18th September, 2017

What an amazing night!  Ace Hotel Shoreditch generously opened the 7th floor and Rooftop to guests of Magic Dinner 2017, providing a stunning venue with fabulous views of the City of London, plus drink and food for the After Party.  

Cocktails and delicious snacks got the evening off to a fine start, followed by an absolutely superb four course, sit-down dinner cooked by top London chefs who had come together, from their different restaurants, for the night. The evening was co-hosted by Grace Dent and Jonny Woo. 

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Snacks by Freddie Janssen & Sebastian Myers

(Snackbar) 

Crab Parker House Roll & Lovage Crisps

&

Raw Dexter, Clam Mayo & Preserved Lemon Tostada

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First Course by Jeremy Lee

(Quo Vadis)

Three Smoked Fishes

Arbroath smokie with green bean and potato salad

Miniature smoked eel sandwich

Bloater paste crostini

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Second Course by Nuno Mendes

(Chiltern Firehouse)

Slow Baked Sea Trout, barley, miso, fennel

(served family style)

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Third Course by Andrew Clarke

(Brunswick House)

Vitello Tonnato

Aged Veal, anchovy-bonito emulsion,

Vietnamese mustard pickle, caper salt, katsuobushi.

(served family style)

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Pudding by Anna Higham

(Lyle’s)

Plum Kernel Cream, Plums & Cobnuts

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Our sincere thanks go to Ace Hotel; Fields, Morris & Verdin; Our/London; 40FT Brewery; Karma Cola; Adornment Archive; Grace Dent; Jonny Woo; Clive Watson; Daniel Willis; Augustus Bloom; Steve Ryan, everyone who bought a ticket and came along to support Magic Breakfast... and, of course, Jeremy Lee; Nuno Mendes; Andrew Clarke; Freddie Janssen; Sebastian Myers and Anna Higham. 

Photographs by Steve Ryan