All-star chef line-up to mark 50 years of Intercontinental London

To mark 50 years of InterContinental London Park Lane, Theo Randall will be joined by Jamie Oliver, Angela Hartnett, Francesco Mazzei and Jacob Kenedy, some of the UK’s most respected chefs, for one night only on 4 September.

Hosted at Theo Randall Cucina Italiana, the restaurant Randall has served as chef-patron for almost two decades, the evening will bring together a group of chefs with deep professional ties and a shared passion for Italian cooking. Randall worked alongside Oliver during his 15 years at The River Café, where he led the kitchen when it earned its first Michelin star in 1997. Kenedy, Mazzei and Hartnett have all established themselves among the country’s foremost leaders in Italian cuisine.

The menu

The five-course menu, created collaboratively by the chefs, will be served at the event and throughout September at Theo Randall Cucina Italiana. Proceeds from the dinner will support The Felix Project, a charity dedicated to reducing food waste and feeding those in need.

From Kenedy, diners can expect a trio of crudi, including bocca di lupo with sea bream carpaccio with rosemary oil, bluefin tuna tartare with raw porcini and ovoli, and raw langoustine with thyme.

Hartnett will do a seasonal salad made with summer produce featuring buffalo mozzarella and coco de paimpol. Randall’s tortelli di zucca con salsa ai funghi porcini – fresh pasta filled with delica squash and ricotta with porcini mushroom sauce – will follow. For mains, Mazzei will serve porchetta-style Suffolk red pork belly and, for pudding, Oliver will create his signature chocolate tart.

The evening's wine parings will be curated by guest sommelier Luca Dusi of Passione Vino, selecting premium Italian pours to complement each course.

“It’s a pleasure to come together with fast friends and former colleagues alike to celebrate Italian dining and fifty years of InterContinental London Park Lane, in the place I have called home for the past nineteen years,” says Randall. 

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