Coleg Ceredigion’s Aberista training restaurant fused live performance with tantalising cuisine in its recent event called Dinner Liaisons.
Whilst front of house students weaved professionally through customer to customer, professional cookery students served their menu which included wild mushroom ravioli with a madeira jus, chicken galantine and scallop, black pudding, pea with crisp onion whilst performers were warming up for their acting debut for the diners.
A selection of wines were matched to the dishes, from a 2019 Soñadora from La Mancha to a Terre del Noce from Trentino, Italy.
The performers of the evening were students from the level three extended diploma in performing arts studying their second and final year, who performed an adaptation of two Alan Bennett stories from Talking Heads.
The stories told of a man called Graham in A Chip in the Sugar whose life begins to unravel when he discovers his aging mother has rekindled with an old flame. This was interspersed with a story about Lesley in Her Big Chance, who believes she has a great deal to offer as both an actress and a person.
Carl Lewis, performing arts lecturer for Coleg Ceredigion said:
“Performing in an intimate environment, whereby the actors and audience were in such close proximity and in a restaurant setting performing between courses was unique for Coleg Ceredigion and I was absolutely impressed with both actors, chefs and front of house who provided a truly memorable experience.”
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