In Episode Seven the penultimate challenge for the seven trainees is bespoke celebrity dining where the demands of the client can be exacting, and where budgets know no bounds. To assist with getting his trainees to understand the rigours of celebrity dining Michel brings on board Peter Avis from Kensington Roof Gardens and top UK sommelier Gearoid Devaney, former Academy of Food and Wine Service UK Sommelier of the Year. Our trainees get to meet the rich and famous serving at The Al Habtoor Polo Challenge at Guards Polo Windsor in front of the Queen. They then get to design and create private dinner parties by meeting lots of chefs at ‘Taste of London’ before gathering elaborate table settings for their guests at The Westbury Hotel in Mayfair for three celebrities Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Diarmuid Gavin and Gok Wan.
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Find out more…
- Read the blog: Peter Avis on how to cope when it all goes wrong…
- Read the interview: Matt Wilkin on staying cool under pressure
- Download a training sheet: Dealing with complaints
- Download a career fact sheet: Restaurant Manager
- Find out more about AFWS training
- AFWS training video: opening and serving wine
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