Hotel Xenia in Kensington Launch Guest Chef event series

The team at Hotel Xenia are inviting guests to be one of the first to attend the launch of their ‘Guest Chef Event’ with highly acclaimed Michelin star-awarded chef Pietro D’Agostino taking to the floor for one night only, at their very own street-fronted restaurant Evoluzione.

The first in a series of events will see D’Agostino present a succession of traditional Sicilian ingredients, dishes and fine-wines before demonstrating – at Hotel Xenia’s dedicated show-cooking station – how each course of the evening has been prepared.

Italian-born Pietro D’Agostino has over ten years of prestigious culinary experiences – from working in London’s Hyde Park kitchen to embarking on a gastronomic adventure on the Disney Cruise Line and managing a team of 28 chefs at the most renowned five-star luxury restaurant of the Ionian Sea – is now the owner of the popular Sicilian restaurant La Capinera, and has been recognised in both internationally and throughout the UK for his dedication to the richness of Sicilian cuisine, renovated with intelligent and innovative creativity.

Described by critics as an “imaginative interpreter of local cuisine”, D’Agostino – to this day – still personally selects all the ingredients of his kitchen; with specific attention paid to organic and gluten-free food. Each dish prepared carries an underlying seasonal theme, creating inventive dishes of great harmony.

Giacomo Battafarano, Hotel Xenia’s General Manager, said “This is an exciting time for Hotel Xenia and its guests, as we journey together through Italy – from North to South – exploring culinary experiences rich in tradition, thanks to a promising line-up of exciting collaborations which we will reveal over the next couple of weeks.”

Hotel Xenia will be arranging this series of culinary events every 6 weeks, each time inviting a different Italian ‘Guest Chef’ who will expertly take all guest diners on a journey through different Italian regions, tastes and traditions. Each ‘Guest Chef’ will provide their audience with unique creations and combinations that will be available to taste for one night only.

The next Guest Chef event at Hotel Xenia will be on Tuesday 21st April, 2015.