Quique Dacosta is Cooking at Le Meurice for Two Nights Only

Spanish chef Quique Dacosta is swapping his hometown of Dénia for Paris for two four-hands dinners with Le Meurice’s executive chef, Amaury Bouhours.

Taking place on November 13 and 14, the dinners bring together two heavyweights of European fine dining. Dacosta is revered as one of Spain’s most successful chefs: his eponymous flagship restaurant in Alicante has held three Michelin since 2012, and El Poblet in Valencia and Deessa in Madrid hold two stars apiece. Bold, experimental and theatrical, Dacosta defines Spain’s culinary scene.

Bouhours, on the other hand, has worked under the inimitable Alain Ducasse for the best part of two decades, and has duly absorbed Ducasse’s utmost respect for ingredient provenance. Restaurant Le Meurice holds two Michelin stars – and, with its gilded ceilings and glitzy chandeliers – is fairly considered one of Paris’s most beautiful dining rooms.

Quique and Amaury’s shared six-course tasting menu will be a reflection of the chefs’ styles – one more wild and innovative, the other firmly rooted in tradition – with alternating dishes from both, all matched to Dom Pérignon wines. The menu will culminate in a one-off collaborative lobster dish – a favored ingredient for both chefs.

As members of the Dom Pérignon Society – a community of 130 leading chefs and sommeliers – the duo has been challenged to not just match the taste but also the texture and feel of the food to the wine. Included in the line up is Dom Pérignon Vintage 2015, Dom Pérignon Rosé Vintage 2009 and Dom Pérignon Vintage 2006 – Plénitude 2, all of which have been especially chosen for their depth and complexity.

Quique Dacosta’s limited residency at Le Meurice marks but one in a year that has been filled with four-hands dinners: L’abeille, NYC, hosted Paris’s Le Gabriel in October; Mark Birchall of the three-Michelin-starred Moor Hall in Lancashire, England, was at Restaurant Alain Ducasse in London for one night only; and Sven Wassmer of Memories joined Claude Bosi in Brooklands, London. Where collaborative dinners were once a rarity, such occasions have proved not just a boon for hungry diners, but a chance for chefs to share skills and secrets too.

€650 per person, including Dom Pérignon pairings. Email restaurant.lmp@dorchestercollection.com to reserve.