Fergus Drennan To Host Wild Night Out Of Foraging

LucyCooks, the Lake District Cookery School, has its first ever foraging event in its foodie diary as it prepares to stage a wild night out l on Friday September 23, with ‘The Wild Man of Food’, Fergus Drennan, aka The Road Kill Chef.

Fergus will be hosting an evening’s Demo and Dine event based on foraged food, at the state-of-the-art cookery school based in Staveley, near Kendal, showing guests how to prepare the foods he has foraged as a hunter-gatherer, from the local area.

‘Fergus the Forager’, as he is known, was the star of the 2007 BBC series ‘The Roadkill Chef’ and is a rather eccentric road kill connoisseur.  He is a passionate forager and will spend a full day combing woods, hedgerows and riverbanks to harvest ingredients for a tantalising four-course meal served at LucyCooks.

Whether he offers up a pigeon breast, wild mushrooms or hare and regardless of whether it be served with a cauliflower fungus, wild garlic bulbs or a nettle puree, the menu will be wholly unique and an amazing insight into the life of a man who has dedicated his life to living on what nature provides.

Once the group has enjoyed a reconnoitre by the banks of the River Kent and downed a LucyCooktail, it will turn its focus to the forage, settling down in the cosy LucyCooks AGA room to listen to Fergus’s tales and watch him prepare his wild food.

When the ‘native’ four courses have been rustled up, diners will be able to treat their taste buds to unique sensations and tuck in to a menu that will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, prepared by an expert in his field, campsite and den!

This unique Demo and Dine experience costs £65 per head, inclusive of demonstration and talk from Fergus Drennan, the four-course meal and welcome LucyCooktail  The advice is to book tickets quickly by heading to www.lucycooks.co.uk or calling 015394 32288.

Launch of Two New London Supper Clubs - Ferdiesfoodlab & The De Beauvoir Kitchen

FERDIESFOODLAB SUPPER CLUB

Simon (Ferdie) from Fernandez and Leluu is setting up a new supper club Ferdiesfoodlab in a beautiful Grade II listed building one minute walk from Aldgate East Underground station in London.

The first publicised date is the Sat 27th August 2011 (Bank Holiday weekend), but a smaller "soft opening" event is taking place on the Saturday 13th of August 2011.

Simon is collaborating with an organisation that contributes to the local community aiming to eliminate poverty while trying to do something a little more creative with their beautiful hall.

If you are unable to attend on the 13th August 2011 event, the following dates are also available:

Sat 27th Aug 

Fri 9th Sep

Fri 23rd Sep

If you would like to book, contact Simon on bookings@ferdiesfoodlab.co.uk or visit the website on www.ferdiesfoodlab.co.uk.

THE DE BEAUVOIR KITCHEN SUPPER CLUB

For two nights only 12 & 13^th August 2011, The De Beauvoir Kitchen will be hosting a stunning outdoor salle verte for an evening of Moroccan candlelit feasting nestled under a canopy of green and among scented blooms.

Join Jen and Vanessa for a summery Moroccan inspired menu including an aperitif, four courses, tea and treats. Doors open at 7pm and supper to commence at 7.30pm. Nearest tube, Dalston Junction.

Suggested donation £35, wine and beer BYO.

£5 per person will be donated to the De Beauvoir Underground, a local fundraising body currently raising money for a new community centre, the re-development of St Peter’s Crypt.

Please email vanessa@debeauvoirkitchen.co.uk to reserve a place.  

TALISKER® SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY PRESENTS THE WORLD’S FIRST EVER SAIL-IN CINEMA

What: The world’s first sail-in cinema; moor up your boats and relax to an open-air viewing of Master and Commander

Where: Cowes Esplanade

When: 12th August, 19:00

This August, at the famous sailing event Cowes Week, Talisker Single Malt Scotch Whisky is hosting the world’s first sail-in cinema. With a 10.5m x 5.5m screen erected off Cowes Esplanade, sailors on boats don’t have to venture far for a unique screening of the fitting picture Master and Commander*. Followed by the annual firework display, the night promises to celebrate the end to a remarkable week of sailing.

An obvious choice for sailors, Talisker is the only single malt Scotch whisky made by the sea on the Isle of Skye. Its powerful peat-smoke, with just a hint of seawater saltiness and a citrus sweetness, leaves you with a long warming finish so you can enjoy a dram or two on a long summer’s evening in the crisp open air.

For one night only on August 12th, sailors at Cowes Week can enjoy a unique open air screening of Master and Commander from the comfort of their own boat. So come down and raise a dram of Talisker, and toast to the silver screen.

WESTFIELD CITY STRATFORD‏ OPENS ON 13TH SEPTEMBER

With just under 40 days to go before Westfield Stratford City opens on 13th September, the capital’s largest and most exciting new retail, food and leisure destination is delighted to announce an unrivalled F&B offering – no less than 70 places to eat and drink that together will provide a fusion of food styles, flavours and trends.

With the inclusion of an exciting new food market combined with an entertainments package which also boasts a 17 screen Vue cinema, 14-lane All Star Lanes’ bowling alley and an Aspers casino, Westfield Stratford City will offer round the clock dining, leisure and entertainment.

Kirin Ichiban’s “Pop-Up” Yatai Restaurant

Kirin Ichiban, Japan’s Prime Brew is delighted to announce the launch of their “pop-up” Yatai in conjunction with the head chefs of London’s Japanese restaurant Yashin sushi & bar and their exciting Kushiage style restaurant set to launch in 2012.

The Kirin Ichiban Yatai will “pop up” for one week only, August 3rd - 8^th near Brick Lane and will serve up a selection of quality, traditional KUSHIAGE dishes which are relatively unknown in the UK; delicious Japanese deep -fried skewer delicacies which will be available *with a bottle of crisp Kirin beer for around just £5, bringing affordable quality food and drink to the streets.

Yasuhiro Mineno (ex head chef of Nobu) and Shinya Ikeda, joint owners and Head Chef of Yashin sushi & bar and founders of yet to be opened Kushiage style restaurant in Central London in early 2012 have worked carefully with Kirin Ichiban to create a mouth-watering market style menu offering Londoners some authentic flavours and delights from their Japanese street menu.  Diners will also be able to vote for their favourite short film, from four finalists to the Kirin First Cut short film competition, the winner of which will be announced at the 55^th BFI London Short film festival in partnership with American Express (12^th-27^th October).

Customers can choose from selection of three delicious Kushiage deep-fried skewer dishes served on bamboo sticks and a bottle of beer for around five pounds.  Food and drink enthusiasts can choose from over ten mouth-watering combinations including; pork with Japanese Worcester sauce, marinated lamb with saikyo miso, asparagus with sea salt and lemon, pickled tomato and slightly hot green pepper with lemon to name a few.  

The pop up Kirin Yatai will also be showing finalists work from the Kirin First Cut film competition bringing together the old traditions of Japan with the new creativity and technology of short films.

  

Japan’s Prime Brew, Kirin Ichiban is not your average beer: it’s made by the unique “Ichiban Shibori Process” which literally translated means “First press”.  For Kirin, there is no other way, its beer at its purest.

Kirin Ichiban’s rich history spans over 100 years and is steeped in tradition and culture. From its origins in 1888, through to its arrival in the UK in 1993, the legendary brew has consistently won the favour of those seeking something different and who value quality. Not only does it have the most expensive brewing process in the World but a truly unique approach to creating beer, ‘First Press’.

To make a reservation at the Kirin Yatai pop up restaurant please visit http://www.kirinfirstcut.co.uk/how-to-book.php

Bookings will be confirmed from July 2011.  Timings   Wednesday  – Saturday 12pm – 11pm, Sunday - Monday  12pm – 9.00pm

*free beer included when reservation is made online