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SUMMARY:Food as Expression - Mr Alex Rushmer\, Chef
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CONTACT:Janet Gibson
DESCRIPTION:Alex Rushmer is a chef\, food writer and restaurateur. He grad
 uated from the University of Cambridge in 2005 with a degree in Social & P
 olitical Sciences and has spent the last 15 years working in food and hosp
 itality. After reaching the final of BBC One’s Masterchef\, he opened th
 e award-winning Hole in the Wall which went on to be named one of the UK
 ’s top 100 restaurants by The Sunday Times. He is now the co-owner of Va
 nderlyle in Cambridge\, a critically-acclaimed\, Michelin-rated restaurant
  that focusses on creating vegetable-led\, locally-sourced tasting menus w
 ith a keen focus on sustainability and responsibility. His writing has bee
 n featured in\, amongst others\, The Guardian\, Restaurant Magazine and Ol
 ive Magazine and he has been the regular monthly food columnist for Cambri
 dge Edition Magazine since its first issue in 2011. As well as Cambridge\,
  Alex has also spent time cooking across the world\, most notably in Switz
 erland and Ethiopia. He continues to feature as a regular guest judge on M
 asterchef and in 2021 was invited back as a guest chef on the Celebrity ve
 rsion of the show\, showcasing some of the vegetable focussed dishes that 
 have featured on the menu at Vanderlyle. His lecture will focus on food as
  an expression of the human condition and how that relates to his work as 
 a professional chef\, how the restaurant profession needs to adapt and wha
 t led him to open a restaurant that cooks an entirely plant-led menu. 
LOCATION:Lady Mitchell Hall\, Sidgwick Avenue
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