Michelin Star chef puts architecture on the menu

PA 11/10 English green gazpacho, slow cooked rare breed pork belly and homemade ricotta with raspberries are not commonly found in research carried out by students studying architecture. But they will be on the menu when a team from the Department of the Built Environment at The University of Nottingham test drive the solar powered house they have designed and built. In their bid to win the very first Solar Decathlon Europe the students, who will be representing Britain at this international event, have won the wholehearted support of Sat Bains, Nottinghamshire"€ s only Michelin Star Chef. Sat is working with the Nottingham H.O.U.S.E team to devise and produce a sustainable dinner party menu which they will cook and serve to their neighbours when all 20 houses in the competition are exhibited in Madrid in June. Energy saving and sustainable food production are part of Sat's personal and professional ethos. He is so passionate about reducing the amount of energy that goes to waste he has refurbished his restaurant kitchen with the latest low energy technology and has developed techniques to produce dishes that require no energy source whatsoever. Sat, who was recently voted Chef's Chef of the Year and whose restaurant achieved the ultimate five AA Rosettes — ¬the only restaurant in the 2009/2010 awards to have achieved this — - will be helping the students sharpen their culinary skills by running a cookery workshop to ensure their dinner party wins the approval of fellow Solar Decathlon competitors.