A Quartet Culinary Delights
A Quartet of Culinary Delights
#SheInspiresMe Auction 2018
Thomasina Miers, Angela Hartnett and Yotam Ottolenghi are joining forces to offer one fortunate bidder a once-in-a-lifetime culinary adventure guaranteed to excite the taste-buds.
You and five of your closest friends will receive a morning of expert tuition from Master Chef winner and co-founder of Wahaca, Thomasina Miers. Afterwards, she will join you for a late lunch whilst you relish the fruits of your cooking endeavours.
Great British Bake Off quarter-finalist, Benjamina Ebuehi, will join you and up to 15 guests for a private Afternoon Tea at the Good and Proper Tea Bar in Clerkenwell. She will chat to you over exquisite teas and delicious cakes about her experience on the Great British Bake Off and how her life has changed since then. Good & Proper founder, Emilie Holmes, will introduce the teas being served and will explain how to brew them for the best results. This is a unique opportunity to host friends in a beautiful, contemporary space with two experts on the art of producing that very British moment - Afternoon Tea.
Savour a three course menu for four guests at Murano, Angela Hartnett’s Michelin starred modern Italian restaurant in Mayfair. Prosecco will be served on arrival and wines chosen by the sommelier team will accompany the exemplary food.
To complete this outstanding collection, Yotam Ottolenghi, acclaimed restaurateur and food writer is offering a dinner for two at his newest Fitzrovia venue, Rovi.
The Chefs
Thomasina was winner of BBC MasterChef in 2005.
She is a cook and food writer whose work has ranged from cheese-making and running market stalls in Ireland, cheffing with Skye Gyngell at Petersham Nurseries to co-founding the restaurant group Wahaca, winner of numerous awards from OFM’s cheap eats to winner of the SRA’s most sustainable restaurant group three years running.
The Chefs
Benjamina Ebuehi is a 24 year old Londoner who loves all things food and baking. In 2016 she reached the quarter finals of the Great British Bake Off.
Since the show, she has been busy pursuing a career in food through blogging, styling and working with social enterprise Luminary Bakery.
After starting out in the kitchens at Aubergine, Zafferano, L’Oranger and Petrus, Angela became head chef at Petrus within seven short months, helping the restaurant to achieve a Michelin star. In 2008 she opened her own restaurant, Murano in Mayfair, where she is Chef Proprietor, and holds a Michelin star.
Serving modern, seasonal food with an Italian accent, Murano is one of the few restaurants to hold 4 AA rosettes and was included in the Good Food Guide’s Top 50 restaurants for 2015.
Yotam Ottolenghi is chef-patron of the Ottolenghi delis, Rovi and NOPI restaurants. He has published seven bestselling cookbooks: Plenty and Plenty More; Ottolenghi: The Cookbook and Jerusalem, co-authored with Sami Tamimi; The NOPI Cookbook, co-authored with Ramael Scully, Sweet, co-written with Helen Goh and his latest book Simple.
Kindly donated by Thomasina Meirs, Benjamina Ebuehi, Angela Hartnett, Yotam Ottolenghi and Good & Proper Tea.
Terms and Conditions
- The experience can take place anywhere within M25.
- Ingredients will be provided, crockery and cooking utensils must be supplied by winning bidder.
- Must be held on a mutually convenient date.
Benjamina Ebuehi:
- Has to be taken up on a Saturday or a Sunday, the date to be agreed with BE and G&P.
All:
- Must be redeemed by 19th November 2019.