Raymond Blanc

Last week, I was lucky enough to interview ebullient, bow tie-clad celebrity chef Raymond Blanc OBE at the launch of his latest restaurant – Brasserie Blanc in Covent Garden, about the importance of food and wine matching, his ambitious expansion of the Brasserie Blanc chain in 2012, why he's never been bothered about Michelin stars and opening his loos to the public during the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Richard Geoffroy, Dom Pérignon

Wine and the City talks to Richard Geoffroy, chef de cave of Dom Pérignon, at the DP 2003 launch in London, about Dom Pérignon and food matching, the myth that acidity in wine is linked to ageing, the forthcoming Rosé 2002 launch, and why the Champagne flute is dead.