Entries are now open for this year’s Gosset Matchmakers – the competition where young somms team up with young chefs to create an inspirational food pairing with these top-class champagnes. If you were thinking of entering, or encouraging one of your colleagues to enter (and you totally should because it’s a lot of fun withContinue reading “Everything you need to know about Champagne Gosset and tips on how to match its wines with food”
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Le Cordon Bleu | 2022 Winners
Harpers | 2022 Winners announced
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News Release: 2022 Finalists and Judges
GOSSET MATCHMAKERS is a competition, now in its seventh year, in which teams pair their best gastronomic hand with the finest of wines, competing for the coveted title of Gosset Matchmaker of the Year 2022. The results are in, and the six teams below have made it through to the finals, which will take placeContinue reading “News Release: 2022 Finalists and Judges”
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Match of the Week by Fiona Beckett
Award-winning food and wine writer Fiona Beckett attended the 2021 final of Gosset Matchmakers. Find out what she discovered and what dish she chose as ‘Match of the Week’. Not many producers take food and wine pairing as seriously as champagne house Gosset which sponsors an annual ‘Matchmakers’ competition for young sommeliers and chefs whichContinue reading “Match of the Week by Fiona Beckett”
The Drinks Business | 2021 Winners
Eloise Feilden writes about Sommelier Matthew Davison and chef Adam Eyre winning this year’s competition, hosted by the oldest wine house in Champagne. READ MORE by THE DRINKS BUSINESS
The Buyer | 2021 Winners
Fischer’s at Baslow Hall in Derbyshire won yesterday’s Gosset Matchmakers Final 2021, with its young sommelier and chef team judged to have made the perfect two dishes to match Gosset’s Grande Blanc de Blancs and Grande Reserve. Our drinks editor Peter Dean had a ringside seat to capture the rising tension as five of theContinue reading “The Buyer | 2021 Winners”
2020 Finalists
The Fordwich Arms, Kent – Sommelier Elliott Ashton-Konig and sous chef KieranBellerbyThe Fat Duck, Berkshire – Sommelier Nikos Emner and chef Dawid KoszykowskFischer’s Baslow Hall, Derbyshire – Sommelier Matthew Davison and chef Alice HillL’Enclume, Cumbria – Sommelier Lise Donier-Meroz and chef Kieran McGarrigle