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TO DINNER… Matt Powell


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att Powell has been head chef at Edinburgh’s Hotel Du Vin since it opened in 2008. Here he tells us who would make the guest list if he were to host his ultimate dinner party.


If you could invite five famous people, living or dead, to a dinner party who would they be? I am a huge footy fan so Mr Arsenal and England captain, Tony Adams, would be one of them. I’d also invite Muhammad Ali, the greatest sportsman ever; Paul Weller because I love his music, Michael Caine because I like him as an actor, and Billy Connolly - he makes me laugh and would keep everyone entertained.


Where would you host it? Bouchon bistro in Las Vegas. It’s a French bistro run by Thomas Keller and I think it is one of the best in the world. I take inspiration for many of my dishes from here.


What would you serve? Before dinner we’d drink Veuve Clicquot Grande Dame then we’d dine on a combination of my favourite dishes from some of the restaurants who do them best; steak tartare from Les Halles in New York for starters, then Choucroute a l’alsacienne – a classic casserole of sauerkraut with cured and boiled meats - from Brasserie Bofinger in Paris, washed down with a Morgon, Beaujolais. We’d finish with Eccles cakes and Mrs Kirkham’s Lancashire cheese from St John in London. Afterwards I’d bring out a botlle of 18 year old Glengoyne.


What would you talk about? Football, music and boxing I would imagine… and hopefully some good stories from Connolly and Caine.


Finally, your guests are getting bored. How would you entertain them? I’d take them out to enjoy the Vegas nightlife at a show, casino or club.


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