{"id":1401,"date":"2012-02-23T13:49:12","date_gmt":"2012-02-23T13:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1401"},"modified":"2012-02-23T13:49:12","modified_gmt":"2012-02-23T13:49:12","slug":"square-mile-salute-collects-cash-for-military-charities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/square-mile-salute-collects-cash-for-military-charities\/","title":{"rendered":"Square Mile Salute collects cash for military charities"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Square Mile Salute took place last night (February 22nd) as money was raised for various armed forces charities.<\/p>\n
Help for Heroes, ABF The Soldiers' Charity, the Royal British Legion and the Household Cavalry Operational Casualties Fund are all set to benefit from the evening.<\/p>\n
Some of the top chefs in the country cooked a six-course meal for the cream of London's business talent at the Guildhall in the capital.<\/p>\n
Raymond Blanc – who owns the Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons – gave one of the keynote speeches at the event.<\/p>\n
Christian Garcia – chef to Prince Albert of Monaco – Bernhard Mayer of The Savoy and John Williams from The Ritz London were some of the cooks who displayed their talents.<\/p>\n
It is the third year in a row the event has been held and a number of prizes were also auctioned off, including a four-night stay at the Fairmont Monte Carlo Hotel while the F1 grand prix is taking place.<\/p>\n
Posted by Trevor Smith<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The evening of fine dining raised money for four military charities. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n