Fresh from the Michelin Star announcements, Birmingham’s best chefs gathered on Tuesday 2 October and Wednesday 3 October to commemorate 25 years of Simpsons – the restaurant credited for raising the bar of the region’s culinary scene.
All but one of The Midland’s Michelin star holders (Paul Foster from the recently awarded Salt was unable to attend) was cooking or dining over a two night celebration.
Simpsons has organised a series of collaboration dinners to celebrate turning a quarter of a century. On Tuesday, former Simpsons chefs Andy Waters, James Cross, Matt Cheal and Glynn Purnell joined Simpsons owner Andreas Antona and executive chef Luke Tipping at the pass. Fellow Michelin star holders Adam Stokes, Brad Carter and Rob Palmer sat down to enjoy torte of crab, avocado smoked salmon, sauce gazpacho, duo of lamb, aromatic couscous, apricots, pine nuts and apple tarte fine, caramel sauce, tonic bean ice-cream – all inspired by dishes from Simpsons’ 25 year history.
Wednesday saw former Simpsons chefs Adam Bennett, Andy Waters, Jeremy Toth and Nathan Eades in the kitchen cooking a four course dinner featuring the restaurants most popular dishes from over the years.
More than 140 diners attended over the two nights and the next collaboration dinner with Tom Kerridge on Tuesday 23 October has already sold out.
