Food is GREAT Britain launch at 10 Downing Street
On Monday 30 April more than 150 of the finest chefs, restaurateurs and food producers in Britain were invited by the Rt Hon David Cameron MP, Prime Minister to celebrate the launch of Food is GREAT Britain at 10 Downing Street.
The Sustainable Restaurant Association organised the event in conjunction with VisitBritain and the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to celebrate the best of British food. Food is GREAT Britain will now form a key part of the Britain is GREAT campaign to attract businesses and visitors to Britain.
Here are a few pictures of last night’s festivities: Photographs taken by Zoe Norfolk
Raymond Blanc, Elena Arzak, Ferran Adria, Alex Atala, Juan Mari Arzak, Michel Roux Jnr, Thomas Keller, Rick Stein, Bret Graham
Brett Graham and Tom Kitchin
Michel Roux Jnr and Gordon Ramsay
Michel Roux Jnr and Atul Kochhar
Chefs wearing their whites proudly, from left; Rick Stein, Thomas Keller, Bret Graham, Alex Atala, Ferran Adria, Thomasina Miers, Elena Arzak, Michel Roux Jnr, Juan Mari Arzak, Raymond Blanc
Click here to watch six of the most celebrated chefs in Britain: Raymond Blanc, Brett Graham, Angela Hartnett, Fergus Henderson, Atul Kochhar and Ruth Rogers extol the virtues of British food in this film made for VisitBritain’s GREAT Britain campaign in association with the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA).
To watch the video from the Sustainable Restaurant Association reception at Number 10, click here