You've been invited. Here's what to expect.
The Sovereign Table is a multi-course dinner built around one region of Europe, cooked in your host's kitchen. Your host is the person who invited you.
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Nobody will quiz you on wine or on the region. Every dish is explained, in plain words, before you eat it.
The evening
Somewhere in Europe there’s a plate of food you still think about.
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The Rouladen in a Gasthaus on a cold night in Germany. Your grandmother’s kitchen, a few generations back. A bowl of something at a counter in a town you passed through once and never stopped thinking about.
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You can’t fly back this month. So the table comes to you.
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Before every course, you hear its story: the history behind it, the people who made it, the customs that went with it.
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Piedmont doesn’t touch the sea, yet its proudest dish is built on anchovies. Salt walked inland on mule paths, hidden in barrels of salted anchovies to keep it from thieves. The salt trade died. The anchovies stayed.
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That’s the kind of thing you learn at a Sovereign Table.
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No passport. No airport. Three hours, and nobody is rushed.Â
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Who's cooking?Â
Five courses, each with its story.
Good to know
01 Arrival and Departure
Running late, or can't make it? Tell your host as soon as you know. The stories are timed to the courses, so arriving late means missing one.
There will be wine. Plan your ride before you arrive.
02 Dressing up
Your host decides. Dressing up is encouraged, because it changes how the evening feels before the first glass is poured.Â