8th December 2011
Britain’s Best Dish – The Chefs: Last Suppers
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This week, The Good Food Guide asks the Britain’s Best Dish chefs: What would your last supper be? Some scaled the heights of extravagance while others embraced the comforts of home cooking…
My wife Helen’s chilli and brown rice with homemade garlic and herb bread (and a nice bottle of old French red).
- Simon Crannage, Samuel’s at Swinton Park
Côte de boeuf with béarnaise sauce, carved at a table for two because I will not be eating on my own!
- Daniel Green, The Auberge
My last supper would have to be a cheese omelette sandwich (don’t knock it till you’ve tried it!)
- Ian Swainson, The White Room at Seaham Hall
Large black Périgord truffle baked in flaky pastry with Madeira sauce.
- Hans Schweitzer, Cotto
For starter I would have to choose oysters with shallot vinegar, washed down with a lovely cold bottle of Muscadet. Then a piece of belly pork with perfect crackling for main course, and chocolate soufflé and pistachio ice cream for dessert!
- Ludovic Dieumegard, Ludo’s at The Coopers
Crispy duck.
- Eddy Rains, The Wheatsheaf
If I were feeling up to it, it would be a small tasting menu. Scallops, followed by roasted foie gras, followed by wild sea bass on crab risotto, followed by lamb, then a small portion of goat's cheese, finishing with a crème brûlée. All washed down with a bottle of Dauvissat Grand Cru Chablis.
- John Abbey, Leatherne Bottel
My mum’s Dublin coddle.
- Lawrence Keogh, Roast
My life revolves around the provincial food we serve at the restaurant, so if I had to choose my last supper I would opt for something from South East Asia. I love the fresh, light and natural feel of most cuisines in the region, and I have been fortunate enough to experience many of them first hand during my travels.
- Tom Van Zeller, Van Zeller
Mum’s braised lamb with crispy boulangère potatoes, one of my first flavour memories - so fitting that it should be the last.
- Michael Wignall, The Latymer at Pennyhill Park Hotel