Day 3 – Restaurant Sat Bains with Rooms

Penultimate day at Restaurant Sat Bains with rooms, and the Finalists are really feeling like part of the team now! The guys have been plating up Beef Tartar, producing the Milk Crisps for the dessert and of course the nitty gritty of shelling Broad Beans and making the Carrot and also Kale Purees!

cooling down at RSB with Rooms

cooling down at RSB with Rooms

Oliver spent the morning in the Pastry kitchen, and was entrusted to prepare the entire Chocolate dessert from start to finish, which was a great honour for him. His stand out moment today was the Thai Green Curry with Candy Floss, which he concluded is ‘an exceptional dish which balanced all 5 flavours to perfection’. He assisted with a brand new dish today, which was very exciting to be a part of, but he was awed by the skill and focus that goes into each of these new creations.

Harvey was seconded into the Nucleus Restaurant, where guests are encouraged to give their feedback

Chef John Freeman

Chef John Freeman

on Chefs new dishes. Harvey said ‘It was epic; we did a table of four and it is a really immersive experience, you get to have a lot of interaction with the guests and they were amazed and interested about the whole process’.

Good luck with your Final pieces gents; Saturday is going be a lot of pressure for you both but hopefully a day where you can really shine and show Sat Bains and John Freeman your own creative style and passion.

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Day 2 – Restaurant Sat Bains with Rooms

Harvey and Oliver are really getting into the flow now, with both of them fully involved in the days service and they are both loving every single minute of it!

Oliver spent the day in the hot kitchen today, where he took great pleasure in using the wood fired oven to roast fresh potatoes, as well as getting his turn with the Chicken Liver Meusli and Veal Sweetbreads, a personal favourite for Oliver.

Harvey learnt how much love and attention goes into the final dishes; prepping Grouse bones for

Dessert - Final 2017

Dessert – Final 2017

the stocks, prepping the Pigeon and flaking down confit Hare legs among other exciting elements. The Milk Dessert was ‘stunning’ and a real highlight of the day for Harvey.

Both the Finalists have been actively encouraged to try all of the food they are producing, to analyse and give their feedback on the incredible 2 Michelin Star dishes, and this has been an absolute treat for them both. The guys are just soaking up everything they see and learn and they’ll certainly remember these lessons for the rest of their respective careers.

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Day 1 at Restaurant Sat Bains with Rooms – check

07/09/2017:

The Finalists, Harvey Perttola from 1 Michelin Star Hampton Manor and Oliver Dovey from Baxter Storey, have completed day 1 of the weeks Final at Restaurant Sat Bains with Rooms.

The guys were given a warm welcome by Head Chef John Freeman, then shown to their sections and introduced to the team, including Chef Proprietor Sat Bains, who was able to dedicate his time to inducting them into the ethos and processes used in the kitchen, as well as getting to know their full time roles at Hampton Manor and Baxter Storey.

Glasshouse/herbs; Restaurant Sat Bains with Rooms

Glasshouse/herbs; Restaurant Sat Bains with Rooms

As you can imagine there was a lot of prep to get on with [!]; florets, picked melon, kale crisps, kale puree and smoked squash puree but stand out elements for them were Chicken Liver Nitro Muesli, the Coal Mayonnaise [which blew them away] and the huge variety of Herbs cultivated in the Glasshouse, which are literally ‘snipped to order’!

Keep up to date with events on here, full diaries and pictures will be published after the week has been completed.

 

 

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2 Finalists announced for 2017 Chef Stagiaire Award

The 2 lucky finalists for 2017 Chef Stagiaire have now been announced as Harvey Perttola from the Michelin Star winning team at Hampton Manor, and Oliver Dovey based at UBS in London, for Baxter Storey, the UKs leading independent Hospitality provider.

The Chefs are on their way to a week final placement at the world renowned Restaurant Sat Bains, 2 Michelin Star holder. Sat Bains has time and again proved his calibre firstly as a a Roux Scholarship Winner in 1997 then again winning the Great British Menu in 2007, as well as several years worth of Michelin awards and recognition at his own Restaurant and other projects. Please stay tuned for updates on how our 2 finalists develop over the week at Restaurant Sat Bains.

The final Winner will be off on an all expenses paid trip, firstly to the 2 Michelin star Les Sources de Caudalie in Bordeaux with Head Chef Nicolas Masse, then on again to the luxurious Six Senses Zil Pasyon in the Seychelles, part of the Worlds Best Hotel Group 2016. This is an amazing trip and we cant wait to see the winner enjoy the experience!

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