Taste of London 2006

This summer will see the third incarnation of Taste of London.  This time it is set in Regent's Park rather than the grandeur of Somerset House.  No doubt elements of it will be exceptionally commercial, food fares seem to be going that way, but there is a good line-up of chefs over the four days (15-18 June) including Tom Aikens, Michel Roux Jr and Atul Kolchar.

It rankles that I'll have to pay £5 to enter a park that I can otherwise enter for free.  It seems I'm not the only one who is slightly peeved that the lungs of our city are being used as commercial workhorses (how's that for mixed metaphors?).  Nonetheless, the two previous events have been quite enjoyable, so I'll probably end up going again this year.  A summer's afternoon, in the park, eating and drinking?  It could be worse.