The menu has been confirmed for the 2014 Building Better Healthcare Awards ceremony at The Brewery in central London on 5 November.
Executive chef, Tom Gore, and head chef, Steve Connell, have put together a seasonal menu, which begins with smoked mackerel with a boiled potato salad of green herbs, capers and olives, served with a shallot puree and apple balsamic gel finished with heritage beets. For vegetarians, there is truffle heritage beet carpaccio with tomatoes, gorgonzola, a seeded cracker, balsamic, pea shoots, and pesto.
The vegetarian option is a beetroot carpaccio
For main course, meat-eaters will enjoy a loin of lamb with mini lamb cake, crushed parsnips, poached broccoli stem, and potato galette, finished with puy lentil jus. Alternatively, there is a meat-free dish of chickpea and aubergine fritters with a rich tomato and garlic sauce, spiced sumac vegetables and polenta and herb relish.
The meat main will be loin of lamb with mini lamb cake
All diners will end with a dessert of nut and raisin brownie with cocoa mousse, tangerine sorbet, a chocolate shard and chocolate meringue nibs.
There will then be petit fours and tea and coffee, prior to the awards ceremony beginning.
Guests will drink a choice of Riva Leone Gavi (2012) or Montepulciano d’Abruzzo (2012).
The judges are currently examining more than 200 entries to this year’s competition before choosing their winners. Following on from the success of the 2013 awards, the winners, the highly commended and the finalists will be announced at the awards ceremony itself. The judges will be awarding a winner and a highly commended in each category. The judges can award more than one winner or highly commended in a category where more than one project is worthy of special merit. In the event there are two winners in a category the judges reserve the right not to award a highly commended. The judges also reserve the right to only award a winner or highly commended in a category where they feel there are not enough entries worthy of special merit
Tables at the dinner are selling out fast, so book now to reserve your seat. Please contact the Building Better Healthcare Awards team at BBHAwards@hpcimedia.com or call 02071936654/ 02071931641.
The vegetarian main course option is chickpea and aubergine fritters