The Fungi Forms Feast with Roberta Hall-McCarron

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Join us at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, John Hope Gateway, for a sustainable, fungi-inspired dinner with Roberta Hall-McCarron on 14th November!

About The Fungi Forms Feast with Roberta Hall-McCarron

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Take your seats on 14th November for a fabulous fungi-inspired dinner, presented by our celebrity chef partner, Roberta Hall–McCarron. Feast on a special four course menu, plus canapes, inspired by our Fungi Forms exhibition and featuring locally produced, seasonal and sustainable food.

Whet your appetite for the main event with a ticketed, private after-hours viewing of the Fungi Forms exhibition at Inverleith House with a bespoke RBGE welcome cocktail in hand.

Menu:

Canapes:
Cucumber, smoked mackerel pate, trout roe
Hash brown, shiitake XO sauce, corn nuts
Chicory, whipped blue, seeds, honey and beer vinegar

First:
Mackerel, sunflower seed gazpacho, winter citrus

Second:
Mushroom parfait, pickled onion, port, milk bun

Third:
Venison, scotch pie, mushroom ketchup, hen of the woods

Fourth:
Hazelnut panna cotta, miso, chocolate

Petit Four:
Whey caramel chocolate

Note: Some menu items may be subject to change dependent on availability.

Roberta Hall-McCarron:

Roberta Hall-McCarron opened her first restaurant, The Little Chartroom in June 2018, followed by Eleanore in 2021 followed by a third restaurant Ardfern earlier this year.

Working in professional kitchens since the age of 16, Roberta moved to Burj Al Arab, Dubai, before returning to Scotland to work at Michelin-starred The Kitchin. Roberta was offered the opportunity to be on the opening team at Castle Terrace by Dominic Jack, where she remained for six years, three of which were spent as head chef.

It was at Castle Terrace where Roberta met now husband and front of house at The Little Chartroom, Shaun McCarron. To date, she has won accolades including Best Newcomer at Edinburgh Restaurant Awards, 2019; YBF Best Chef 2018; Eating & Drinking Award from The List Magazine; entries in Michelin Guides 2019 and 2020; UK’s Top 100 at Estrella Damm National Restaurant Awards 2020, 2022 and 2024; Breakthrough Chef of the Year at the Food and Travel Awards; Good Food Guide 2020; 100 Most Influential Women CODE. Roberta has been shortlisted for GQ Best Chef 2022 and in 2023 she became Squaremeal’s Female Chef of the Year.

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