Chefs pop-up in Putney for Haiti

A group of the UK’s top chefs will be setting up a series of pop-up restaurants at the Phoenix Bar & Grill in Putney, London, to raise money for the crisis in Haiti.

Due to run throughout March, the project has been organised in association with Action Against Hunger.

Rick Stein, Rowley Leigh, Atul Kochhar and Bruce Poole are just some of the big names who have so far agreed to get involved. Each chef will create a three course meal for £60 a head, with at least 90% of this sum going to charity.

A pop-up wine cellar has also been created as part of the project, thanks a donation of 120 bottles from Jancis Robinson MW, as well as support from Liberty Wines and Layton’s Wine Merchants, who will be providing wines at nearly cost price. A BYO option is also available, with the entire £10 corkage fee going to charity.

The pop-up venture is co-ordinated and hosted by Rebecca Mascarenhas, owner of Phoenix, which is currently closed for refurbishment.

Mascarenhas recently opened Kitchen W8 in London’s Kensington in partnership with Philip Howard, another chef who will be getting involved.

For more information, including the latest chefs to join the initiative and to book a table, visit www.putneypopup.co.uk

Gabriel Savage, 16.02.2010