The chef Adam Handling is to welcome Dublin star Mickael Viljanen for a four-hands dinner at Frog this month as the two put on a £350 menu.
Viljanen is the chef behind the two Michelin-starred Chapter One in the Irish capital, widely regarded as one of the best fine dining restaurants in Ireland.
He’ll be in London for one night only and follows the first Krug Champagne-backed “Friends of Frog” event with Angelo Sato of Humble Chicken.
Viljanen will join Handling for a seven-course dinner to showcase the UK and Ireland’s best produce, including Cornish crab and wagyu beef.
A starter of scallops with black truffle, smoked eel and rye will precede wagyu with tandoor cauliflower and wasabi, as well as barbecued veal with veal sweetbreads, peas and Rossini Kaluga caviar.
There’ll be snacks too and snacks from both chefs, while the finale will come by way of Handling’s new chocolate shop.
Handling said the dinner is personal to him, as “one of the most memorable meals of his life” came about at Chapter One in Dublin, and praised Viljanen’s “artistry, precision, and creative power in the kitchen”.
Other dinners are on the way as part of the series: Aktar Islam (Opheem, Birmingham) will cook on July 14, and Stephen McLaughlin (Restaurant Andrew Fairlie, Gleneagles) will be in town on July 21.
Tickets are £350 per person, excluding drinks and service.
34-35 Southampton Street, WC2E 7HG, frogbyadamhandling.com
