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 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