Blog. The type of experience money can’t buy.
November 07, 2018 | Author Jeremy Gibson
Author: Jeremy Gibson
One of the amazing things about HA is the lengths our supporters will go to in order to create wonderful fundraising events. Experiences that are so unique and special you simply couldn’t buy them anywhere else for all the money in the world. Our Christmas dinner is just one example, bringing together some of the biggest names in European cuisine.
If you want to be part of this evening there are just a handful of tickets left. The event takes place at Chino Latino at Park Plaza London Riverbank at 7pm on Monday November 26th.
As if having the legend that is Raymond Blanc cook for you isn’t enough – he’s also bringing along some of his protégés and the people he has influenced. All superstars in their own right.
Let’s start with the three musketeers themselves.
Image: L-R Raymond Blanc OBE, Benoit Blin & Gary Jones
Best-selling author and star of numerous television programmes including the BBC’s ‘Kew on a Plate’ and ‘Kitchen Secrets’ Raymond Blanc OBE has nurtured some of the country’s most respected chefs and 34 of his protégées have gone on to win Michelin stars for themselves. Monsieur Blanc’s Executive Head Chef, Gary Jones has led the kitchen brigade at Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons since 1999 and his Chef Pâtissier Benoit Blin has twice been a judge on the BBC2 Bake Off Crème de la Crème programme and more recently Channel 4s Bake Off, The Professionals. These three are the powerhouses behind Le Manoir ensuring the hotel retains its much-coveted stars and topping The Caterer’s Hoteliers Hotels power-list for the second year running. And they could be cooking for you.
Meet the rest of the dynamic half-dozen behind the stoves.
In 2013 Robin opened The Dairy which has reached number nine in The National Restaurant Awards, the top 50 in the Good Food Guide and was awarded a Bib Gourmand this past September. Robin has also opened the popular Counter Culture and Sorella restaurants and has received the Good Food Guide Chef of the Year award and has also acted as a judge on MasterChef Ireland.
Iceland-born Aggi has spent time at the Michelin-starred restaurant Pétrus, the highly acclaimed Léa Linster in Luxembourg and of course, at the two Michelin-starred Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons. His own flagship venture, Texture Restaurant, was voted The Independent’s New Restaurant of the Year in 2007 and received its first Michelin star in 2010.
The evening will be hosted by Executive Group Chef Werner Seebach of Chino Latino who will prepare the delicious canapés and petits fours. Werner joined Chino Latino at the Riverbank Park Plaza hotel as Head Chef before being appointed Group Head Chef for Chino Latino London, Leeds, and Nottingham, winning a Catey award for Best Restaurant Team Of The Year.
This promises to be one of the culinary events of the year with some of the biggest chefs on the scene all behind the stoves together. Raymond will be conducting a live Q&A so you can find out some of the secrets to his success at first hand.
The last few tickets are on sale now, make sure you bag one while you can!