Simon Hulstone wins Santa Maria’s Tellicherry Black Pepper Recipe competition

Simon Hulstone, chef proprietor of the Elephant restaurant, has taken gold in Santa Maria’s Tellicherry Black Pepper Recipe competition, judged by Dan Doherty and Barnaby MacAdam. Competing against top chefs such as Donald Marshall, executive development chef at leading UK contract caterer Elior and Sushant Sanzgiri, sous chef at Hilton London Kensington, Simon won the competition with his roasted fillet of halibut with a Tellicherry Black Pepper and lemon cracker, Jerusalem artichoke mousse and warm tartare sauce recipe. Santa Maria Foodservice, The UK’s leading spice experts, launched the competition in order to raise awareness about the use of black pepper as a signature flavour. The competition required chefs to use Tellicherry Black Pepper as an integral ingredient, to show off the taste, flavour and aroma. Judge Dan Doherty, executive chef at Duck & Waffle said, “Simon’s dish tapped into the flavour profile of pepper using the delicate fruity notes of Tellicherry Black Pepper to create the dish. It was tough judging as all contestants really took on board the brief and explored the taste and aroma of Santa Maria’s Tellicherry Black Pepper. The atmosphere during the