A Stellar Line-up of Restaurant Stars Announced for Taste of London 2011
Taste of London is celebrating what is arguably its best restaurant line-up to date, totaling an impressive eleven Michelin stars.
Scott’s, Le Caprice, Petrus, Skylon, Gauthier Soho and Bocca di Lupo / Gelupo are just a handful of new restaurants involved for 2011, promising to delight over 50,000 visitors across the four days at London’s Regent’s Park between 16th and 19th June.
Sitting alongside Taste of London favourites such as Le Gavroche, Rhodes 24, Maze and Benares, a total of 40 restaurants will serve up dishes from around the world with classic British, modern European and infused Asian offerings from world class chefs.
International talent including Helena Puolakka (Skylon), Tamas Khan (ORA) and Alexis Gauthier (Gauthier Soho) will be joining homegrown household names such as Gary Rhodes and Michel Roux Jr.
Small plate menus have been specially designed, allowing visitors to taste more than a handful of dishes in one sitting.
Classic icon dishes will return, from Rhodes’ famous Jaffa Cake Pudding to Roux’s Lobster and Truffle Cocktail and will be put to the test with fresh competition from ORA’s Sticky Rice with Thai Honey Mango and Skylon’s Butter Poached Lobster.
Gauthier Soho’s, Alexis Gauthier is looking forward to joining the strong line-up at this year’s Taste of London:
The last year, since opening Gauthier Soho, has been an incredible journey, so it seems like a fun idea to decamp to Regents Park for a few days this summer for Taste - why not? We're looking forward to the event, to being in such good company and to sharing our food with a host of like-minded food fanatics.
Read up on more dishes that will be served at the show and start planning your day at what promises to be the best Taste of London yet. Go to www.tastefestivals.com/london to book tickets.
Restaurants at Taste London 2011
Asia de Cuba • Awana • Barrafina • Benares • Bentley’s • Bocca di Lupo / Gelupo • Chef Collin Brown • Club Gascon • Corrigan’s Mayfair • Fino • Fouronine • Gaucho • Gauthier Soho • Kai Mayfair • Launceston Place • Le Caprice • Le Gavroche • L’Anima • L’Etranger • Maze • Melati • Opera Tavern • ORA • Paramount • Petrus • Quo Vadis • Refettorio • Rhodes 24 • Roux at The Landau • Satay House • Scott’s • Skylon • Suka • Tamarind • The Cinnamon Club • The Modern Pantry • The Ritz • Yauatcha • York & Albany •
A TASTE OF ‘HEIGHT CUISINE’ FROM BRITISH AIRWAYS
British Airways is creating a new interactive food feature at London’s most revered food festival, Taste of London. The airline, which has sponsored the event for the last six years will unveil ‘Height Cuisine’, an area designed to show how the senses can be affected at altitude onboard an aircraft.
The display builds on the success of the Channel 4 programme, ‘Heston’s Mission Impossible,’ which aired earlier this year, in which British Airways challenged celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal to create the ultimate inflight dish.
British Airways is inviting visitors to Taste of London to meet the experts and experience the work that’s been going on behind the scenes to create great food in the air. Guests will be invited to take part in experiments to learn how taste changes depending on the environment.
The airline will also be running Master Classes in champagne, cheese and wine tasting with some of their finest suppliers. Guests will even have the chance to sample and influence British Airways’ future on-board menus.
One of Heston Blumenthal’s recommendations to British Airways was to use ingredients in its dishes which are high in umami, a savoury flavour known as the ‘fifth taste’, which occurs naturally in foods such as seaweed, tomatoes, mackerel and parmesan cheese.
Willing participants at Taste of London will be asked to take on the role of airline taster, sampling dishes from British Airways menus as well as some of the new umami-based dishes, which will appear onboard flights from the beginning of June.
Tony Smith, British Airways’ head of customer service and hospitality, said:
Creating great food at 35,000 feet is a huge challenge. At Taste of London we hope to share some of the science behind food at altitude and offer visitors the chance to give us feedback on some of the innovative new ideas British Airways is exploring.
British Airways gold and silver card holders will be treated to all the luxuries of the Executive Club lounge. Inside guests will be treated to premium experiences including a smoked salmon and oyster bar hosted by Loch Fyne.
Special deals on tickets to Taste of London are available through the British Airways website: www.ba.com/taste