The
specially created Yorkshire menu starts with ‘Scallop custard with brown shrimp sauce’ closely
followed by ‘Yorkshire asparagus, radish, fennel & smoked haddock salad’. A main course of ‘Rack of lamb with a
pistachio crust on creamed cabbage with melting potatoes & spring onion
gravy’ will precede dessert of ‘Wakefield rhubarb & Ampleforth brandy
trifle’.
Tickets
for the four course dinner, which is available for just one night, are currently
on sale for £50 per person with all money raised going to Cancer Research UK,
Leeds Corn Exchange’s chosen charity for 2012.
After dinner, Halifax born Brian Turner will give a short talk, a mini
‘Life of Brian’, where he will trace his journey from growing up in the town to
becoming an award winning chef with a string of restaurants across the UK. A regular on TV shows including ‘This
Morning’ and ‘Ready, Steady, Cook’ since the 1990s, the chef has also been
awarded a CBE for his services to tourism and training in the catering industry
2002. Turner will also give guests a
flavour of his latest cookery book, ‘A Taste of Summer’,
which will be available to buy at the event.
Brian Turner said: “It’s a
pleasure to collaborate with Anthony and produce a menu that highlights the
diverse food offering we have in Yorkshire, from the coast to the dales. I hope that everyone who comes along to
support Cancer Research UK by attending the dinner takes away from it a
reminder of just what a great region this is for local food against the
backdrop of the striking Corn Exchange.”
Next year will mark the 150th
anniversary of Leeds Corn Exchange, one of Leeds’s most iconic buildings. The
Grade 1 listed building opened in 1863 and for decades was a thriving centre
for the exchange and sale of corn, wheat, barley, hops, seeds and oil as well
as regular farmers markets and leather fairs.
Louise
Smith, Leeds Corn Exchange Centre Manager, added: “Over the last century and a
half, Leeds Corn Exchange has been a home for food retailers and events as well
as independent Yorkshire traders and companies.
We are looking forward to welcoming everyone to celebrate the best of
our region with a wonderful, relaxed evening of outstanding food in one of the finest buildings in
Britain.”
To
buy tickets for the dinner, book online at: www.eventbrite.com/event/3421603107
