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Assemblage opens in Shoreditch with Raymond Blanc protegee in the kitchen

assemblage partyHot Dinners popped over to Shoreditch last night for the official opening of new restaurant Assemblage. It's the brainchild of entrepreneur Alicia Whitby and chef James Knight-Pacheco (pictured here). Knight-Pacheco was a runner-up on Raymond Blanc's TV show The Restaurant and must have impressed - Blanc offered him a job at Le Manoir afterwards.

Whitby comes from hospitality stock - her father used to own a hotel in Scotland. Rather impressively she's managed to get this restaurant off the ground from concept to opening the doors in under eight months, all whilst completing a degree - she's been writing essays between service.

Assemblage aims to be a marriage of food and art, according to its website. Alicia told us; "We're aiming at the 25-45 market. I think a lot of people my age are intimidated by fine dining and Assemblage is going to be slightly more relaxed - not as pretentious as something you'd get in Mayfair. James and I are both young, so that's who we're trying to sell it to."

The menu is a bit punchy with mains hovering mainly between £22 and £28. There's a tasting menu which you can have for £65 (or £90 with matching wines) while lunch sounds like a good way to try the cooking with a bargain two courses for £20.

Full details about Assemblage here.

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