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Lower Slaughter Manor Chef Takes Silver at International Culinary Competition
Posted on 07/06/2007
von Essen’s Lower Slaughter Manor in Gloucestershire are celebrating the international success of their head chef David Kelman - a member of the silver medal-winning Welsh National Culinary Team at the recent American Culinary Classic in Chicago.
David was chosen to head the pastry section as part of a team of twelve top Welsh chefs, and prepared a cold dessert buffet table including a range of five desserts, five petit fours plates and David’s own specially created celebration of national flavour - Hot Chocolate and Peanut Butter Pudding with Banana Ice Cream, Banana Marshmallow and a Nut Squash and Orange Puree.
This week, the Welsh team marked their return to the UK by cooking for the Royal Family at the opening of the third Welsh Assembly at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff. The team prepared a four-course meal for 260 guests, including the Queen, Prince Philip, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall.
David joined Lower Slaughter Manor as head chef in May 2006. The property, which is a Grade II listed building situated in the picturesque village of Lower Slaughter in the Cotswolds, has recently benefited from a £2million refurbishment which included a revamp of its award-winning restaurant.
For further information on the Welsh National Culinary Team, visit: www.welshculinaryassociation.com
Notes to Editors:
The American Culinary Classic is one of the world’s most high-profile culinary competitions, with national teams entered from all over the world, including the USA, Canada, Italy, Germany, New Zealand and Switzerland. The event took place in Chicago on 19-22 May at the National Restaurant Association’s ‘Restaurant, Hotel–Motel Show’ in McCormick Place. For further information on the American Culinary Classic, visit: www.restaurant.org/show
The von Essen private collection of hotels comprises The Classic Set which includes Cliveden, Berkshire, The Royal Crescent Hotel in Bath, Lower Slaughter Manor in Lower Slaughter, Ston Easton Park near Bath, Thornbury Castle near Bristol, Sharrow Bay in the Lake District, Buckland Manor in Broadway and Ynyshir Hall in Wales; The Country Set which includes Hunstrete House near Bath, Bishopstrow House, Warminster, Congham Hall in Norfolk, New Park Manor in the New Forest, Lewtrenchard Manor in Devon, The Mount Somerset in Taunton, Washbourne Court in Lower Slaughter, Dalhousie Castle in Bonnyrigg near Edinburgh, The Greenway in Cheltenham and Homewood Park near Bath; The Family Set which includes Woolley Grange in Wiltshire, Fowey Hall in Cornwall, Moonfleet Manor in Dorset, The Elms near Worcester, and Ickworth Hall in Suffolk; and The Continental Set which consists of Château de Bagnols near Lyon in France.
For further information about any of the von Essen hotels, visit the website: www.vonessenhotels.com. Images of all von Essen properties are available to download from the online image gallery at www.vonessenmedia.co.uk.
For further press information about any von Essen properties please contact Lisa Donohue or Emma Doherty at Brighter PR on 020 7603 2168
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