One of Wales’ top Michelin-starred chefs has announced that he's looking to open a new restaurant in central London.
Tomos Parry, who’s the Michelin-starred chef behind Shoreditch’s Brat, and business partner Ben Chapman have told Code Hospitality that they’re currently looking for a new restaurant site in London's Soho.
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Brat, which originally opened in Shoreditch in 2018, gained a Michelin Star after just six months and is ranked at 78 in the Top 100 Restaurants in the World.
A Welsh influenced Basque grill, all of Brat’s dishes are cooked over open flame and there’s a big emphasis on Welsh produce including game from north Wales, Menai Bridge shellfish, and flour from Felin Ganol watermill, near Llanrhystud. The restaurant’s signature dish is a whole grilled turbot with a sauce made from its cooking juices.
Alongside the Shoreditch restaurant, which is located in a former strip club, Brat also has an outdoor site at Hackney's Climpson Arches, which opened during the pandemic to help secure jobs whilst outdoor dining restrictions were in place. On the back of its success, it was announced in January 2021 that it was to become a permanent fixture.
Talking about plans for their new Soho restaurant, Parry and Chapman told Code hospitality that it would be “similar” to the original Brat restaurant but not exactly the same.
Business partner Ben Chapman reassured fans of Parry’s cooking that “If you like Brat, then you’re gonna like what Tomos is doing next.”
Whilst the hope is that the new restaurant will open during 2022, plans are still very much at an early stage.
“We are looking at sites but nothing is signed yet. Even once we do have a site it could take me six months to design the restaurant,” said Chapman.
Speaking previously to WalesOnline , Parry said that whilst his focus is on his London restaurants, he hasn’t ruled out the possibility of opening a pop-up in Wales at some point in the future.
"I would love to be in Wales, obviously. For the team as well, it would make sense for them to cook and be next to the mountains and sea - they hear me talking non-stop about Wales, I have people working for me from across the world and they've not been to Wales, they just hear me banging on about it. So it would be nice for them to see what I'm actually talking about," said Parry.
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