We are delighted to announce the London Oyster Championships will be returning to Mayfair’s Bentley’s Oyster Bar & Grill on 19 September. The event took over from the famed Tabasco British Oyster Championship which ran for over 25 years and heralds the return of the native oyster season.
Participants will compete in either the Speed Shucking or Best Dressed heat. The winner of the Speed Shucking round will go on to represent England at the World Oyster Opening Championships in Galway, Ireland the following week.
Last year’s Best Dressed Champion Gabriel Waterhouse (The Waterhouse Project) will return to protect his title, competing against restaurants across the country including; Erst (Manchester), The Suffolk (Aldeburgh), Darby’s (London), The Pony Chew Valley (Bristol) and more.
Ballymaloe Cookery School founder Darina Allen, rapper and food enthusiast Professor Green and Chef Richard Corrigan will decide who takes home the Best Dressed crown. TV personality and food writer Gizzi Erskine will compère the afternoon’s antics with a limited number of spectator