Louis Latour Agencies

Gosset Matchmakers returns

20 July 2017

Champagne Gosset, in association with Imbibe, is running their second Matchmaker’s competition. The competition features sommeliers from across the country working with their chefs to create the perfect food match with Gosset Champagne.  Gosset want to recognise the growing talent of sommeliers with less than five years work experience and to encourage them to recognise how the flavours in food and wine interact with each other.

The top five sommelier and chef pairs will be invited to Le Cordon Bleu culinary arts and hospitality management institute in London on September 5th 2017.  They will have to work together to recreate the dish and present it, along with their chosen Gosset Champagne to a panel of eminent judges.  The finalists are expected to present unique and thought-provoking combinations, highlighting the artisanal qualities of both the Champagne and the dish they have created.  Their dishes can be matched to any wine from Gosset’s antique range which includes Grande Reserve, Grand Blanc de Blancs and Grand Millésime as well as limited editions such as Petite Douceur Rosé and 15 ans de cave a minima.

The judging panel includes Jean-Pierre Cointreau, co-owner of Gosset Champagne, Matthieu Longuère MS and chef Anthony Boyd as well as Xavier Rousset MS, Imbibe’s champagne editor Julie Sheppard and Will Oatley, Managing Director of Louis Latour Agencies, Champagne Gosset’s UK agent.

This second year of the competition sees a greater gastronomic emphasis with the inclusion on the judging panel of a chef from Le Cordon Bleu London. Chef Anthony Boyd, who has directed kitchens at a string of Michelin-starred establishments.  He will be looking carefully at the ingredients the finalists choose to go with the wines, with the hope that each element delights and surprises and, in the end, the match is greater than the sum of its parts.

Entries are now open and close on 5th August 2017. To enter please contact Ed Warr (ed.warr@imbibe.com) or follow this link.