Relais & Chateaux 60th Birthday Gourmet Gala

SIXTY years after Relais & Châteaux was founded with a mission to
delight travellers on their way across France, the association’s UK &
Ireland delegation is holding a gourmet relay travelling the
length and breadth of the British Isles. 

The launch takes place at Cliff House Hotel in Ardmore, Co. Waterford, Ireland, on April 27 and one by one, over the four months of summer 2014, each of the 35 member properties will unveil its original 60th Anniversary Tasting Menu at a celebratory dinner, offering it to guests in the restaurant thereafter. An autographed first edition of each 60th Anniversary Tasting Menu, signed by the chef and general manager, will be lodged in a commemorative Relais & Châteaux 60th anniversary album.  

As part of the relay each chef will carry the volume, Olympic-torch style, by air, land or sea on the next stage of its journey until it crosses the finish in style at The Goring in London on September 16. One of the chefs taking part is pictured above – Alain Roux of the legendary Waterside Inn, Bray – while famous dining rooms involved include that at Cliveden House, below.

To reserve a place at one of the Relais & Châteaux UK & Ireland 60th
Anniversary Gourmet Celebration dinners visit: www.relaischateaux60.com or call 0800 2000 0002;   The 60th Anniversary Menus will be available to view online and offered in respective restaurants throughout the summer 2014. Prices start from £100 per person. The same website also contains details of R&C’s worldwide birthday celebrations.