Le Cordon Bleu London is the proud sponsor of the "Le Cordon Bleu Henley Food Festival". Le Cordon Bleu Henley Food Festival is a two day event celebrating the best of English food; from supplier, to producer, to chef. It will be held on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th May 2009 at Henley-on-Thames, a lovely town out of London. How to get there?

Throughout the two day festival, our Chefs will be showcasing their gastronomic talent on our marquee. They will perform live demonstrations to an audience of ‘foodies’. The demonstration recipes, consisting of both Pâtisserie and Cuisine, have been carefully selected and are expected to make mouths water!  We have invited the World Champion Ice Carver, Chef Armando from Le Cordon Bleu Ottawa. He will be performing within our marquee over the weekend.

On Saturday 16th May, come and watch Chef Julie Walsh performing an Artisan Chocolate Centrepiece demonstration at 4.15pm in the Celebrity Chef arena alongside some of this country’s finest chefs.

Please see below our programme of demonstrations over the week end:

Saturday 16th May 2009
11.00 – 13.00: Chef Armando Baisas, World Champion Ice Carver, Ice Sculpture
13.00 – 13.45: Chef Julie Walsh - "Farandole of Summer Fruits with Garden Blossoms, Gin Fizz Sabayon, Rhubarb and Elderflower Sorbet"
14.00  – 14.45: Chef Julie Walsh - "Pan-Fried Spiced Pear Dacquoise with Chocolate and Red Wine Sauce"
15.00 – 15.45: Chef Loic Malfait & Chef Eric Bediat - "Vanilla Marinated Scallops, Beetroot Two Ways with Horseradish Espuma"
16.00 – 16.45: Chef Loic Malfait & Chef Eric Bediat - "Fillets of Red Mullet with Crispy Potato Scales, Wild Asparagus and Broad Beans with Lemon and Thyme Sabayon"
17.00 – 17.45: Chef Loic Malfait & Chef Eric Bediat - "Goat Cheese Flan on Mini Ratatouille with Crispy Pink Peppercorn Puff"
18.00 – 18.45: Chef Loic Malfait & Chef Eric Bediat - "Canon of Grilled Milk-Fed Lamb, Pea Purée and Morel Mushrooms with Lavender Infused Lamb Jus"

Sunday 17th May 2009
11.00 – 11.45: Chef Loic Malfait & Chef Eric Bediat - "Vanilla Marinated Scallops, Beetroot Two Ways with Horseradish Espuma"
12.00 – 12.45: Chef Loic Malfait & Chef Eric Bediat - "Canon of Grilled Milk-Fed Lamb, Pea Purée and Morel Mushrooms with Lavender Infused Lamb Jus"
13.00  – 13.45: Chef Loic Malfait & Chef Eric Bediat - "Goat Cheese Flan on Mini Ratatouille with Crispy Pink Peppercorn Puff"
14.00 – 16.00: Chef Armando Baisas, World Champion Ice Carver, Fruit Carving
16.00 – 16.45: Chef Graeme Bartholomew - "Farandole of Summer Fruits with Garden Blossoms, Gin Fizz Sabayon, Rhubarb and Elderflower Sorbet"
17.00 – 17.45: Chef Graeme Bartholomew - "Pan-Fried Spiced Pear Dacquoise with Chocolate and Red Wine Sauce"

We will also run a ‘Petite Boutique’ in our demonstration marquee and in the retail arena of the show, throughout the weekend. You will be able to find an exclusive range of personalised gifts recommended by the school’s master Chefs: cook books, gourmet products, fine food, fine tools, kitchen accessories and Chef uniforms - in fact, everything a food lover could possibly want! At the Henley Food Festival, we will also have our own demonstration arena and a Le Cordon Bleu boutique. Our boutique customers will have the privilege to enter ina raffle competition to win the following prizes:

1st prize: Le Cordon Bleu-Whustof professional knife set
2nd prize: Le Cordon Bleu gourmet hamper
3rd prize: A demonstration at Le Cordon Bleu London for 2

Whether you are interested in a short gourmet course, or perhaps a career as a professional chef, Le Cordon Bleu staff will be at your service to ensure that you walk away with all the information you need.

We look forward to meeting you at the festival!

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