TICKETS are now on sale for a truly unique and inspirational charity evening of Art and Food, which will be held at the internationally-famous Savoy Hotel in London on Monday, November 7, 2011. The event is sponsored by AXA Art, the world’s only art-led insurance company.
Four of the greatest chefs currently working in the UK: Heston Blumenthal (The Fat Duck & Dinner at Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park), Jason Atherton (Pollen Street Social), Brett Graham (The Ledbury) and Lisa Allen (Northcote Manor) will be creating a menu to celebrate 25 years of PAC (formerly Post-Adoption Centre). Among the culinary delights on offer will be Tarleton pigeon wellington with sweet and sour turnip; meat fruit; loin of roe deer on shiraz lees with beetroot & smoked beef marrow and for dessert: peanut butter & jelly sandwich and sheep’s milk jam with blood orange granita and sangria mousse.
Not only will the evening allow guests to sample amazingly creative food, but there will also be an opportunity to purchase artworks by some of the world’s most coveted artists in an auction conducted by Lord Dalmeny, Deputy Chairman of Sotheby’s. The artists range from Haroon Mirza – who recently won a ‘Silver Lion’ at Venice Biennale to Gordon Cheung, Maggi Hambling, James Hart Dyke, Peter Clossick, James A. Holdsworth, Ken Howard, Patrick Hughes, Barnaby Hosking, Julian Opie, Will Stein, Roy Mordechay, Sandra Shashou, Estelle Thompson, Dan Baldwin and Norman Ackroyd as well as three artists who have first-hand experience of adoption: Russell Young, Claerwen James, Mary Jackson, Tom Coates and Tony Heywood.
The Gourmet evening is the brainchild of Guardian food writer and ‘Great British Menu’ judge, Matthew Fort, who had the support of PAC almost 25 years ago. He said: “’What a prospect – dishes by some of the country’s most creative chefs; works from some of the country’s finest artists – to raise money for a charity that means a great deal to me. It’s going to be a mouth-watering, eye-opening evening!”
There will also be a silent auction, which will include lots such as 1 hour private flower arranging tuition for 2 with Shane Connolly (appointed florist to HRH Prince of Wales); 7 night stay in St. Lucia at Cap Maison; a day at Cheltenham Races for 2; a place on one of the European-guided Art Tours in the 2012 brochure from the Ultimate Travel Company; dinner with Tom Parker Bowles and the opportunity to accompany award winning Restaurant critic Jay Rayner on one of his reviews.
Tickets cost £250 each For further information on the event and sponsorship packages, please visit www.pac.org.uk/gala/ or call 0207 284 0555
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