Top chefs team up to cook up thousands of pounds for charity

Hospitality was hit hard by the challenges brought about by the pandemic but four Yorkshire chefs teamed up to cook up some cash for national charity – Hospitality Action, which aims to support hospitality workers suffering in the face of adversity.

Hosted at the West Park Hotel in Harrogate the sellout charity dinner saw guests tastebuds tantalised by a deliciously decadent four-course feast and raised over £9425 for the charity.

The first chef to take to plate was Will Webster, head chef at two rosette Shibden Mill Inn, who began the evening by whetting guest’s appetites with his delicious starter – pea, crab, buttermilk, apple marigold.

The main course came from Provenance Inn’s – the owner of the West Park Hotel – very own group executive chef, Jason Wardill who served guests the a choice of treacle cured fillet of beef with short rib croquettes or a delicious vegetarian option of spiced roast cauliflower with a chickpea tagine.

A pre-desert of orchard fruits and Yorkshire honey came from Steph Moon, who is passionate about using local produce and has many accolades to her name.

Before the dinner was rounded off with a dessert from MasterChef finalist and award-winning chef patron of Vice and Virtue, Jono Hawthorne, with his signature dish from his time on the TV show – Mushroom Tiramisu.

Wardill, the whole event said: “There has never been a more important time to support such an amazing charity and we are over the moon to have raised thousands. The charity, who support those in the hospitality industry, gace £1.4 million to those in need in 2020 alone. We’d like to thank those that came and supported the event, and also to our fantastic Provenance partners who donated produce for the menu and experiences for the auction”