Isigny Sainte-Mère chef Ivan Vautier will be appearing in the London Jazz Festival on November 13 to repeat the set he did with Andy Sheppard at Coutances last year. Accompanied by percussionist Michel Rabbia, and saxophonist Andy Sheppard at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Ivan will be cooking live again in Jazz et Cuisine.

TV cameras will put up images on to a screen behind the stage, so that festivalgoers will get to see everything happening on the work top. There will be plenty to see, too, since Ivan is pushing out the boat. If you want to see how to put a Camembert through a soda syphon, keep your eyes peeled: there are unlikely to encores, still less seconds.

Listen out for the hens when Ivan picks up the eggs, too! If you hear any Gregorian chant, listen closely to the basso rumblings, too. These are not monks, but four-legged milk producers in a Normandy field. Normandy cattle markings are said to include ‘spectacles’ around their eyes, but the cows don’t need them to read music when Andy Sheppard’s out with his microphone..!

There’s no need to worry about having to make difficult choices in the festival programme, either, this is an afternoon gig, so there will still be time to go on to an evening concert afterwards. More details of Jazz et Cuisine are here..