29 Feb - Ticket prices now reduced by 25% to £150.
The week after next, six of the world's top female chefs are to team up over
three consecutive nights, 11–13 March 2012, in a one-off collaboration at
1 Lombard Street restaurant in the City of London. Each night a different
pairing of a top British and international female chef will present a five-course
dinner, accompanied by different wines – all made by women. The series has been
devised, in partnership with American Express, as a celebration of women’s
achievements in the world of fine food and wine.
The brainchild of the UK’s top female chef Angela Hartnett and food and wine
writer Fiona Sims, this Girls Night Out venture kicks off on Sunday night with
Harntett and top New York chef Gabrielle Hamilton (pictured) of Prune restaurant, author of
the riveting and highly recommended memoir Blood,
Bones and Butter (see Nick on The story of Prune). On the Monday night, Brazil’s number one female chef,
Helena Rizzo of Mani, teams up with the
holder of three Michelin stars, Clare Smyth of Restaurant Gordon Ramsay. On the
Tuesday night Margot Janse of Le Quartier Français of Franschhoek, voted South Africa's best
restaurant, will cook alongside London’s ground-breaking Anna
Hansen of The Modern Pantry.
Each dinner is priced at £200 a head, including a Bollinger champagne reception, all wine, water, coffee and
service. To book, contact Elena Leva on 020 7929 9511 or el@jessen.co.uk.
Although menus could be subject to last-minute change, this is what is proposed.
11 March - Angela
Hartnett & Gabrielle Hamilton
Canapés - Tempura courgettes
Smoked duck and fig jam crostini
Salt cod bacalao with sweet red pepper
Starter - Pasta kerchief with French ham, poached egg, toasted pine
nuts
Mid course - Roasted monkfish tail, confit lemon, creamed chicory,
smoked chicken sauce, chicken wing
Main course - Boiled beef dinner with oxtail, tenderloin, short rib
and vegetables
Pre dessert - Frozen milk punch and sesame biscuits
Dessert - Chocolate ganache crumble, passion fruit sorbet, mint
Wines:
Bollinger NV
Tinpot
Hut Pinot Gris 2011 Marlborough, New Zealand
Fox
Gordon Viognier 2010 Adelaide Hills, Australia
Dominio
de Atauta 2006 Ribera del Duero, Spain
Wiese
and Krohn Colheita 1982 Port, Portugal
12 March - Helena Rizzo
& Clare Smyth
Canapés: Butter poached langoustines with lardo di Colonata
Steamed bun with truffle
Scotch eggs
Starter: Waldorf salad with apple jelly, celery sorbet, gorgonzola cheese
emulsion and baked nuts
Middle course: Risotto with morels, wild garlic and roasted veal
sweetbreads
Main course: Fish moqueca with arracacha
Pre-dessert: ‘The Egg’ egg yolk ice-cream with coconut foam and crispy
coconut
Dessert: Lemonade parfait with bergamot, honey and sheep's milk yoghurt
sorbet
Wines:
Bollinger NV
Yalumba,
Y Series Riesling 2011 South Australia, Australia
Mud
House, Golden Terraces Pinot Noir 2010 Marlborough, New Zealand
Marqués
de Murrieta Reserva 2005 Rioja, Spain (magnums)
Cypres
de Climens 2007 Barsac, France
13 March - Margot Janse & Anna
Hansen
Canapés: Truffled girolle and manouri filo tarts, pea and mint salsa
Aubergine, feta, ginger and waterchestnut spring rolls
Roast tomato nam prik
Krupuk quail eggs, chilli lime dipping sauce
Starter: Beetroot and buchu sponge, buttermilk labne, cucumber and dill
granita
Middle course: Roast cod, clams and chorizo, squid ink mash, smoked
almond and spring onion salsa
Main course: Loin of springbok, African grains, fermented garlic
nougatine, celeriac puree
Pre dessert: Baobab and pear parfait
Dessert: Chocolate liquorice delice, cocoa chilli wafer, candied pink
grapefruit, whipped cream
Wines: Bollinger NV
Cullen,
Sauvignon/Semillon 2010 Margaret River, Australia
Ailala
2010 Ribeiro, Spain
Cien
y Picos, Doble Pasta 2009 Manchuela, Spain
Cypres
de Climens 2007 Barsac, France
WHAT Three dinners showcasing top female chefs
and wines made by women
WHEN 6.30 for 7pm, 11–13 March
WHERE 1
Lombard Street, London EC3
HOW MUCH £200 a head
HOW Contact
Elena Leva on 020 7929 9511 or el@jessen.co.uk
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