Grapevine: Silverstone to feature 'edible paddock'

Novelli, a four-time Michelin star winner, and his team of chefs will cater for paddock guests at the Grand Prix Masters of Great Britain on 12th-13th August at Silverstone.

"It is a ground-breaking concept," said Novelli. "It enables me to have at my immediate disposal the most important commodity a chef requires, namely fresh, seasonal produce. To pick and then use what the garden offers, be it herbs, vegetables or fruit is so important to the way I cook.

"To be able to do so in an environment that is so pleasing to the eye simply adds to the experience and fuels my creative passion.

"This is why I have built an edible garden even at my home, where my Academy is. What I like particularly like about creating 'The Edible Paddock' is that it provides a fantastic contrast between the heat, the noise, the smoke, and the tarmac of the circuit at Silverstone, and the green, pleasant and natural oasis found just a few metres away in the paddock."

Novelli is also expected to be driven around the track in the GP Masters two-seater car, with Nigel Mansell at the wheel.

"I'd much rather be the one doing the driving," Novelli added. "I am a much better driver than passenger, and I would feel a lot more comfortable being in control of the car, rather than having someone else driving.

"Mind you, if you're going to have someone else driving you around Silverstone at those speeds, you could do worse than have Nigel Mansell in charge."