With only a few days to go, Fantastic British Food Festivals are going to be in beautiful grounds of National Trust Morden Park Hall on Saturday, 27th and Sunday, 28th June from 11am to 5pm each day.
The Bira Moretti Gran Tour
Italian food just got even more exciting as the Birra Moretti Gran Tour returns for a second summer of great food, beer and company. Kicking off at the Summerhall in Edinburgh on the 9th July, the tour will then move to London and end in Leeds in August.
Jar Kitchen
Chef Dominik Moldenhauer has earned his stripes through stints at Dinner by Heston Blumenthal and also at The Greenhouse in Perth, Western Australia. The killer combo of a rigorous Blumenthalian attention to detail and an Aussie lightness of touch was evident in many of the dishes we tried.
Jones Family Project, Summer Picnic
Jones Family Project are hosting a picnic in their ever excellent upstairs bar, complete with fake grass rolled across the floor. Fortunately, you get to sit on proper chairs, not cross-legged on rugs waiting for your legs to go dead at the knees (how old am I?). To this, they bring a hamper, filled to the brim with small boxed goodie and a few bottles of elderflower infused gin and perry mix.
Sole from la Cotinière Roasted in lemon butter In the spirit of a paella
Sole from la Cotinière Roasted in lemon butter In the spirit of a paella By Nicolas Magie A recipe from the marvellous St James Hotel in Bordeaux
Welsh inspired supper club on the 8th July.
Peyton and Byrne are celebrating Welsh provenance with this Summer Supper Club, designed and hosted by expert chef Stephen Terry and Oliver Peyton OBE at one of London’s most verdant locations, Inn The Park.
Foodies Festival Brings Outdoor Summer Feast to Alexandra Palace, July 3,4,5
Foodies Festival, the UK’s biggest celebration of food and drink, comes to Alexandra Palace for the first time this summer, transforming the grounds into a foodie heaven 3,4,5th July with celebrity chefs, new food and drink theatres, artisan producers and street food.
Eating The Domino Effect
Never one for board games usually, Nick finds the Domino Effect is worth getting to the table for.
James Purdie Launches Porky Pop Up Oink in Shoreditch
The doors of porky pop-up Oink will be thrown open on 3rd July 2015. The self-proclaimed home of Swine Dining, which will take a weekend residence on Shoreditch’s Commercial Street, aims to pay culinary homage to our pot-bellied friends.
Lyon Gastronomique
The multitude of restaurants in Lyon, France’s ‘gastronomic city’ are now just a train ride away thanks to the new direct line from London St. Pancras. Alan Kingsbury ‘lets the train take the strain’ and then eats and sees as much as he can.