It's graduation time soon at Jamie Oliver's Fifteen, where the apprentice chefs are into their last month. And to celebrate there's a special run of dinners planned for the end of August before the schooled chefs are released into the wild. But this year, being Fifteen's 10th anniversary, they're upping the ante a bit.
For one week, the professional chefs at Fifteen will be handing things over to the apprentices who will be taking charge of the restaurant. But they'll be joined in the kitchen by some very special guests who will be passing on final pieces of wisdom. So during this time, you'll have a chance to try food cooked by both the apprentices and overseen by some of the top chefs in the country. The apprentices will write the menu and run the prep and service, while the guest chefs will be on hand to offer help, advice and tips of the trade.
The, frankly stellar, list of eleven chefs taking part are:
Monday 27th August
Lunch – Michael Wignall (The Latymer Restaurant)
Dinner – Pascal Aussignac (Club Gascon)
Tuesday 28th August
Lunch – Skye Gyngell
Dinner – Bruno Loubet (Bistrot Bruno Loubet)
Wednesday 29th August
Lunch – Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver (St John)
Dinner – Jun Tanaka (Pearl)
Thursday 30th August
Lunch – Mark Sargeant (Rocksalt)
Dinner – Nuno Mendes (Viajante)
Friday 31st August
Lunch – Jeremy Lee (Quo Vadis)
Dinner – Mark Askew (Cirrus Inns)
Saturday 1st September
Lunch – Francesco Mazzei (L’Anima)
Tables for these services are available to book on the Fifteen website now.
