The ‘Godfather of modern cooking’, Marco Pierre White, is to headline this year’s Margaret River Gourmet Escape; a culinary extravaganza of events hosted by over 40 of the world’s leading food and wine personalities, showcasing the best of WA and the Margaret River Wine region.
The Masterchef Guest Chef famed for his empire of London restaurants and fiery temperament, was the youngest chef to win three Michelin stars, and this year celebrates the 25th anniversary of his cookbook, White Heat, “the coolest cookbook ever written”. Marco Pierre White was mentor to the likes of Gordon Ramsay and Mario Batali, the British Chef will engage with Margaret River Gourmet Escape’s audience and showcase quintessential produce and wine from the South West.
One of the most anticipated events across the three-day festival will see Marco host a Q&A over dinner at the exquisite Vasse Felix winery with his alumni Jock Zonfrillo, Richard Turner and Spencer Patrick. These great chefs will re- create signature dishes that the then young chefs had to produce under Michelin starred pressure from the kitchens of Marco Pierre White’s eponymous restaurants.
“The Australian food scene fascinates me so I am especially excited to return and be part of this extraordinary festival and explore the diversity of incredible produce and wine from this beautiful region, Margaret River. Joining me is an impressive line up of international talent who feel the same way from Mexico to Russia, Chile and Thailand.
Audi is this years Presenting Partner collaborating alongside some of Australia’s best cooking talent including Guillaume Brahimi and Aria’s Matt Moran.
From all corners of the world, an incredible and unique coming together of global talent, six of whom are from the *S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best list will join Marco on the Margaret River stage to inspire and excite guests through a mutual respect of biodiversity and sustainability making their trip to a region rich in these practices.
- Marco Pierre White (headline chef)
- Gaggan Anand (Gaggan, Bangkok) *No. 10
- Rick Stein (Chef & Restaurateur, UK)
- David Thompson (Nahm, Bangkok) *No. 22
- Jeannie Cho Lee (Master of Wine, Hong Kong)
- Enrique Olvera (Pujol, Mexico City) *No. 16
- Sat Bains (Restaurant Sat Bains with Rooms, Nottingham)
- Ashley Palmer-Watts (Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, London) *No. 7
- Rodolfo Guzman (Boragó, Santiago) *No. 42
- Shane Osborn (Acarne Restaurant, Hong Kong)
- Vladimir Mukhin (White Rabbit, Moscow) *No. 23
- Ryan Clift (The Tippling Club, Singapore)
- Fulvio Pierangelini (Irene Restaurant, Florence)
- Lisa Perrotti-Brown (Master of Wine, Singapore)
- Richard Turner (Hawksmoor, London)
- Ch’ng Poh Tiong (Wine Journalist, Hong Kong)
- Chele Gonzalez (Gallery Vask, Manila)
- Sam Leong (Forest, Singapore)
- Chris Salans (Mosaic, Bali)
- Tetsuya Wakuda (Tetsuya’s Restaurant, Sydney)
- Matt Moran (ARIA, Sydney)
- Jock Zonfrillo (Orana and Street-ADL, Adelaide)
- David Moyle (Franklin, Tasmania)
- Mark Best (Marque Restaurant, Sydney)
- Matt Preston (Food Journalist & Restaurant Critic, Melbourne)
- Ryan Squires (Esquire, Brisbane)
- Joost Bakker (Melbourne based artist)
- George Calombaris (The Press Club, Melbourne)
- Guillaume Brahimi (Guillaume, Sydney)
- Hadleigh Troy (Restaurant Amuse, Perth)
- Adriano Zumbo (Adriano Zumbo, Sydney)
- Ben Milgate (Porteño, Sydney)
- Elvis Abrahanowicz (Porteño, Sydney)
- Josh Whiteland (Wadandi man, Margaret River)
- Matt Stone (Oakridge Wines, Yarra Valley)
- Nick Stock (Wine Writer, Melbourne)
- Oliver Gould (Stokehouse, Melbourne)
- David Hull (Cullen Wines, Margaret River)
- Aaron Carr (Vasse Felix, Margaret River)
- Dany Angove (Leeuwin Estate, Margaret River)
- Anna Gare (Celebrity Cook, Australia)
- Nigel Harvey (Voyager Estate, Margaret River)
- Melissa Kokoti (Xanadu, Margaret River)
- Poh Ling Yeow (Celebrity Cook & Author, Australia)
- Michael Elfwing (Cape Lodge, Margaret River)
- Ben Day (Aravina Estate, Margaret River)
Event Details
Dates: 20 – 22 November 2015
To see the full program of events, visit www.gourmetescape.com.au
Tickets now available through Ticketek – www.ticketek.com.au
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