Showcasing four seasonal pop-up dinner events at different off-grid locations throughout the year with resident chef James Whetlor (Ex-River Cottage and Cabrito).
Dining in Plain Sight is a new nomadic food experience hosting outdoor dining events, taking place in remarkable locations all over the country, serving hyper-seasonal, restaurant-style canapés and a three-course menu cooked over fire.
Dates are confirmed for the Spring and Summer editions of Dining in Plain Sight, taking place in Wiltshire and Hampshire. Launching for the season on 23rd April (St George’s Day) the Spring event will run for eight exclusive evenings by the lake at Quarry Wood on the Fonthill Estate, set within nine thousand acres of outstanding natural beauty in the heart of Wiltshire.
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Disappearing for several months, Dining in Plain Sight will remerge for the summer edition in June and July, located at Featherstone Flowers, a sustainable British flower farm and florist in the beautiful Test Valley, Hampshire.
New locations will be announced soon for the Autumn and Winter events.
Devon based and ex-River Cottage chef, James Whetlor is Dining in Plain Sight’s resident chef for the duration of pop ups.
A regular on the events and festival circuit including River Cottage Food Fair, Abergavenny, Ludlow Food Festival, Wilderness, Food Rocks and Meatopia, James is perhaps best known as the founder of ethical meat company, Cabrito.
Sample dishes from his food cooked on fire menu include lamb tartare and wild garlic; scallops cooking in their shells, kefir, tarragon and pangrattato; sirloin, Jersey royals and asparagus and for pudding, grilled rhubarb, honey sabayon and toasted seed crumble.
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A small and exclusive wine list has been chosen by Dining in Plain Sight’s sommelier including a glass of English sparkling wine with canapés, on arrival.
Dining in Plain Sight’s Director Rob Mackay and Designer Lulu Beasley comment, “We are very excited to be launching Dining in Plain Sight this Spring. Curating an exclusive seasonal dining experience by elevating the art of dining into a celebration of food and nature with a menu cooked over fire provides the ultimate antidote to our digitally saturated and over-connected culture. We hope our guests make new friends whilst bonding over food and flames and the joy of cooking and dining in the comfort of our custom-built clear glass marquee designed to immerse our guests into the very fabric of the experience. We look forward to a year of wonderful events with Dining in Plain Sight. No sooner than we have popped up we disappear until the next season, leaving no trace other than memories.”
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James Whetlor comments, “I have built my whole career on a love of food and fire; there aren’t many ingredients which aren’t made more delicious after a lick of smoke and time on a grill. Living so local to Fonthill Estate means I have trusted supplier connections built over years cooking and supplying restaurants and the hospitality industry. We will be using ingredients from local farmers, growers, fisherman, cheesemakers and vineyards, ensuring all our ingredients are produced by those who share the same values as us.”
Tickets are £220 per person and can be reserved by emailing reservations@dininginplainsight.co.uk.
