Chelsea Flower Show-inspired menus

Friday 16 May 2014

Tom's Kitchen. Photo by David Griffen Photography


Next week's RHS Chelsea Flower Show has inspired two restaurateurs to launch special menus inspired by the show's beautiful horticultural displays.

Tom's Kitchen has created a light and floral menu that includes crab with basil mayonnaise, cucumber and nasturtium leaf; cod with apricot rose and saffron; and courgette and pistachio risotto with courgette flowers.

Tom's Kitchen. Photo by David Griffen Photography
Tom's Kitchen. Photo by David Griffen Photography


Dessert will introduce rose-poached cherries and elderflower served with lavender panna cotta, and a special cocktail called Toms' Garden Cocktail pairs gin with hibiscus syrup, lemon juice and violet syrup.

Tom's Kitchen. Photo by David Griffen Photography


Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester will debut its Lunch Flower Menu, which includes a Vegetable Tarte in Bloom, a French cookpot of Hereford snails with wild mushroom and parsley butter, lemon sole with a spring garden, and pistachio and wild strawberry field for dessert.

Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester


We'll be reporting from RHS Chelsea Flower Show next week, with a full trend report and colour flash available to Homebuildlife subscribers shortly afterwards.

Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester