Tom Aikens and Lee Westcott host one-off collaborative dinner

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This February, Tom Aikens and the Typing Room’s Lee Westcott are to host a collaborative, one-off dinner at Tom's Kitchen Chelsea. TKCH low resThe evening will begin with Tom and Lee introducing the five course tasting menu, and talking through the produce and skills involved in creating the Modern European dishes that combine the best of their experiences and creativity.

>>> Read: Lee Westcott, executive chef, Typing Room, Bethnal Green

  The menu will include, Scallops with fermented grains and lardo; Foie Gras Mousse with ham hock jelly and lentils; Smoked and Braised Beef Cheek with baked beets and beet mash; Sea Trout with kohlrabi, sprouting broccoli and pear; and a dessert of Chocolate and Blood Orange. The dinner will take place at 7pm on Tuesday, February 2, priced at £80pp including matching wines throughout. Lee Westcott spent the formative years of his career working together with Tom Aikens at his eponymous two Michelin-starred restaurant. After stints working abroad with Jason Atherton, Lee returned to the UK to become Executive Chef of the hugely successful Typing Room in Bethnal Green, as well as starring on shows such as Saturday Kitchen and Great British Menu. Tom meanwhile has been busy opening the Tom’s Kitchen restaurants across London, as well as heading up projects in Hong Kong, Dubai and Oxfordshire. For reservation email: [email protected] or call: 0207 349 0202.
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Editor 12th January 2016

Tom Aikens and Lee Westcott host one-off collaborative dinner