Guest chef line-up for Northcote's Obsession 19 revealed

The line-up for Northcote's annual celebration of culinary excellence, Obsession, has been revealed.

 

The Lancashire hotel's Obsession 19 will see 18 chefs, with 15 Michelin stars between them, man the hotel restaurant's pass for 17 nights between 18 January and 3 February 2019.

 

Obsession was created by Nigel Haworth, the hotel's former executive chef and joint managing director, and Craig Bancroft in 2001 to celebrate great food, wine and chefs.

 

The 2019 line-up:

 

Friday 18 January: Lisa Goodwin-Allen, Northcote, Lancashire (pictured)

 

Saturday 19 January: Norbert Niederkofler, Restaurant St. Hubertus, San Cassiano, Italy

 

Sunday 20 January: Ian Scaramuzza, In Situ, San Francisco, America

 

Monday 21 January: Ollie Dabbous, Hide, London

 

Tuesday 22 January: Christina Bowerman, Glass Hostaria, Rome, Italy

 

Wednesday 23 January: Marc Fosh, Restaurant Marc Fosh, Mallorca, Spain

 

Thursday 24th January: Srijith Gopinathan, Taj Campton Place, San Francisco, America

 

Friday 25th January: James Lowe, Lyles, London

 

Saturday 26th January: Hywel Jones, Lucknam Park, Wiltshire

 

Sunday 27th January: Patrick Kriss, Alo Restaurant, Ontario, Canada

 

Monday 28th January: João Oliveira, Vista Restaurant, Algarve, Portugal

 

Tuesday 29th January: Niall Keating, Whatley Manor, Wiltshire

 

Wednesday 30th January: Andrew Wong, Restaurant A Wong, London

 

Thursday 31st January: Girls' Night - Marianne Lumb, Romy Gill and Lisa Goodwin-Allen

 

Friday 1 February: Sayan Isaksson, Esperanto/Imouto, Stockholm, Sweden

 

Saturday 2nd February: Matt Orlando, Amass, Copenhagen, Denmark

 

Sunday 3rd February: Nigel Haworth, Northcote, Langho, Lancashire

• The Obsession 19 booking hotline opens at 9am on Sunday (21 October)

 

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