Supper clubs and pop ups are popping up everywhere! There’s a real trend for discovering new food & drink by attending one-off events like supper clubs and pop ups, that regular food events and restaurants just can’t do, at least that’s what our food & drinks trend report tells us! In light of this, we’ve compiled a list of some of the tastiest supper clubs and pop ups to attend over the next few months that will have your taste buds positively tingling! Bon Appetit!
Chocolate Supper Club
Chocolate lovers! Wherever you are in the UK, you’re going to want to head to York Cocoa House sometime soon. Their supper club includes a 2 or 3 course meal which includes – you guessed it – chocolate! You can start the evening by making your very own chocolate lollipop, wrapped and ready to take home with you after your meal. Enjoy a selection of savoury chocolate tasters for a starter, then maybe a York chocolate stout beef pie for mains, followed by a selection of fresh desserts from their chocolate counter. Why not wash down your meal with some chocolate wine or a chocolate stout? The above dishes are but a selection of what’s on offer! That’s right chocoholics, we’ve found heaven!
Where: York Cocoa House, York
When: 3 September to 14 November 2015
How Much: From £15.50
Vegan Food & Beer Tasting
Not only is there delicious vegan Mexican street food from Club Mexicana, but each dish of their’s will be paired with a tasty five points brewery beer. You’ll get to try a selection of five different dishes which include Carnitas: Shredded seitan marinated, lime and coriander, served in a corn tortilla with lettuce, pink pickled onions and sour cream; Drunken Black Beans: Black beans slow-cooked in Five Points porter, served with roasted cornbread, pomegranate molasses and pomegranate pearls. Our mouths are watering already!
Where: Look Mum No Hands! Mare St, London
When: 4-5 September 2015
How Much: From £25
Riverford Secret Supper Club
Shhh! Keep your voice down this is a secret supper club! It’s so secret we have no idea what the menu is! Luckily we have last months menu, which included Field kitchen sour dough, labneh, basil oil; Grilled baby gem, Caesar dressing, sunflower seeds, egg; Roasted Padrons (served with the welcome cocktail); Spiced Kohl Rabi & Carrot fritters with yoghurt & mint dressing; Roasted & broad beans with lemon dressing; Roasted & raw radishes with home-made curd and watermelon; and to finish Rhubarb cake with whipped lavender cream. If last months menu is anything to go by, you’re in for a treat!
Where: Yurt Lush, Bristol
When: Every Tuesday from 8 September 2015 till 10 May 2016
How Much: £30
Rebellious – Dinner with a Rebellious Nature
This supper club couldn’t be any more rebellious if it tried, as each dish served is named after some of history’s greatest rebels. You’ll be welcomed with a Marie Anoinette – a lemon thyme champagne cocktail; for starters you’ll tuck in to a Mahatma Gandi – an Indian pale ale & spiced pumpkin soup; the fish dish, William Wallace, comes next – a Scottish scallop tartare with white chocolate sherry cream, pea shoots and caviar; for mains, Martin Luthor King – a soulful smoked pork ribs, rice & beans, braised cabbage, BBQ reductions and buttermilk cornbreads; and finally for dessert, Che Guevara – a chocolate cigar with smoked citrus mousse served in an ashtray with spiced ash. Go and join this tasty revolution!
Where: Steam Coffee Shop, Swansea
When: 11-12 September 2015
How Much: £35
Birmingham Independent Food Fair 2015
This year’s Birmingham Independent Food Fair is bigger and better, with more dates, more chefs, more traders, more masterclasses, more space and – very importantly – more food! Among those joining, will be Six Eight Kafe, Loki Wine, The Southern Oven, Amantia tapas restaurant, BAKE, Cellar Door Drinks, Pip’s Hot Sauce, Kneal’s Chocolates and many more. Head along for exotic street food, chef demos, local produce and deli foods, pop-ups, a gin garden, craft beer in the park, tasting sessions, cocktails and wines- and if that wasn’t enough- there’s live music and entertainment!
Where: Millennium Point, Birmingham
When: 12-13 September 2015
How Much: From £6.50
London Pizza Festival
Pizza lovers! If you’re busy on the 13th September, cancel your plans right now because you’re going to be busy heading to the London Pizza Festival! You’ll be served six slices of outstanding pizza: one quarter-pizza from six delicious pizzerias. If that wasn’t enough Francesco & Salvatore Salvo, of Pizzeria Salvo, will be coming all the way over from Naples to share their amazing pizza with you! There will also be five UK pizza artisans battling it out for your love and your vote in the festival’s pizza competition: including Manchester’s Honest Crust, Bristol’s Bertha’s and London’s Made with Dough, Sud Italia and Yard Sale Pizza. Wash down your slices with Italian wine, Negronis, and a selection of Beavertown Brewery craft beers.
Where: Jubilee Place at Borough Market, London
When: 13 September 2015
How Much: From £8
China Town Supper Club
The Manchester Food & Drink Festival is taking you on a magical gourmet tour of Manchester’s Chinatown. You’ll meet up at the Pagoda at the heart of this fascinating district, then follow a trail round three ket culinary venues, where your guide will explain the history and introduce you to the tastes of Chinese food and tea. Then a drinks reception in the world famous Yang Sing will be followed by a special dinner in their private dining room, centred on local sourced produce and the varied traditions of Chinatown.
Where: Yang Sing, Manchester
When: 17 September 2015
How Much: £35
Beer & Chicken Wings Pairing
Hildreth Street neighbours ,Brickwood & We Brought Beer, are teaming up to bring you a tasty evening of chicken wings and beer pairing. Seven courses, designed by Brickwood head chef Jeremy Cuevas, will be paired with seven different craft beers, each chosen by We Brought Beer to pair perfectly with the food on offer. “What’s on the menu?” I hear you ask! Here you go: Chicken Wing Ramen Soup; Tamarind Wings;Thai Wings and Pickle; Smoked BBQ Wings + Slaw; Beer Glazed Wings + Hash;Buffalo Wings w/Stilton; (and finally) Pecan Pie w/Bourbon Cream. That’s a lot of wings and we can’t wait!
Where: Brickwood Coffee & Bread, London
When: 17 September 2015
How Much: £29.50
foodPark Night Market
foodPark is taking back the night with it’s ever popular Night Market! All you street food fans will be treated to an amazing evening of the best street food in Cambridge, carefully sourced drinks, live music, and other al fresco foodPark fun. Wash down all the delicious food at Pinkster’s gin bar or if you fancy a craft beer, Jolly Good Beer’s got you covered! Don’t worry if it’s a bit wet or chilly, there’s undercover seating, cosy blankets, and candles to help create the perfect atmosphere to enjoy some tasty dishes.
Where: Gravel Hill Farm, Cambridge
When: 3 October 2015
How Much: £3
Gizzi Erskine HH&Co Backstage Pop Up
Here’s a very exciting opportunity for you passionate foodies! You’ll get the chance to go behind the scenes of Hartnett Holder & Co kitchen with HH&Co Backstage – the cookery school, where you’ll join none other than Gizzi Erskine for a one day cooking course! Gizzi will be showing you how to create ‘food to nourish the body and feed the soul’, based on recipes from her latest hot of the shelves book ‘Gizzi’s Healthy Appetite’.
If you’re more about eating the food than cooking it, not to worry! Head to the Gizzi Erskine HH&Co Backstage Pop Up, where you’ll get to try some of Gizzi’s recipes as she cooks up a 3-course dinner. As well as the delicious food, you’ll all receive fizz on arrival and wine with dinner. This amazing experience will have all your foodie friends green with envy!
Where: Lime Wood Hotel: Lyndhurst, Hampshire
When: 12-13 November 2015
How Much: £90-£260
One Day Cooking Course Pop Up 3-Course Dinner
Gin & Food Pairing in Blairgowrie
Back by popular demand, Gin Club Scotland is once again teaming up with The Dalmore to offer a gin and food pairing evening. Over the space of two hours, you’ll be tasting five different styles of gin – all chosen by you – and perfectly matched with a three course complementary menu. So, if you want to take your taste buds on a tour of spicy, savoury and sweet gin and food profiles, now’s your chance. The meal will include an aperitif with a citrus-forward gin of your choice, with your ‘perfect serve’ tonic and garnish; First course – with a spicy gin of your choice; main course -with a savoury gin of your choice; Dessert-with a sweet gin of your choice; digestif, coffee & mints- with your choice of gin to close from a selection of 100 different brands. As you can see, the choice of Gin really is yours!
Where: Dalmore Inn & Restaurant, Blairgowrie
When: 13 November 2015
How Much: £40
