Jason Atherton’s Social Sunday raises over £50K

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On Sunday, 5 June, award winning chef, Jason Atherton hosted a series of fundraising lunches with special guest chefs to raise money for Hospitality Action across The Social Company restaurants raising a staggering £51,851.

Tom Kerridge, Jason Atherton and Sat Bains

Guests were treated to an exquisite five course tasting menu at Pollen Street Social cooked by Jason Atherton, a Trustee at Hospitality Action, with special guest chefs Tom Kerridge, Claude Bosi and Sat Bains.

At Little Social, Cary Docherty cooked an impromptu feast with guest chef Greg Marchand from Frenchie using seasonal produce gathered the day before on a market ‘road trip’.

Paul Hood collaborated with special guest chef Tom Sellers of Story and Restaurant Ours at Social Eating House, located in the heart of Soho.

Lunch at Social Wine & Tapas included a stunning tapas menu by Frankie Van Loo with Barrafina’s Nieves Barragán Mohacho.

Alex Craciun, Chef Patron at Jason’s newest opening Sosharu, served up a 7-course omakase-style tasting menu with matching wine and sake pairings.

City Social’s Paul Walsh, with special guest chef Liam Smith-Laing from 100 Wardour Street, collaborated on a modern European menu, with incredible view across London.

On Monday, 6 June, in the Penthouse of The London EDITION, Jason Atherton hosted an exclusive dinner with special guest David Gandy, the world’s first male supermodel, to talk about his career to date, with Berners Tavern’s Phil Carmichael cooking an indulgent 5-course menu.

The Social Company would like to extend their utmost thanks to all suppliers who generously donated produce for Social Sunday 2016. Please visit jasonatherton.co.uk to view the full list of suppliers.

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Editor 21st June 2016

Jason Atherton’s Social Sunday raises over £50K