Dante Fried Chicken is back! DFC comes to London to launch Ride or Fry: The Dante Fried Chicken Experience on Thursday 4th April, at 18 Hewett Street.

Published by Sterling Epicure (Gordon Ramsey, Bompas & Parr, PDT), Ride or Fry: The Dante Fried Chicken Experience is the three-years-in-the-making debut book from Los Angeles-based chef, Dante Gonzales aka Dante Fried Chicken, co-authored by London-based writer Terence Teh and creatively directed by NYC studio HellaCrisis. The cookbook explores Dante’s ‘celebratory food’ philosophy that delves into over 100 of his signature dishes and his unorthodox background as a 13-year-old runaway from South Central, LA who worked his way up through the restaurant industry to opening an award-wining pop-up food truck and international Ride or Fry cook ups, bringing together food, music and art. To celebrate the launch of Ride or Fry: The Dante Fried Chicken Experience, DFC creative directors - Ariel Roman, Omar Almufti and Yego Moravia of the Brooklyn studio HellaCrisis, have created an installation and print exhibition that will bring the Ride or Fry experience to life on Thursday 4th April at 18 Hewett Street! The exhibition launch will also feature book readings from Dante, and the afterparty will be hosted by long time DFC collaborators Earnest Endeavours and Protein.

Dante Fried Chicken will also be collaborating with Shay Ola from The Rebel Dining Society and Death By Burrito with a guest chef residency at Death By Burrito, cooking up an exclusive dinner menu from Thursday 11th April to Saturday 13th April, with an all day brunch on Sunday 14th April to celebrate the closing day of the exhibition. Menu and more details will be announced alongside the next food-inspired Protein Forum.

Join us on Thursday 4th April, 2013 for the Ride or Fry book launch and afterparty! RSVP now to RSVP@prote.in to make sure you get on the list. There'll be Sock-it-to-me fried chicken with signature DFC apricot sauce on the night so make sure you get down early, last year's Weekend LDN cookout completely sold out and when DFC hosted his Taco Shack over 1,500 chicken lovers showed up to chow down. You can now buy copies of Ride or Fry: The Dante Fried Chicken Experience from The Shelf, Protein's in-house magazine store dedicated to some of the world's best food and art publications, including Wilder Quarterly, Lucky Peach, ACQTASTE, The Gourmand, Gather Journal, Feasting by Bompas & Parr, Diner Journal, Cereal and now Ride of Fry! Spend some time with us, grab a Protein by Dunnefrankowski coffee and enjoy our curated selection.

Ride or Fry: The Dante Fried Chicken Experience
Thursday 4th April / 7pm
18 Hewett Street
EC2A 3NN

Afterparty at The Horse & Groom
Thursday 4th April / 9pm
28 Curtain Road
EC2A 3NZ

Dante Fried Chicken Guest Chef Takeover at Death By Burrito
Thursday 11.04.13 - Sunday 14.04.13
Catch, 22 Kingsland Road
E2 8DA

Thursday - Saturday dinner bookings at Open Table: http://uk-www.gtm.opentable.com/death-by-burrito
Sunday all day brunch bookings at Billetto www.billetto.co.uk