About three weeks back, the 5pm Restaurant blog previewed Budding Chefs, the student exchange program between French and Scottish chefs which has taken place over the last few years.
The French gastro-voyagers have arrived. A dozen student chefs from France are currently in Scotland visiting suppliers and working short stages with chefs such as Tom Kitchin, Dominic Jack and Neil Forbes as well as gaining experience in the kitchens of the Pompadour by Galvin, The Dogs and at One Square in Edinburgh’s Sheraton.
Fred Berkmiller, chef-patron of L’Escargot Blanc and L’Escargot Bleu, and chef Mark Greenaway are overseeing the project.
The culmination of all this learning, chopping and stirring will be a four course banquet being held at The Hub this Friday night. Tickets are £40 a head and the full menu, in all its glory, can be seen here.
Your blogger will be there, hovering by the canapes.