IGT Weekly Roundup
Sea Water Restaurant Comes to Borough Market
‘O ver will be serving Italian street food, pizza, pasta, and desserts made with sea water collected from the Mediterranean and then “naturally” micro-filtered. They claim the water has health benefits and improves the texture and taste of the food.
via Big Hospitality
3* Chef Anne-Sophie Pic Comes to London
French Chef Anne-Sophie Pic became the first female chef to get three Michelin stars since 1933 when she was awarded the accolade in 2007. She is opening La Dame de Pic at the new Four Seasons hotel in the City at Ten Trinity Square (the old headquarters of the Port of London Authority) with food evoking the essence of her family’s restaurant in south-eastern France. It will be her third restaurant.
via The Caterer
Som Saa Becomes permanent
Som Saa, the Thai pop-up that took London Fields by storm and beat its crowd funding target of £550,000 , raising £700,000, has opened its first permanent establishment in Shoreditch. While they historically focussed on northern Thai cuisine, the new larger kitchen and imminent arrival of a Thai machine to help prepare coconuts has enabled them to expand the offerings to include central and southern Thai cuisine where the coconut is integral.
via Big Hospitality
EAT redesigns and launches vegan menu
EAT has launched a new vegan range of dishes to coincide with the launch of the store’s new open kitchen design that will be rolled out over the 118 stores and new stores as it expends this year. The idea behind the new design is that customers will be able to order their food and see it being prepared.
via Big Hospitality
Pigs Not Oil
While many countries have strategic energy reserves, it turns out that China, with its insatiable taste for pork, has a strategic pork reserve. The government even had to dip into the reserve as hog farmers haven’t been keeping up with demand, causing a 30% rise in the cost of the meat.
via The Economist Espresso
Adam Handling leaves the Caxton
Adam Handling is to leave restaurant Adam Handling at Caxton, to open a number of his own restaurants, starting with Frog in the City of London, which will serve small a la carte dishes priced at about £10 and a five course tasting menu, changing daily, for £40.
via The Carterer
The Krispy Kreme Vending Machine is here at last
Krispy Kreme has set up a pop-up hole-in-the-wall stall at its Holborn store. Essentially it is an ATM machine selling the new Nutella-filled Nutty Chocolatta doughnut for £2. In addition, all the proceeds will go to the Teenage Cancer Trust. The machine will be in operation until 21st May, and is the only place the doughnut can be purchased for now – it goes into all UK stores from May 27th to September 4th.
via Buzzfeed News
John Lewis and the Gardening Society
John Lewis are partnering with the pop-up company Night Tales to host The Gardening Society. The pop-up on the roof of the flagship Oxford Street store will run from May 27th to September 4th. The roof top garden, designed by gardener Tony Woods, will host three residencies from The Dairy, B.O.B.’s Lobster, and Shotgun.
UNIQLO gets in on the trend
Another pop-up, this time free, is coming to another rooftop on Oxford Street. Uniqlo is teaming up with KERB to host a pop-up on the 13th and 20th May. It’s part of Uniqlo’s plan to make their Oxford Street store a cultural hub, hosting talks, morning yoga, NTS Radio shows, and quarterly Tate Modern exhibits. Apply for KERB tickets here.
via Event Magazine
A New Rooftop Bar for Oxford Street
Notch is a new rooftop bar on Oxford Street opposite Marble Arch – it’s taken over the space where Roofnic popped up last summer. Open seven days a week from 10am-10pm come rain or shine, Notch will be serving all cocktails for £8 – we love the sound of the Red Pigeon (tequila, Campari, lime, pink grapefruit, sugar). A menu of Japanese street food (plus a few other things like ceviche) has been put together by Mark Morrans (Nobu Melbourne) and will be served from the small shack on site that he will man.
via Secret London
Opera – Rory Kinnear to make directorial debut at the ENO
Kinnear will direct a new opera by Ryan Wigglesworth based on The Winter’s Tale and set to be staged February 2017.
via The Stage
Ballet – BalletBoyz to modernise British Ballet Organisation
BalletBoyz founders Michael Nunn and William Trevitt are to become new artistic directors of the British Ballet Organisation. The appointment comes as the 86-year-old company moves to new premises in Battersea and aims to modernise its offerings and services.