Guest chefs for Grand Designs Live

Michael Caines, Jason Atherton, Jun Tanaka and Atul Kochhar are just some of the top chefs who will be turning up the heat in the Live Kitchen Experience at Grand Designs Live later this month at the ExCeL Centre, London's Docklands.

These Michelin Star chefs will be hosting a series of Live kitchen demonstrations and workshops, bringing together a variety of different tastes and flavours from around the world and cooking up some culinary delights.

The kitchens will be road-tested by these top chefs in an attempt to encourage people to use their kitchens and start experimenting at home. A further 24 chefs from some of London and the Home Counties' top restaurants will also be facing the public gallery. These include OXO Tower's Jeremy Bloor, Patrick Williams from The Terrace, an Pengelley of Gilgamesh, Lee Bennet from Le Pont de la Tour, and Taher Jabit from Bistro One Ninety.

Meanwhile UK-wide chefs include Dominic Chapman of the Royal Oak in Berkshire, Richard Davies of Manor House in Wiltshire, Andy McKenzie Avenue Restaurant in Winchester and Michael Wignall, the Latymer Restaurant in Surrey.

These dedicated workshops will offer visitors the chance to taste and experience home cooking at its best, as well as exclusive book signings by Claire Clark, Patrick Williams, Vivek Singh, Giancarlo Caldesi, and Atul Kochhar exclusively at this year's show.

Resident chefs will also be giving outdoor demonstrations using unique cooking materials including; clay ovens, the latest outdoor BBQ's, and even the Orchard Oven as used by Jamie Oliver.

The event will be taking place from 25 April to 4 May.

Words: Maria Bracken

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