from a lifelong  disability that will profoundly affect his or her ability to lead a  full and happy life. More than 3.5 million young people grow up in  low-income households or live in an environment where they are  subjected to poverty of aspiration. At Wooden Spoon, we believe all  that all children and young people deserve the chance to live happy  fulfilled lives regardless of the challenges they may face. Spoon  harnesses the spirit and values of rugby to give disadvantaged children  and young people in the UK and Ireland a chance to achieve their full  potential in life.
 
We partner with the UK rugby community, receiving invaluable support  for our activities and the opportunity to raise awareness of the work
we do.  In doing so, we involve some of the UK’s top sporting role  models to make a difference in the lives of young people in need.

During our first 25 years, over half a million young people benefited  from more than £15 million pounds of investment in charitable projects
thanks to the efforts of our staff and volunteers. We are proud of our  legacy, the work we do, and our ambitious plans for the future.
 
For more information on Wooden Spoon click on www.woodenspoon.com or contact Jai Purewal on 07738 999619 or  jpurewal@woodenspoon.com

Reg charity in England and Wales No: 326691