The owner of an Old Windsor restaurant has been crowned Champion of Champions in a BBC Two cooking show.
Adam Handling, chef and owner of Adam Handling Restaurant Group and owner of The Loch & The Tyne in Old Windsor, successfully made his way through to the banquet in this year’s Great British Menu on BBC Two.
On Friday, March 31 viewers saw the talented chef wow banquet guests and judges with his trifle-inspired ‘Food Fight’ dessert. This included members of the British animation and illustration industries.
With an entire meal to develop, the Michelin star chef took inspiration from his favourite literary classic and contemporary works with a nod to his Scottish routes.
The coveted award-winning dessert was inspired by Dundee publishers, DC Thomson to mark the 80th anniversary of the Beano and Dandy.
Adam recreated the ‘trifle chaos’ with his throwable custard, smashable cake and wobbly jelly.
His starter of Hen of the Woods mushrooms, potato and crispy nettles, ‘The mouse that saved the lion’, was inspired by one of the episodes in the BBC’s Five Fables animated series, based on Aesop’s Fables and narrated by Billy Connolly.
The inspiration for his fish course was Disney’s animation ‘Brave’, set in the Highlands. Named 'A Princess should not have weapons...'.
The dish was comprised of a beautiful piece of barbecued salmon - as shot with a bow and arrow by Princess Merida of the clan Dunbroch - served with wild garlic capers and a whey sauce.
‘The Wind in the Willows’ book by Kenneth Grahame sets the theme for Adam’s main course, 'Ratty's Picnic', where Adam created a mouth-watering feast that evokes the excitement that Mole felt.
He adds a real personal touch by serving his picnic with a bottle of ‘granny’s ginger beer’, which he made using his grandmother’s own recipe.
The chefs entire menu throughout the competition demonstrated his commitment to sustainability and reducing food waste.
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