‘Thanks so much you have made my year’ was the sign off from John Harding in reply to our email advising him that he had won our Northcote – Villeroy & Boch competition. Having spoken with John a little earlier, it was a real joy to hear his delight at winning lunch or dinner for two and an overnight stay at Northcote. The competition details can be seen here.
The competition
The competition asked readers to identify the chefs invited to attend the Obsession Re-united Lunch that took place at Raymond Blanc’s Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons. Hosted by Villeroy & Boch, with chef patron Nigel Haworth and business partner Craig Bancroft of Northcote, the guest list included: Fergus Henderson, The Galvin brothers, Eric Chavot and many more including Northcote head chef Lisa Allen together with Gary Jones.
Readers were asked to identify as many of the chefs in attendance as possible from the review article and a gallery on the H&C News Facebook page – not an easy task.
Nigel Haworth, Chef Patron & Lisa Allen, Head ChefThe winner
From over fifty entries only two named all the chefs, so as we then had two expert chef spotters naming all correctly it was down to telling us – in no more than 25 words – why they would love to win this sensational visit to Northcote.
John’s entry read: ‘I would love to surprise my wife for our anniversary with a stay at Northcote and experience the finest Northern hospitality and amazing food.’ Well done, John, and we look forward to publishing his review of his visit with his wife.
*Although there was only one prize Villeroy & Boch were so impressed with another entrant, Andy Betly who also named all but was pipped to the post by John Harding’s 25 words, they have awarded him a £250 Amraha voucher, nice touch Villeroy & Boch!
We would like to thank…
- All our readers who entered the competition: it wasn’t easy and would have taken most of you a considerable time – we appreciate your efforts.
- Raymond Blanc, Gary Jones and all the team at Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons for hosting the ‘perfect’ Obsession Re-united Lunch.
- Villeroy & Boch and Northcote for inviting us to the Obsession Re-united Lunch at Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons and for running the competition with us.