The judging panel for the Street Food Awards is the most prestigious assembled for a British food competition. Ever. It will be chaired by me, but I’ll be joined by Richard Corrigan, Fay Ripley, Antony Worrall Thompson, Jan Matthews and Bob Fox.
Given its Michelin-starred status, Richard Corrigan‘s cooking is surprisingly simple. It’s not ‘pile and drizzle’. Like my colleague from Channel 4’s Cookery School says, “simplicity is the greatest sophistication” – he was a natural to judge the British Street Food Awards.In fact, he won his first star with a burger – at the Fulham Road restaurant. The burger was made from rump steak, bone marrow, sauteed white onion and marjoram. Like the best of the mobilers, Richard doesn’t mess with the ingredients – he lets them sing for themselves.
Growing up, FAY RIPLEY’s father never allowed her eat sweet things – she had to leave home to have puddings. But she’s making up for it now.I first met the star of shows such as Cold Feet and Reggie Perrin on Full On Food – a BBC2 series I hosted a few years back. She was cooking meringues in front of a live studio audience. Brave woman. She’s a serious foodie, and her hit cookbook Fay’s Family Food was recently voted Mumsnet’s Cookery Book Of The Year.
Antony Worrall Thompson is a celebrity chef, restaurateur and television presenter. His self-deprecating style has earnt him a huge following, and he’s done more to democratise cooking than anyone else in Britain.
JAN MATTHEWS is Head of Catering for London 2012. So don’t expect smalltalk – she’s got a meeting to go to. She was our guest at the first British Street Food Awards, last year in Ludlow, and was so impressed by what she saw that she wants the winner of this year’s Awards to win the right to trade at the Olympics. With 9 million people coming to London for the festival of sport, all we need to resolve now is the slight issue of scaling-up……
Given its Michelin-starred status, Richard Corrigan‘s cooking is surprisingly simple. It’s not ‘pile and drizzle’. Like my colleague from Channel 4’s Cookery School says, “simplicity is the greatest sophistication” – he was a natural to judge the British Street Food Awards.In fact, he won his first star with a burger – at the Fulham Road restaurant. The burger was made from rump steak, bone marrow, sauteed white onion and marjoram. Like the best of the mobilers, Richard doesn’t mess with the ingredients – he lets them sing for themselves.
Growing up, FAY RIPLEY’s father never allowed her eat sweet things – she had to leave home to have puddings. But she’s making up for it now.I first met the star of shows such as Cold Feet and Reggie Perrin on Full On Food – a BBC2 series I hosted a few years back. She was cooking meringues in front of a live studio audience. Brave woman. She’s a serious foodie, and her hit cookbook Fay’s Family Food was recently voted Mumsnet’s Cookery Book Of The Year.Antony Worrall Thompson is a celebrity chef, restaurateur and television presenter. His self-deprecating style has earnt him a huge following, and he’s done more to democratise cooking than anyone else in Britain.JAN MATTHEWS is Head of Catering for London 2012. So don’t expect smalltalk – she’s got a meeting to go to. She was our guest at the first British Street Food Awards, last year in Ludlow, and was so impressed by what she saw that she wants the winner of this year’s Awards to win the right to trade at the Olympics. With 9 million people coming to London for the festival of sport, all we need to resolve now is the slight issue of scaling-up……
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