Scotch Egg Challenge 2013 at The Ship in Wandsworth

Nieves Barragan’s Fino Egg

Tuesday 17 September will see the Scotch Egg Challenge return to The Ship in Wandsworth for a third year and first time to team up with humanitarian charity Action Against Hunger with a two and a half day online auction “eggs-travaganza”.

For the event, more than 20 top restaurants and pubs will compete for the prestige of winning by a panel of experts including celebrity chef Gizzi Erskine, Kevin Love (Head Chef at Heston Blumenthal’s Michelin-starred The Hind’s Head) and Stefan Chomka (Deputy Editor of Restaurant magazine). Following the event, The Ship and Action Against Hunger will hold a two and a half day online auction to give ScotchEgg enthusiasts the chance to bid and raise funds for the charity. The auction runs from midnight on the 17th until noon on the 20th.

Participating chefs include:

• Ross Pike and Madalene Bonvini-Hamel, British Larder;
• Raymond Fulton, Bumpkin Restaurants;
• Georgian Neagu, The Canbury Arms;
• James de Jong, The Draper Arms;
• Dan Doherty, Duck & Waffle;
• Nieves Barragan, Fino and Barrafina;
• Barry Macmillan, Fish Market;
• Alexis Gauthier, Gauthier Soho;
• Dan Hartley, The George Inn Chideock;
• Gordon Ryan, The Grove;
• Rowan Babe, Henry Root;
• James Knappet; Kitchen Table;
• Sanji Thommadura, The Marquis of Westminster;
• Gillian Kingstree, Peyton & Byrne;
• Neil Wornham and Richard Bradford, Porters English Restaurant;
• Matt Reuther, Princess Victoria;
• Krzysztof Szczepanski, Queen Adelaide;
• Simon Wadham, Rivington Grill;
• Paul and Donna Berry, The Swan;
• Bartek Wojtaszuk, Thatched House;
• William Prole and Tomas Sharp, The Victoria;
• Paul Fletcher, Whyte & Brown;
• Marcus Bean, Brompton Cookery School & Restaurant;
• Kiren Puri, The Bladebone Inn;
• Barry Jones, The Castle Inn;
• Raju Ramachandran and Vivek Singh, Cinnamon Soho;
• Rob McLeary, The Modern Pantry;
• James Goldstone, Monikers Hoxton Square;
• Andrew Hill, The Red Lion at Britwell Salome; and last but not least
• Sergio Neale, Reform Social & Grill.

For more details and to find out how to cast your own bid for the nation’s favourite scotch eggs from the 2013 Scotch Egg Challenge visit scotcheggchallenge.org.

For more about Action Against Hunger, go to actionagainsthunger.org.uk.