Earlier this year, a trip to Providores & Prudence, a pop-up restaurant at the Sipsmith Distillery in London between Sipsmith & Peter Gordon’s Providores, sparked a lot of attention. I received emails from anxious readers who would have loved to have gone, but found out after they had read it here.
Can you let us know in advance next time? Well, of course. And that’s one of the reasons that I started Bitesize, my infrequent update on happenings of interest in London.
So, here I have a teeny bit of a scoop for you. I believe I am the first with this information (at least I was when they sent it last night). On Tuesday October 19th, The Providores will have another pop-up, this time in Village Underground performance space in Shoreditch.
THE PROVIDORES POP UP NEW ZEALAND WINE DINNER
Date: Tuesday 19 October 2010
Tickets: £125
Time: 7pm canapés and sparkling wine, seated for a four course meal
at 7.30pm sharp
For tickets please email: winebar@theprovidores.co.uk
Bar Manager Melanie Ellis, Manager Sophie Uddin and Head Chef Cristian Hossack
as they cook and serve a delicious four course dinner with canapés alongside some of their favourite wines and vineyards. There will be representatives from each vineyard at the dinner who you’ll get the chance to meet during the evening.
Hel Yes! Pop Up Finnish Restaurant from Helsinki in London
HEL YES! is a temporary restaurant and exhibition commissioned by the Finnish institute and imagined and realised by a creative team of Finnish designers and food folks. Running for 14 days, from September 15th, it will serve as a melting pot of people and ideas during London Design Festival.
In the HEL YES! kitchen tastes from the Nordic forests will be brought to the dinner table by top chefs lead by executive chef Antto Melasniemi in straightforward and simple style.
Though some key Finnish ingredients such as fish roe, game and preserved plants will come from Finland, most of the daily ingredients will be sourced by the HEL YES! team of hunters and gatherers from around London.
“It is all about the delicacies of primitive Finnish cuisine, which is typically more about pure ingredients than, for example, restaurant culture. We will use the best vegetables and fish as well as traditional cooking methods, making our own interpretations along the way. We will avoid decorative elements and focus on substance. There will be Karelian stew, whipped lingonberry manna and spruce shoots – Catches of the Day!”
http://www.helyes.fi/en/hel-yes
Mark Best of Marque restaurant, Sydney at the Loft Project
For one night only, acclaimed chef Mark Best will be cooking a very special degustation dinner at Bethnal Green’s Town Hall Hotel, as part of a collaboration with The Loft Project.
Mark Best started by discovering the stoves accidentally and ended up becoming an unquestionable symbol of the new Australian Cuisine. His perseverance and his ‘eternal dissatisfaction’ (as he calls it himself) are the vitamins for his spectacular professional development.
On Thursday 16th September, the S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants Award Breakthrough winner 2010, holder of ‘Three Hats’, Sydney Morning Herald’s ‘Chef of the Year’, and Time Out Sydney’s ‘Restaurant of the Year, will be serving dinner to 12 guests on one large table in the De Montfort Suite.
Guests will be able to sample a culinary exploration echoing the menu at Marque, Mark Best’s award winning Sydney restaurant. Each course from the proposed menu which is laid out below is subject to Mark Best’s market visit, to be undertaken as soon as he touches down in the UK. He will amend his dishes to make use of the best in local seasonal ingredients available in London. Mark’s resolute ethos is such that only the very best of ingredients have a place in his food. The resulting dishes are delicious, harmonious and aesthetic, where the technique is hidden and the ingredients shine.
This is the first time Mark has showcased his cooking in the UK and is a unique opportunity to sample his eclectic and boundary-breaking style.
Location: The De Montfort Suite
Town Hall Hotel
8 Patriot Square
Bethnal Green
London
E2 9NF
Time: 7.30pm
Price: £160 including all food and wine.
To reserve a place: Please contact Clarise Faria at theloftproject.co.uk
clarise@theloftproject.co.k
Saw this and promptly booked myself into Hel Yes! This autumn is all about the Scandinavian food. Thanks for highlighting it.