Absolute Taste to be joined by top chefs for Art15

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The award-winning catering company Absolute Taste headed by Lyndy Redding will be liaising with top chefs to prepare menus for Food 4 Art , the pop-up restaurant at Art15, in Olympia, London.Barrafina Chefs from Barrafina, The Clove Club, Gymkhana and Colony Grill Room will bring their style of cuisine and dishes to the successful art fair on four consecutive days starting from 20th May. For the Collectors Preview and First Night on Wednesday 20th May, the Spanish tapas restaurant Barrafina will provide the food in the Art15 Collectors Lounge. On the following three days visitors to the fair can make a reservation in the restaurant and choose from specially devised menus developed by head chefs from Gymkhana, The Clove Club, and Colony Grill Room of Chris Corbin and Jeremy King’s first hotel, The Beaumont. Gymkhana-Dosa, Chetinaad Duck, Coconut ChutneyThe participants were invited by Fay Maschler, restaurant critic of London’s Evening Standard, who comments: “There is particular pleasure in pushing at open doors and in my experience ace chefs and restaurateurs are always keen to be allied to art and also engage with an international audience alive to all the senses”. Art15 takes place from 20-23 May 2015 hosting 150 galleries representing 40 countries and 500 artists. In this its third year, the fair will welcome over 30,000 collectors and art aficionados to Olympia over the four days. Owner of Absolute Taste Lyndy, said: “We are all very excited to work with these amazing chefs and their restaurants and feel very honoured to be part of their world for a short time. The experience for my chefs to work alongside them is very inspirational and exciting, and gives them another insight into the world of restaurant’s, which is invaluable.  Buttermilk Chicken - Credit PA Jorgensen - The Clove Club "The whole process is a journey with each of them and all slightly different which is one of the things we love about doing what we do. We become great friends along the way and always keep in touch in the future." Reservations at Food 4 Art are available to Art15 VIPs and ticket holders. To book a table email [email protected] or head to their website for more info www.artfairslondon.com About Art15: Art15 is London’s global art fair, showcasing leading contemporary and modern art from across the world for its third edition this May. In addition to the presentation of international galleries, the Fair hosts a parallel programme of curatorial initiatives, projects with institutions and non-profits, and educational programming. Art15 brings together works from both emerging and established art markets around the world.
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Editor 12th May 2015

Absolute Taste to be joined by top chefs for Art15