Dan Merriman at St Leonard’s Kent
St Leonard’s in West Malling, Kent, is hosting an exclusive dinner with Masterchef: The Professionals 2024 winner, Dan Merriman
Taking place on Friday 3rd October, the evening will start at 7pm, with canapés and Kentish sparkling wine from Gusbourne Wine Estate. Each dish in the eight-course tasting menu will be cooked by St Leonard’s Head Chef Marcus Clayton and Dan Merriman and paired with specially chosen wines.
Guests can expect a luxurious menu with the best local and Autumnal seasonal ingredients including mushrooms, scallops, apples, celeriac and venison. Both chefs will make homage to their grandmothers, with Marcus’ Grandma’s trifle with lemon sponge, raspberry jelly and banana mousse and Dan’s Nana’s crumble with spiced apple compote, pickled blackberry jelly, tonka bean custard and caramelised puff pastry ice cream.
Reservations are live, costing £150 per person, including wine pairings, and can be reserved at stleonardskent.co.uk
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About St Leonard’s
Located in the pretty market town of West Malling, Kent, St Leonard’s is an independent, modern British restaurant offering seasonal dining from co-owners, chef Tom Genty and general manager Terry Brouet.
The elegant and relaxed space, with a dining area, bar and table-top seating, plus two private dining rooms, which are ideal for lavish dinner parties, working lunches, parties and Sunday lunches, showcases seasonal menus that champion bold British and European flavours, made using the excellent local produce on the restaurant’s doorstep, deep in the Garden of England.
About Dan Merriman
Dan Merriman is the current MasterChef: The Professionals champion - a title that has catapulted him into the spotlight as one of the most exciting young chefs in the UK today. At just 30, his win is the culmination of years of relentless hard work, fierce determination, and a deep love of food.
Dan has honed his skills in some of the UK’s most prestigious kitchens, training under culinary legends including Chris Lovell (ex-Head Pastry Chef for John Campbell’s two-Michelin-star restaurant) and Lisa Goodwin-Allen at Northcote Manor. Hi.
The Masterchef judges were united in their praise for Dan’s cooking. Marcus Wareing hailed his food as “fine dining at its very, very best… precise, technical and incredibly creative.”
Since his MasterChef triumph, Dan has launched ‘At Home with Dan’, offering an elevated dining experience delivered directly to people’s doors, alongside an expanding calendar of chef residencies, luxury hotel collaborations, and pop-up events across the UK and abroad.
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