Michelin-starred chefs get together to raise money for charity
Whoever came up with the proverb “too many cooks spoil the broth” was clearly unacquainted with the charity FoodCycle – and its Michelin-starred gala events.
Launched in May 2009, the group campaigns against food waste by collecting unwanted supermarket stock – mislabelled, damaged, over-ordered and almost-expired produce – and using it to prepare three-course meals for people who struggle to afford to feed themselves. With 29 volunteer-run projects across the UK, it has already provided more than 125,000 free meals, and is now running its second gala event to help fund its work.
The Green & Pleasant Land dinner at London’s Guildhall on April 21 will bring together seven chefs – including Giorgio Locatelli, Angela Hartnett, Shay Cooper and Cyrus Todiwala – to create a course each, and all proceeds from the £350 tickets will go to the charity. Menus are still being finalised, but the feast will include sambar masala-marinated fish with coconut-fondant potatoes, created by The Modern Pantry’s Anna Hansen, and Gloucester Old Spot porchetta with a Jersey Royal gratin courtesy of Salt Yard’s Ben Tish.
“FoodCycle is so important right now,” says Tish. “In our indulgent, careless times, it is making us understand our food wastage, then using this to help others. It couldn’t be more relevant.”
Hosted by food critic and broadcaster Jay Rayner, whose jazz band, the Jay Rayner Quartet – featuring Rayner on piano and his wife on vocals – will play live on the night, there will also be a silent auction, before the menu is rounded off with Australian chef Skye Gyngell’s almond tart with plum blossom ice cream and honeycomb.
In this case, maybe too many chefs will spoil the guests.
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