LEBA x Douglas Balish

One-night plant-based tasting menu by UK Hotel Chef of the Year 2025 Douglas Balish — hosted by LEBA in Wokingham.

30 seats. One night. Final bookings now open.

A one-night-only private tasting experience
by UK Hotel Chef of the Year 2025, Douglas Balish.

📍 Wokingham · April 28

This is not a restaurant dinner.

This is an intimate, one-night-only experience for just 30 guests —
and once it’s gone, it will never be repeated.

11 previous LEBA dinners. Every single one sold out.

👨‍🍳 THE CHEF

Douglas Balish
UK Hotel Chef of the Year 2025
Former Michelin-starred chef
4 AA Rosettes (The Grove of Narberth)

For one night only, he brings his ingredient-led, Michelin-level cooking to Wokingham.

Having grown up vegetarian, plant-based cooking has always been part of his life —
this menu is a deeply personal expression of that.

🌿 NOT A “VEGAN DINNER”

This experience is designed for food lovers — not just plant-based diners.

Expect depth, technique, and flavour that challenge expectations.

This is fine dining first — plant-based second.

🔥 WHY THIS IS SPECIAL

• Only 30 seats — intentionally intimate
• A menu that will never be served again
• Ingredients grown, foraged, and sourced from the Welsh countryside
• A rare opportunity to experience this level of cooking outside a Michelin setting

🍽️ A GLIMPSE OF THE MENU

The menu is still evolving — but expect dishes such as:

▪️ “Suet” tartlet, Grove garden beetroot, vegetable parfait, cherry
▪️ Oyster leaf cream, apple, cucumber, wasabi ice cream
▪️ Pithivier of salt-baked celeriac, wild garlic, pickled walnut
▪️ Mayan Red chocolate, raspberry, vinegar sorbet

Each dish is built around seasonal, foraged, and fermented ingredients.

(No full menu reveal — part of the experience is discovery.)

🍷 THE EXPERIENCE

An 8-course tasting menu built around:

• Seasonal, foraged, and fermented elements
• Ingredient-led storytelling
• Precision, texture, and unexpected flavour combinations

📍 DETAILS

Tuesday, April 28 · 7 pm
The Salty Olive, Wokingham

£95 tasting menu
Wine pairing: £35
Non-alcoholic pairing: £30

🚨 LIMITED AVAILABILITY

Only 30 seats are available for this night.

This event will sell out — as every LEBA dinner before it has.

Once all seats are gone, bookings close.

👉 Secure your seat now before it’s gone