Chef-patron Feb Biswal of The Ambrette, in Margate, and The Ambrette Restaurant at Rye, will be serving a special menu at both restaurants to mark the Rye Bay Scallop Festival.

The six course scallop tasting menu, priced at £49.99, will be served on Saturday 26 February and Sunday 4 March. As a mainly restaurant based event, the Rye Bay Scallop Week takes place in the Sussex Cinque Port town from 25 February to 4 March and features cookery schools, cooking and scallop shuckling demos.

”Scallops as an ingredient are very chef friendly – easy to cook, versatile, full of natural flavours and very difficult to get wrong - the brown coral comes as an added treat!” enthused The Ambrette chef patron Dev Biswal who was introduced to Rye Bay scallops was at a restaurant in Rye last year.

“I was so impressed that I still remember the dish in detail and my goal became to create a menu which absolutely worships the ingredient,” he said.

Dev has created the unique scallop sampler to showcase scallop-cooking techniques from around the world, including a special scallop brew and an exclusive scallop dessert.

The taster evenings begin at 7 pm.