On Friday the LJCC Marketing department (my colleague Mandy and I) had an outing to The Providores & Tapa Room on Marylebone High Street. This wasn’t just a social call but was all in the name of work – the fact that brunch was included was a very lovely bonus…more on that later.
The Providores is run by top New Zealand chef Peter Gordon and as well as another restaurant in London, one in Auckland, and a hectic international schedule, Peter has managed to find time to squeeze in judging our Pavlova recipe competition – part of the centenary celebrations we are having to commemorate 100 years since Anna Pavlova moved into our very own Ivy House.
So back to the food – apparently the Tapa Room, which is the all day restaurant, café and wine bar part of the restaurant (upstairs is a more formal dining room), is renowned for its brunches and regularly has people queuing round the block on a weekend. I can whole-heartedly recommend the grilled sardine & roasted tomato bruschetta, in fact my mouth is watering now just thinking about it.
Meanwhile I am very excited to say that entries for the competition are coming in thick and fast, and it is no wonder when the winning recipe, after being tried & tested by Peter Gordon, will go on the menu of The Providores for a month.
If you would like to enter, please send me your own personal “Pavlova-inspired” recipe and an optional photo of your dessert, by Sunday 15 April to julia@ljcc.org.uk. Please don’t forget to also include your name, address and phone number.
Finally, I must say many thanks to all those who offered to help me taste the recipes, however I am not one to shirk responsibilities and as challenging as it will be, I think I am ready for it!
You can find out more about the Pavlova 2012 programme of events here: http://www.ljcc.org.uk/events/genre/56-pavlova-2012.html
Great blog post! What a wonderfully written piece and such a smiley punim :)
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