The Kricket Fried Chicken Challenge is returning to Brixton

On 19th March the chicken aficionados of London will be descending on Kricket’s Brixton restaurant for their chance to win the coveted title of ‘Best Fried Chicken’. Last year local restaurant Black Bear Burger won the competition with a belter of a recipe: blue cheese stuffed chicken wings with hot sauce. Yum. But it wasn’t just Black Bear that won last year, because the event also raised over £1200 for the Childhood Trust.

So who’s going to be in the kitchen on the 19th? The line up is impressive: Black Bear Burger, Coqfighter, Smoking Goat, Thunderbird Fried Chicken, Chicken Shop, Kanada-Ya, Studio Kitchen, Soho Hotel, Daffodil Mulligan and Tonkotsu. But the big names don’t stop there, because there are some pretty big foodie names on the judging panel. Head chef (and co-owner) of Kricket, Will Bowlby, Joanna Taylor (food and drink editor of the Evening Standard), Professor Green, KFC’s ‘Chief Chicken Officer’, blogger Zena Kamgaing and Jesse Burgess from Top Jaw will all be trying the offerings of each eatery to choose the winner. With restaurants like that and judges like those, there’s no doubt that this will be an exciting event…

So you’re not going to want to miss out! Tickets are on sale now and for £20 you’ll get to witness all the action, eat a whole load of fried chicken and have 2 complimentary beers from Harbour Brewing Co. Plus, there’ll be a lucky dip to enter on the evening where you’ll be able to win some mega prizes: a meal for two at Kricket, free fried chicken from the restaurants partaking and much more. Even better is that each ticket price includes a donation to The Childhood Trust, so you’ll be doing good whilst eating good.

Tickets sold out fast last year, so get in there fast to get a seat.