Travel with Angela Lansbury: Fabulous Food Matching Of Italian Food & Wine at Haberdashers Hall

Friday, January 30, 2026

Fabulous Food Matching Of Italian Food & Wine at Haberdashers Hall

Food prepared to match wines at the Haberdashers Hall, near Spitalfields Market near Farringdon station in London. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

The Wine & Food Pairing Event

The Italian chef at Haberdashers Hall was asked to devise seven dishes to complement and compliment seven Italian wines from Zonin at their Zonin1821 event.

This special matching event took place alongside the walk around tasting of the Zonin company's wine from around the world. In the audience at the walk around event I met restaurant owners, wine writers, influencers and wine educators.

At the tutored tasting with the food I also met a student for the Master of Wine, the absolute top qualification.

Food Tasting & Testing

I had to pass on tasting the prawns pairing as I have an allergy to shellfish. However, I got feedback from my husband Trevor Sharot who has WSET level 4 diploma, and is wine educator, jointly runs a wine tasting group in central London and a fine wine lunch group meeting in London Restaurants. He is in a member of AWE, the Association of Wine Educators, and the Circle of Wine Writers. You can read his blog post about the event on LinkedIn.

Poached Pear

All the savoury dishes were good. But my most memorable combination was the poached pear, which I matched with the sweet wine.

Useful Websites on Haberdashers Hall and Zonin1821

Trevor Sharot on the event

https://grapedeal.com/2026/01/27/wine-and-food-and-more-food-and-wine/

Websites On Zonin Wine

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Castello-Albola-Santo-Chianti-DOCG/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=zonin

https://www.bottledandboxed.com/product/6697_zonin-prosecco-brut-millesimato-doc-75cl

https://www.zonin1821.com/en/

zonin.co.uk

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