Fifteen Events at Grand Designs Live

Last weekend me and the husband went to Grand Designs Live at Excel in London. I won an online interior design competition, so we went down to see my winning room design in the flesh! Down at the event there were various restaurants setup including the Gourmet Builders Cafe, a Seafood and Champagne Bar, and Fifteen (Jamie Oliver's restaurant). We love the Oliver, so we opted for Fifteen.

The menu was a fixed £20.95 for a main and a dessert. My husband opted for roasted free range chicken, wilted leeks and some sort of barley thing, followed by Eaton mess. I had the pea risotto and then the lavender panacotta with spiced plums (I asked them to leave off the gingerbread). All the food was fantastic, loads of it, piping hot and perfect timing.

My risotto was a white one, with fresh peas, asparagus and broad beans in it, a dash of fresh mint, and then some sort of goats cheese and chilli on top, finished with some pea shoots! Amazing flavours and textures, I'm gonna make it at home some time as I think I can guess the recipe easy peasy.

The lavender panacotta was the winner though, the best panacotta I have ever had (and I have eaten a lot!), the lavender flavour was subtle but glorious, and the plums that came with it just brilliant. The whole menu was a taste of summer, though i guess plums are autumn fruits really.

There is an article here about how Jamie does a panacotta, I just need to work out the lavender bit? I think I saw some essence at Salts Mill the other day, it seems someone is making it.