Save the date! The National Restaurateur's Dinner (NRD) has been confirmed for Thursday, 16 July 2009 and will be held at The Park Lane Hotel, Piccadilly, London.

The National Restaurateur's Dinner is the premier annual fundraising event supporting not one, not two but three of the premier organisations in the hospitality industry. The Academy of Culinary Arts, the Academy of Food & Wine and the Restaurant Association.

In a bid to acknowledge the current economic situation we have also reduced the ticket price for the dinner to £125 plus VAT. A table of 10 is £1,200 plus Vat.

For this you receive a champagne reception, a delicious 4 course meal, cooked by some of the industry's top chefs, including Angela Hartnett, Jason Atherton, Rob Kirby (Lexington), Anthony Marshall (Hilton) Martyn Nail (Claridges), Andrew Bennett (Park Lane) and Graham Hornigiold (Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park) . Wines matched to every course by top Sommeliers in the UK Guild of Wine Service; Matt Wilkin, Xavier Rousset and Claire Thevenot, entertainment and the opportunity to win several wonderful prizes.

This dinner is the main fundraising event for our three organisations and all proceeds go back into the industry via our education and training initiatives. The dinner allows you to witness firsthand the recipients of some of our initiatives as the winners of the UK Sommelier of the Year 2008, Young Chef, Young Waiter 2008 and the Annual Awards of Excellence 2008 will all be in attendance, cooking or serving our guests.

So, reach for your diary and save the date and we'll be in touch soon with a booking form. For futher details please contact Pauline Jackson on email: [email protected] or call: 020 7404 7744.