Papillon teams up with La Cave a Fromage to celebrate British cheese

25th September 2009, 11:32am

Chelsea restaurant Papillon has teamed up with cheese shop La Cave á Fromage to create a six course cheese feast in honour of British Cheese Week, which kicks off this weekend.

Papillon head chef Tom Hempstead has worked closely with La Cave á Fromage's resident fromagier, Todd Bridge, to design a cheese lover's dream menu of six dishes, all centred around British cheeses.

Dishes on the menu include leek and Lincolnshire poacher soup, gratin of smoked haddock with Isle of Avalon Dijon mustard glaze, and to finish, warm pancake with cream cheese, raisin, rum and citrus filling served with vanilla ice cream.

Todd Bridge, fromagier and general manager at La Cave á Fromage, said: "Gone are the days when the only recognised British cheese was Cheddar or Stilton. We are constantly visiting farms the breadth of the country to uncover new gems, such as the Barkham Blue, which is made by a woman in Berkshire who started out draining the curds in her bathroom – two years later she was All British Champion."

Hempstead added: "While my kitchen training is classically French, there are so many beautiful cheeses to celebrate from around the British Isles that often get overlooked. The menu we have created takes people on a tour of our country's finest, from Lincolnshire Poacher to Berkshire's Barkham via Surrey's Isle of Avalon."

He concluded: "British Cheese Week marks the start of an ongoing relationship between Papillon and La Cave á Fromage. We will be working with the team to create amazing, rare cheese boards and hosting cheese and wine evenings for our customers."

The menu will cost £48 per head and will be available from 26 September to 4 October.

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