In light of the annual Great British Game Week, 7th-13th November 2022, restaurants across the UK are putting game on the menu to celebrate and introduce more people to its healthiness, sustainability, and versatility.
Great British Game Week is a celebration of enjoying wild game, promoted by British Game Assurance’s (BGA) Eat Wild campaign. Established in 2018, the BGA is a not-for-profit organisation that promotes, develops and assures the production and consumption of gamebird meat. Use the hashtag #GreatBirtishGameWeek to see how others are celebrating game this week and in previous years on social media.
The week-long promotion will be a focus for events, dinners and special offers promoting game to consumers around the country. People will be encouraged to taste game for the first time and try new game products such as pies, sausages, burgers, and charcuterie.
William Sitwell, Restaurant Critic, Broadcaster, and Author, said: “Cooking with and eating game isn’t just a sensible, sustainable and natural way of life, it’s a delicious, exciting approach to food with endless and wonderful possibilities. I wish more of us could understand and share this great source of nutrition and pleasure, so I’m delighted that BGA are championing game with the help of Eat Wild; they are the invaluable go-to people for stockists and fabulous ideas.”
Glorious Game Event
William Sitwell will be hosting the Game Week finale ‘Glorious Game’ event at BGA stockist Holland & Holland’s Shooting Grounds on 12th November. The event includes a twelve-course tasting menu with wine pairing. BGA Ambassador Chef Leon Challis-Davies will join Holland & Holland Head Chef, Joshua Hunter, Michelin-starred Mark Kempson and Celebrity Chef Valentine Warner to produce an exquisite tasting banquet, with all game at the event being BGA Assured. Book tickets HERE.
Restaurants Taking Part in British Game Week 2022
Throughout the week, restaurants across the UK will be serving BGA-Assured game to celebrate the British Game Week 2022.
While Westminster Kingsway College regularly champion game on their menu throughout the whole season, their Game Week menu will include a variety of meats selected by the students and sponsored by Highland Game and Lincolnshire Game. As part of the week, there will be a ‘Celebration of Game’ dinner at Westminster Kingsway College on Wednesday 7th December, where British Game Assurance CEO Liam Stokes will be giving a welcome, and the BGA and EatWild team will be on hand to discuss the benefits of eating wild game and the plans BGA has for the future. Book tickets HERE.
Other restaurants celebrating Game Week include; Boisdale, who will be serving wild venison, grouse goulash, as well as pheasant escalope with cured ham and sage. The Shed, Nutbourne, and Rabbit will be serving roast partridge alongside broccoli, crispy potatoes, and blackberry jus. Sussex will have venison haunch with red cabbage, truffled mushroom duxelles, and red kale on the menu. La Tua Pasta will celebrate with tortelloni pheasant, mushroom and truffle with a creamy mushroom sauce in their Borough Market stall, where they do takeaway and eating in the shared areas of the market.
More pubs and restaurants around the UK embracing the British Game Week 2022 with special menus include: The Red Lion (Burnsall), The Beverley Arms, The Millstone (Mellor), The Bailiwick (Egham), Lyle’s Tea Building, Brat, Rosewood London, Savile Club, Crown and Anchor (Chichester), The Betjeman Arms (St Pancras), King’s Arms (Wandsworth), Hollywood Arms (Chelsea), The Onslow (Clandon), The Wheatsheaf (Esher Green), The Grantley Arms (Wonersh), The White Horse (Ascombe), The Wheatsheaf Inn (Cotswolds)
