Full chef line-up for Obsession 2020 revealed
Culinary legends Rick Stein, Brian Turner and Ken Hom are set to cook at the 20th anniversary Obsession next year.
The festival will see 24 chefs with 22 Michelin stars between them host evenings at Northcote in Langho, Lancashire.
From Friday 24 January to Sunday 9 February 2020 the four-red-AA-star, 26-bedroom hotel's Michelin-starred restaurant will welcome big names including Angela Hartnett, Monica Galetti, Gareth Ward, Sat Bains, Paul Cunningham, Claude Bosi, Phil Howard and Richard Corrigan.
Created by Nigel Haworth, the hotel's former executive chef and joint managing director, and managing director Craig Bancroft in 2001, tickets for Obsession 2020 cost from £150 per person and include a Louis Roederer Champagne and canapé reception, five-course menu, coffee and petits fours. A specially paired wine flight can be added with prices starting from £50 per person.
The ticket hotline opens on Sunday 13 October at 9am and the number to call is 0333 999 7762.
The full line-up includes:
Friday 24 January
Lisa Goodwin-Allen, Northcote, Langho, Lancashire (1*)
Saturday 25 January
Gareth Ward, Ynyshir, Powys (1*)
Tom Brown, Cornerstone, Hackney, London
Kirk Haworth, Plates, London
Sunday 26 January
Dieter Koschina, Vila Joya, the Algarve, Portugal (2*)
Hans Neuner, the Ocean restaurant, Vila Vita Parc Resort & Spa, Porches, Portugal (2*)
Monday 27 January
Sat Bains, Restaurant Sat Bains, Nottingham (2*)
Paul Cunningham, Henne Kirkeby Kro, Denmark (2*)
Tuesday 28 January
Richard Corrigan, Corrigan's Mayfair, London
Wednesday 29 January
Phil Howard, Elystan Street, London (1*)
Ben Marks, Perilla, Newington Green, London
Thursday 30 January
Angela Hartnett, Murano, Mayfair, London (1*)
Neil Borthwick, the French House, Soho, London
Friday 31 January
Prateek Sadhu, Masque, Mumbai, India
Saturday 1 February
Monica Galetti, Mere, Bloomsbury, London
Sunday 2 February
Jacob Jan Boerma, Restaurant De Leest, Vaassen, Netherlands (3*)
Monday 3 February
James Knappett, Kitchen Table, Bloomsbury, London (2*)
Tuesday 4 February
Claude Bosi, Bibendum, Chelsea, London (2*)
Wednesday 5 February
Rick Stein, the Seafood Restaurant, Padstow, Cornwall
Brian Turner, consultant and TV celebrity chef, London
Nigel Haworth, Northcote Obsession chef ambassador UK
Thursday 6 February
Stephen McLaughlin, Restaurant Andrew Fairlie, Gleneagles, Auchterarder, Perthshire (2*) - tribute to Andrew Fairlie
Friday 7 February
Ken Hom, Mee, Belmond Copacabana Palace, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (1*)
Saturday 8 February
James Martin, celebrity chef and TV presenter
Sunday 9 February
Nigel Haworth, Northcote Obsession chef ambassador UK
