Chefs to offer up tips at Ready Steady St Albans cooking demonstration
Talented chefs will show off their skills cooking a delicious taster vegetarian menu at the Mayor’s Ready Steady St Albans charity fundraising event on Wednesday October 4.
Book your place now to watch local chefs create three courses that will set your taste buds tingling when you sample the dishes.
The team from Dylans Kings Arms, in George Street, will be making a starter of wild mushrooms, soft quail’s egg, grilled sour dough with rapeseed hollandaise.
They will be followed Harry Lumsdon, crowned Young Masterchef of Britain in 2016, who is Head Chef at The Great Northern in London Road. Harry is cooking a main course of Vacherin tortellini with caramelized onion broth.
Whipping up a delicious dessert will be Paul Wood, one of the chef tutors in Hospitality and Catering at Oaklands College, along with some of his students. They will be creating a trio of desserts. This includes: mango and lime mousse with a tuille biscuit; mini carrot cake, with a butter scotch sauce and chocolate decadence, with honey combe and crème fraiche. The team is also producing a selection of petit fours.
This fast-paced energetic cooking demonstration is part of St Albans Food and Drink Festival, which runs from Wednesday 27 September to Saturday 7 October.
Tickets for the live event are being sold in aid of Youth Talk, the Mayor’s charity for his year in office. The charity provides a much-needed confidential counselling service for local young people aged 13-25.
The Mayor of the City and District of St Albans, Councillor Mohammad Iqbal Zia, said: “Come and join me at this cooking demonstration by local chefs who will pass on some top culinary tips. You will also have the opportunity to taste their fantastic dishes that will be show just how delicious vegetarian food can be. The chefs are kindly taking time out from their busy schedules to help raise funds for Youth Talk. Book your place now as this St Albans Food and Drink Festival event always draws a crowd.”
Ready Steady St Albans is taking place at Poggenpohl, 100 London, St Albans, starting at 7pm. The ticket price of £25 includes a glass of Prosecco on arrival and a glass of wine or soft drink from Flagship Wines.
You can find out more about the event and book tickets online. More information about St Albans Food and Drink Festival is available at: www.enjoystalbans.com/foodanddrink.
The Right Worshipful the Mayor of the City and District of St Albans, Councillor Mohammad Iqbal Zia
Contact for the Mayor’s office:
Alison Orde, the Mayor’s Civic Officer
Tel: 01727 819544
Email: mayoralty@stalbans.gov.uk
Contact for the media:
Amanda Wilkinson,
Senior Communications Officer
St Albans City and District Council
Tel: 01727 819317
E-mail: amanda.wilkinson@stalbans.gov.uk
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Notes:
Each Year the Mayor of the City and District of St Albans chooses a charity to support by hosting events to raise their profile and much-needed funds.
The current Mayor, Cllr Mohammad Iqbal Zia, has chosen Youth Talk as his charity for the Mayoral year 2017/18. The charity provides a much needed confidential counselling service for local young people aged 13-25.