Leading culinary talent Mark Poynton has been joined by Loughborough College students to help make his Radmoor Restaurant takeover an outstanding success.
The top chef took his Michelin star and award-winning expertise behind the scenes with a 26-strong group supporting him in the kitchen and front of house for the sell-out evening.
The MJP Restaurants Chef Patron - a former Michelin-starred Alimentum Chef Patron and Head Chef at the two Michelin-starred Midsummer House - shared his expertise with the Loughborough College Hospitality and Catering students at the on-campus commercial restaurant. Together they created his five course menu of roasted cheese and onion veloute, seaweed cured salmon with buttermilk and caviar sauce and a seaweed crisp, slow roast duck leg and pistachio pastillia, sweet potato and pomelo sauce and dark chocolate brownie and mousse with blood orange jelly and sorbet.
Loughborough College Hospitality lead and chef lecturer Darren Creed, who has worked with Mark on a range of Passion to Inspire charity fundraising events, said: “His all-round dedication to the industry and to inspiring the next generation of chefs coming through is second to none. The two days he spent with us at the College provided such an informative and inspirational experience for our students, Mark was absolutely superb. He spent two days with us at the College.
“He began by talking about how he started out and his career has evolved since, including several years of keeping his Michelin stars. Mark then went on to demonstrate everything the students needed to do and then stood back to let them reproduce his fantastic techniques and precision with the dishes, only stepping in for guidance if it was needed. They gained so much – and the diners loved the results. We can’t thank Mark enough.
”It was also fantastic to have Murray Chapman from Passion to Inspire join us on the night.”
“Two of the best days I have spent in a College kitchen,” Mark Poynton added. “There was a lot of work to be done for the five course menu but the students were a pleasure to work with. Their aptitude and attitude to learning new techniques was brilliant - and the amount of questions they asked about my career - our industry and their futures !! I wish them all the very best for their futures and with great lecturers like Darren, Julie, Dan and Nic, our Industry has a chance !! "
Murray Chapman agreed:" Inspirational lecturers inspire great students - thank you for the invite. A truly wonderful day spent in the kitchen and the support you receive from parents and the public is brilliant. It’s always a pleasure - take care and never give up!! "
Pictured: Top chef Mark Poynton shares his expertise with Loughborough College students at the successful Radmoor Restaurant takeover