THE 'world-class' sommelier of Northumberland's popular, Michelin-starred Restaurant Pine is joining some of the world's top chefs for an annual fundraising effort.
The Magic Future Foundation has "proudly" announced that Vanessa Stoltz will join The Magnificent Seven on April 14 at Whatley Manor, marking the first time in the event's history that a sommelier has been formally recognised as a central participant in this prestigious fundraising lunch.
Stoltz, restaurant manager and head sommelier at Pine in Northumberland, currently ranked number nine in the Harper's Sommelier List 2025, will guide guests through an afternoon of fine wine pairings across seven extraordinary courses, each created by a different Michelin-starred chef.
All proceeds from the lunch support The Magic Future Foundation's mission to build 100 schools in the world's economically poorest countries, in partnership with world-leading NGO buildOn.
The Foundation, now in its sixth anniversary year, has already built 33 schools, each one a tribute to Oli Wissenbach, who passed away suddenly at 25 in 2019, and whose quiet ambition to leave the world a better place inspired the charity's creation.
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