Clare Smyth’s Corenucopia brings British classics to Belgravia

Clare Smyth has a busy 12 months forward. Summer time will see the primary feminine British chef to win three Michelin stars launch the fine-dining Coreus throughout the new Waldorf Astoria London Admiralty Arch resort. First, although, she has opened Corenucopia, a extra informal follow-up to three-star Core by Clare Smyth, the Notting Hill restaurant beloved by everybody. With the Royal Courtroom in a single course and the furnishings boutiques of Pimlico Street within the different, Smyth’s new restaurant is completely positioned for post-shopping, pre-theatre – or everytime you wish to take pleasure in some masterful British cooking.

Wallpaper* dines at Corenucopia by Clare Smyth, London

The temper: comfy abundance

Whereas Smyth designed each facet of Core herself, design duties at Corencopia have fallen to her goddaughter, Natasha Marler. ‘As soon as the choice was made to name the restaurant Corenucopia,’ Marler says, ‘references to the celebration of abundance turned a touchstone for the design.’

Natalie Fisher, artistic director at Augury London, hand-embroidered the curtains with a vine motif, whereas plaster wall flowers, impressed by English gardens, had been made by DKT Artworks on web site. Tapestries from August+Co amplify the heritage really feel of the vintage oil work, whereas the wealthy tones of the gold and inexperienced velvet seating had been influenced by nonetheless lifes of the Dutch Golden Age.

The wall lights from Visible Consolation, in the meantime, had been chosen to impart a residential ambiance. ‘The restaurant was designed to really feel like a heat welcome into Clare’s residence, the place the meals could be comforting British classics with a luxurious contact,’ Marler says.

The meals: gilt-edged classics

These luxurious touches embrace a seafood vol-au-vent spooned with a Champagne velouté, buttered crumpets unfold with smoked salmon pâté, and toad-in-the-hole pimped up with a charcuterie sauce. The signature dish of fish and chips is beer-battered Dover sole stuffed with a layer of lobster mousse, with a alternative of six vinegars introduced on a mirrored tray for company to anoint their triple-cooked chips with.

Need extra potatoes? A devoted menu, introduced in a gold gilt body, proposes 10 completely different preparations of spud, from pommes Anna to mash with a wealthy gravy. The body, Marler notes, ‘is a playful reflection of the encircling vintage oil work with their depictions of fruit or flowers as proven in conventional imagery of cornucopias.’

However the best luxurious of all comes within the form of the caviar-topped rooster nuggets served as a snack, impressed by the fried rooster dish Smyth created for the afterparty of the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. At Corenucopia, a royal feast is assured for whoever you might be.