Residency

• Flank OG At The Print House in Stratford is all about roast meats, sharing trays and amazing Sunday roasts

  

  You might have tried their food at Market Hall Victoria or Old Spitalfields Market, but Flank's next move is to take on a long term residency in East London at The Print House in Stratford.

  Flank is all about nose-to-tail eating and cooking over fire and Flank OG, which will be in Stratford, expands their offering to more of a small plates game. From a quick look at what's on their launch menu, it definitely sounds worth checking out.

  Things kick

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• Flat Earth pizza at The Hive in Cambridge Heath is an ultra local, low waste pizza residency

  

  So what makes a pizza, a wild pizza? Well at Flat Earth - a new residency at The Hive natural wine bar in East London - it's all about using local, fermented and foraged ingredients. Even the bases are special - they're made with heritage grains created using E5 Bakehouse and Gilchester’s organic flour.

  Behind it is Rich Baker who used to be CEO for Benito's Hat and was Director of Operations for The Restaurant Group and Sarah Brading - who

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• Duck Duck Goose's Oli Brown is the next Mortimer House chef residency

  

  Mortimer House is on a bit of a roll at the moment. Not only getting rave reviews for its main restaurant, but also has huge success with the first of its guest series upstairs with Elizabeth Haigh, previewing her upcoming restaurant Kaizen

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• Harrods brings in top French pastry chefs for a summer afternoon tea residency series

  

  22/7/19 update, unfortunately, the residencies have been cancelled. 

  Sweet-toothed fans of afternoon tea will want to make a beeline for Harrods this summer. The Knightsbridge department store has enticed four of the best French pâtisserie chefs – Pierre Hermé, Angelo Musa, Cédric Grolet and Yann Couvreur - to put on residencies in their tea rooms.

  The series, which runs from July through to

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• Maria Elia brings her Smashing Plates residency to Great Guns Social

  

  If you've ever tried chef Maria Elia's food, then you'll know that her upcoming three week residency at Great Guns Social in Southwark is worth pencilling in the diary.

  The globetrotting chef and author (she's launched restaurants in California and done pop-ups in Rwanda) is planning a modern Greek menu for her return to London. Dishes will include:

  • Savoury Baklavas
  • Moussaka Croquettes
  • Bream with pourgouri, cherries and
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• Le Bun are back with a Hackney residency for their French-inspired burgers

  

  If you're a fan of Le Bun and missed their recent Shoreditch pop-up - then another chance is incoming with a new residency at the Sebright Arms. They'll have all the usual French/American inspired burgers, as well as special events including a Wednesday offer of a bucket of Old Blue Last beer and hot wings for £10  

  The menu includes...

  • Le Truffle Cheeseburger:  aged beef patty, American cheese,
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• AngloThai head to Counter Culture and The Dairy for a summer residency and supper series

  

  Fresh from their successful residency at Highbury's Mountgrove Bothy, husband and wife team - John Chantarasak and Desiree West's AngloThai are heading to south London for their next venture. They'll be popping up at Robin and Sarah Gill's Clapham restaurants, Counter Culture and The Dairy for May and June.

  First up, they'll be taking over Counter Culture serving up their traditional Thai recipes and flavours married with modern techniques and seasonal

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• Elizabeth Haigh launches a two month residency at Mortimer House

  

  If you’ve been wondering where Elizabeth Haigh, the chef that won a Michelin Star at Pidgin, was going to pop up next, then you’ll be glad to hear she has a new central London residency starting in May. While we wait for her first permanent restaurant, you’ll soon be able to to catch her new eight week residency at Mortimer House, a member’s club and workspace in Fitzrovia.

  Head Chef Lello Favuzzi, who recently joined Mortimer House Kitchen, will continue to oversee

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• Anglo Thai is the next residency at The Mountgrove Bothy

  

  Fresh on the heels of Chinese Laundry's successful sojourn there comes news that AngloThai will be the next residency at the Mountgrove Bothy.

  If you haven't been lucky enough to try their food to date, let us enlighten you. The chef is John Chantarasak who was twice shortlisted for the Young British Foodie ‘Chef of the Year’ and until four months ago was working at som saa. He's now branched out on his own, and after some time cooking around the UK, Europe

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• Million Pound Menu runners up XX/VI become KityCow and get a London residency at Hush

  

  Updated 30/2/19 with the menu

  We've just passed week two of My Million Pound Menu, where London stalwart Baba Gs came top (and you can visit them right now at Pop Brixton or Camden Market). 

  But that's not all that came out of the

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• Butchies are hitting up royal hotspot Mahiki for a three month residency

  

  We've been fans of Butchies' amazing chicken sandwiches since we first tried them years ago at Taste of London. Since then they've done popups and residencies and opened their first standalone restaurant in Shoreditch and a stall at Market Hall Fulham. But now, they're after the posh pound.

  From

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• Island Social Club are bringing their Caribbean rotis and rum bar to Haggerston

  Island Social Club have been popping up around town with a number of Caribbean-led pop-ups and supperclubs. Now they're setting up shop in Haggerston with a long-term residency, bringing it all together. 

• Pastaio announce a long term residency at Giant Robot in Canary Whart

  

  Good news for the pasta loving workers and residents of Canary Wharf - Stevie Parle's Pastaio is coming your way. The perenially popular pasta spot, which opened in Soho this time last year and has been packing them in ever since, has signed up for a long-term residency at Giant Robot.

  They'll be taking over the spot previously held by Pocho in the street food trading space at Crossrail Place.

  As you'd expect the menu will feature

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• TA TA Eatery are back with a new residency at Kilburn's Sir Colin Campbell

  

  Happy news this Friday. Everyone's favourite popup folk TĀ TĀ Eatery are back and they're bringing this Iberian Katsu Sandwich to the party.

  They start a new three month residency at the Sir Colin Campbell in Kilburn next week. They'll be serving up two menus. Downstairs will be more casual with walk ins welcome and that's where you might find this beast of a katsu sarnie and other bar friendly food like ox cheek quesadillas.

  In the upstairs

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• Carousel's Autumn line-up is revealed - with chefs from Kiev, Galway, Paris and more taking part

  

  Carousel has just revealed a new Autumn line-up and, as ever, it's pretty impressive. If you're not familiar with Carousel, it's an events space plus a restaurant with a difference in Marylebone. They have an ever-changing list of chefs who take over their kitchens - and often attract some impressive talent from both the UK and abroad. It's also often a good chance to spot chefs who might be

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