Just at the end of day one at the Square Meal Events annual show and we are half way through our six master classes entitled Fizz for Events. What a fabulous fabulous day, not only have each of the Master classes been over subscribed, but the reaction for all that attended has been so encouraging. Our [...]
Possibly the best lamb I have ever had arrived with us next, as the third course of our Food & Wine Matching Workshop with the team from Roux at Parliament Square. In total, the dish was: rack of Herdwick lamb, herb crumb, fondant potato, white onion purée and summer peas – cooked to perfection. Now [...]
Having opened the food & wine matching workshop with the team of Roux at Parliament Square on such a successful pairing (see part one!), maintaining that for a second dish was a challenge. Here we had smoked and cured Gressingham duck with preserved cherries and hawthorn blossom. The words don’t quite do it justice, it [...]
Jascots Wine Merchants has further enhanced its industry leading training offer for its on-trade and hospitality clients by adding WSET (Wines and Spirits Education Trust) foundation and intermediate programs to its portfolio of specialist wine and hospitality courses. Jascots’ Training Manager and Head Sommelier Raul Diaz has been developing and running bespoke courses for Jascots’ [...]
This was such a treat for us! We were perched in Roux at Parliament Square (needless to say it’s an amazing venue) with a team of seriously top class chefs with their bang on-trend, wow-packed creations alongside a range of truly delicious wines. So, we were fully primed to welcome the first dish of the [...]
Christmas Muffins Just as a famous Nestlé spherical confection can advertise itself as ‘the lighter way to enjoy chocolate’, so, perhaps, these beauties could be pitched as ‘the lighter way to enjoy mince pies’? In all honesty, a mince pie muffin is likely only a little healthier than the regular pie version but, really, this is [...]
Tartrate Crystals in wine, how did they get there and what to do with them. by Raul Diaz – Head Sommelier Many times during service I have had to face an “unusual” situation – One of my guests would ask me about some funny crystals in the bottom of their wine glasses. What they had [...]