Goût de France 2016 gala dinner on 21 March
50 restaurants across the UK took part in Goût de France this year. Gout de France is an annual global event supported by Alain Ducasse and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with 2,000 participating restaurants worldwide this year
The dinner was prepared by Buckingham Palace’s Royal Chef Mark Flanagan, former MasterChef judge and French chef Amandine Chaignot and the French residence chef Gilles Quillot.
Guests included Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon, Justice Secretary Liz Truss, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Digital and Culture Minister Matt Hancock, actors Kristin Scott Thomas and Charles Dance, writers Jonathan Coe and Kazuo Ishiguro, the president of the Supreme Court Lord Neuberger, the director of the V&A Tristram Hunt, the FT editor Lionel Barber, the Evening Standard’s editor Sarah Sands, the New Stateman’s Jason Cowley, ITV anchor Rageh Omaar food critic Andy Hayler, the Food and Drink Federation director general Ian Wright, and many more.