Last Thursday, on a very nice day ending with glorious sunshine, I found myself surrounded by other foodies at the Intercontinental’s Cookbook Cafe, for the inaugural event of The Experimental Food Society. I can’t even remember how I found out about it, but I bought a ticket as soon as I saw my calendar free. The first event, invited the famous and enthusiastic Jellymongers, Bompss and Parr (a very British duo in name and person) talk about their passion for food.

The duo told rapturous stories about how they first dove into Jelly, with several ventures into dining and atmosphere experiences that make me think they would host some of the best parties. I missed their Alcoholic Adventures; I look forward to their Complete History of Food event. It won’t be the first time these groups collaborated.

For its first event, the Experimental Food Society did well and I’m pretty sure all the participants enjoyed themselves with a £5 ticket giving us the entertaining dialogue and show, a glass of wine or champagne (that flowed freely after the formalities, not that it stopped a few people before the actual event) and scrumptious finger food provided by the Intercontinental. Their only improvements include ensuring everyone could see the projector screen, or to ensure everyone had a place to sit as I noticed several people hovering in the aisles. Not bad for a first.

Of course, Bompas and Parr did a few demos involving jelly and, being well prepared, we all got a small plate to wobble at our leisure, mine a deliciously light Absinthe and Lime.

Overall a fine place to spend an evening and I look forward to the next event.