Get a Taste of London

Fine food for just a fiver will be on offer to Londoners this summer.

Sample-sized signature dishes from 40 of the capital's most prestigious restaurants will be served up at the third Taste of London festival in Regent's Park from 15 to 18 June.

Exhibitors will include Michelin-starred Le Gavroche and Umu, while chefs representing their restaurants will include Gordon Ramsay from The Connaught, Anthony Worrall Thompson from Notting Grill and John Torode from Smiths of Smithfield.

Jamie Oliver's Fifteen, Canteen of Spitalfields, Sam and Eddie Hart's Fino and Rainer Becker's Zuma and Roka will also have stalls.

Organisers hope to attract more than 35,000 people to the event, which is sponsored by British Airways and will feature demonstrations from A-list chefs, a cooking school, 'academies' in beer and fine wine and more than 50 gourmet food and drink suppliers.

Stuart Gillies, head chef at Ramsay's Boxwood Café, said the event was a 'brilliant opportunity' for visitors and restaurateurs.

He said: 'Some restaurants give the impression of being out of reach to many people or perhaps a bad experience with certain foods that have put a customer off.

'Taste gives visitors the chance to try many different styles of cooking and ingredients for the first time.'