From S Pellegrino to S Pellegrino.

Earlier this week I was lucky enough to be present at The S Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards 2011 held at The Guildhall. René Redzepi from Noma retained the top spot and once again had his loyal team with him to collect the award. René places a great emphasis on team effort at his Copenhagen restaurant. Of the UK restaurants, Ledbury was the Highest New Entry at 35 and this Notting Hill eaterie was a popular choice. The other UK restaurants included, of course, The Fat Duck, with St John and Hibiscus being featured once again.
The following day, The Mumm Cordon Rouge Club met at Wasing Estate. This club’s membership is composed of world famous explorers and adventurers including Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Dee Caffari, Bear Grylls, Ben Fogle, Polly Murray,Tom Avery and Leo Houlding. We had matched the G.H.Mumm range with some stunning dishes prepared by Valentine Warner including stinging nettle souffle and Quenelles de brochet with crayfish and Mumm de Cramant sauce. This was an excellent evening spent with a great group of people who you genuinely admire.
Tomorrow I’m off to Milan to visit S. Pellegrino and will be participating in their food, wine and water seminars.
From the 16th-19th June at Taste of London in Regents Park I will be presenting for S. Pellegrino and Waitrose. I hope the weather is the same as this weekend.