Chef Kerth Gumbs of Ormer Mayfair teaches you how to recreate two of the restaurant's classic starters using classical techniques to create genuinely impressive dishes at home.
You'll make a delicate butternut squash velouté with Thai green curry foam and shortbread biscuit, followed by scallops with coconut, carrot, lobster butter sauce and roe. Ormer's head sommelier also guides you through the perfect wine pairings for each dish.
Part of the Tatler Dinner Party Menu collection. Includes 2 on-demand video lessons, lifetime access, downloadable notes, and a small interactive online classroom.
Chef Kerth Gumbs teaches you how to one of Ormer Mayfair restaurant's classic starters - scallops and lobster.
During this course you will learn how to create a delicate butternut squash veloute, with Thai Green curry foam and shortbread biscuit, followed by scallops adorned with coconut, carrot, lobster butter sauce and roe. You will then meet Ormer’s top wine sommelier, who will take you through the wine pairings.
At the end of this course, you will have learnt the secrets behind Kerth’s success, with a particular focus on how you can use classical cooking techniques to create impressive dishes.
This course is part of the Tatler Dinner Party menu collection of courses, presented by British chefs.
You'll learn:
how to make Ormer's classic scallop and lobster starter
which wines to pair perfectly with your starter
how to make a pumpkin and butternut velouté
The course includes:
2 on-demand video lessons - presented by Kerth Gumbs
lifetime access to the videos, notes and interactive class
flexible classes - join and learn when and where you like
downloadable lesson notes
practical cooking assignments and recipes (with tutor feedback available)
access on your mobile, PC, Mac or laptop
small interactive online classroom - chat online to students from around the world and share your creative ideas
Time to complete the Kerth Gumbs course:
Every student is different but in general we think the whole course will take around 8 hours 45 minutes to complete including:
Video lessons: 1 hours 45 minutes in total
Course notes: 30 minutes per lesson
Your cooking assignments: at least 2 hours per lesson
Interactive classroom time: 15 minutes per lesson
Tutor feedback review (Expert level): 15 minutes per lesson
You'll need:
Your lesson notes will include the full details of the ingredients you'll need, but you will be making the scallops and lobster and pumpkin and butternut velouté starters, so you'll need standard kitchen equipment.
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Showcasing his ability to put an exciting twist on basic ingredients, Kerth will take you through his process of creating a warming pumpkin and butternut squash velouté with a Thai green curry foam and a shortcrust biscuit. This starter is the perfect way to kick off your dinner party!
Next on the menu are buttery scallops adorned with coconut and carrot, lobster butter sauce and roe. Working alongside the best wine suggestions, to ensure an excellent food/wine combination.
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Kerth Gumbs
Ormer Mayfair was launched by chef Shaun Rankin, who received a Michelin star in 2005 for his first restaurant in Jersey. With executive chef and Great British Menu 2020 finalist Kerth Gumbs at its helm, Ormer Mayfair continues this celebration in the accolades it has received since opening.
Over the past four years, Kerth has put his own stamp on the menu by celebrating British cuisine with international influences. This is where his classical Le Cordon Bleu training, time in Michelin-starred kitchens, years spent learning business and managerial skills and influences from working around the world all come together, resulting in a menu that’s confident, classical, modern and playful. While the hotel that the restaurant is based in has the luxurious trappings of old-school opulence, Ormer Mayfair remains contemporary, exciting and at the forefront of London’s fine-dining scene. Kerth says that, for now, he’s focused on nurturing his team, improving the food and adapting to the struggles the hospitality industry is facing in 2020.
Ormer Mayfair has been voted one of the top five restaurants in London by the Hardens Restaurant Guide 2018 and is consistently rated as one of the top 10 restaurants in London for Fine Dining on TripAdvisor.
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