11 April Pop-Ups Worth Booking This Month
April’s arrival is bringing with it a whole host of exciting pop-ups from big culinary names, buzz-worthy restaurants and fashion sales you’ll want to know about.
To make your lives a whole lot easier, we’ve handpicked a selection of our favourite pop-ups landing in the capital, from Tesco’s hot cross bun cafe to the street food vendor dedicated to the humble hash brown…
Rites Relove
Have a wedding coming up that you still need the perfect dress for? Or, just fancy updating your wardrobe with some designer staples? Head over to Broadway Market this weekend to snap up a deal at Rites’ pop-up.
Popping up until Tuesday 5th April, Rites Relove will be selling hoards of new designer resale and samples from your favourite designers. Expect items from Simone Rocha, Rixo, Faithfull the Brand, Three Graces and more.
Expect items from Simone Rocha, Rixo, Faithfull the Brand, Three Graces and more.
When: Until 05.04.2022
Where: 4 Broadway Market, E8 4QJ
Website: www.rites.co
A menu of vegan ‘hot cross bangers and smash’; hot cross scones; hot cross bun steak tartare; and even hot cross bun espresso martinis…
Tesco Hot Cross Bun Cafe
We’re team hot cross bun in The Handbook office so we were ecstatic to find out that Tesco is launching the UK’s first restaurant dedicated to the fluffy sweet baps this Easter.
Available for one week only, Lodnoners are invited to head down to Shoreditch to try out their exciting Easter themed menus, from brunch and afternoon tea to an adults-only five-course hot cross bun fine dining experience.
Expect a whole menu dedicated to the buns, including vegan ‘hot cross bangers and smash’; hot cross scones; hot cross bun steak tartare; and even hot cross bun espresso martinis. We hope you’ve got a sweet tooth…
All proceeds will be going to Tesco charity partner, the Trussell Trust who are helping to provide emergency support and food to people in crisis.
When: 05.04.2022 – 10.04.2022
Where: 46 Great Eastern Street, Shoreditch, EC2A 3EP
Book via www.opentable.co.uk
Rosé Lumière at Selfridges
We’ve officially hit rosé season and where better to spend it than at Selfridges’ Rosé Lumière. Popping up until June, you’re invited to step inside a traditional French cinema house and sip on some of the world’s best rosé wines.
Expect rosé wine portfolios from Veuve Clicquot, Moët & Chandon, Ruinart and Château d’Esclans to be lighting up the room. From wine tasting flights to cocktail masterclasses with pros, book in for a weekend of wining.
WHEN: UNTIL 06.2022
WHERE: SELFRIDGES, 400 OXFORD STREET, W1A 1AB
WEBSITE: WWW.SELFRIDGES.COM
J Sheekey x Moët & Chandon
Covent Garden’s famous seafood restaurant has teamed up with Moët & Chandon to create a bar dedicated to life’s two greatest pastimes: fresh oysters and Champagne.
Popping up at J Sheekey’s restaurant until 6th April, enjoy fresh seafood and oysters, served with a complemented glass of chilled Moët & Chandon Grand Vintage. Menu specials include fillet of hake served with smoked red peppers and roast chorizo; slow-braised lamb with caramelised cipollini onions, salsa verde and white wine jus; and a dark chocolate and blood orange fondant with vanilla ice cream.
Sunday to Tuesday there’ll also be live instrumental jazz music to heighten the atmosphere and help you celebrate the change in season. Cheers!
WHEN: UNTIL 06.04.2022
WHERE: 28 – 32 ST MARTIN’S COURT, COVENT GARDEN, WC2N 4AL
WEBSITE: WWW.J-SHEEKEY.CO.UK
The Handmaid’s Tale Opera
There are some things you can predict but an opera production dedicated to Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale isn’t one of them. But it’s happening!
Taking over the London Coliseum for a ten-day run, Poul Ruders’s adaptation transports you to the dystopian world, known as the Republic of Gilead. It’s a space where women are stripped of their freedom, with the story following Offred, a Handmaid forced to reproduce with Commanders of the Republic.
Highlighting the major themes noted in both the book and TV adaptation, the opera’s score will be minimalist, haunting and eerie, with the actors draped in red gowns.
When: 04.04.2022 – 14.04.2022
Where: London Coliseum, 33 St Martin’s Lane, WC2N 4ES
Website: www.theatreticketsdirect.co.uk
Pinch x Layla
Have you tried a cruller before? It’s a deep-fried doughnut style pastry that’s every bit as sickly sweet and delicious as it sounds. Alice Norman, former head chef at Emilia’s and founder of Suffolk’s Pinch, will be bringing her signature crullers to London for the very first time this month – and we couldn’t be more excited to sample one (or ten)…
Taking over Notting Hill’s artisan bakery Layla on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th, Alice will be bringing five cruller flavours for Londoners to sample and enjoy, alongside Layla’s usual weekend Sourdough bread and pastry offering.
Cruller flavours include original glaze; honey and bacon; chocolate and malted barley; rhubarb and custard; and the Layla special of earl grey and bergamot.
Have you tried a cruller before? It’s a deep-fried doughnut style pastry that’s every bit as sickly sweet and delicious as it sounds.
When: 09.04.2022 – 10.04.2022
Where: Layla Bakery, 332 Portobello Road, Notting Hill, W10 5SA
Website: www.laylabakery.com
M&S Goodmove Pop-Up
From Friday 1st to Saturday 23rd, M&S will be hosting a pop-up to celebrate Goodmove’s latest summer collection across womenswear, menswear and kidswear.
Taking place in Covent Garden, there’ll be a host of exciting workshops and classes to get involved in throughout the month, from vinyasa flow classes with integrative health coach Rosie Underwood to cardio and strength training with fitness instructor @mamawelluk.
You’ll also be able to shop new products from M&S’s best selling own brand, Goodmove.
When: 01.04.2022 – 23.04.2022
Where: Covent Garden
Website: www.marksandspencer.com
The Gantry x Inverroche
G&T anyone? This April sees East London’s hottest new hotel, The Gantry team up with South African gin brand, Inverroche for an exciting G&T menu.
Launching on Earth Day, the pop-up menu will feature a selection of refreshing cocktails nodding to the change in season and encapsulating the regenerative nature of the UK summer. The menu will be presented on plantable seeded paper menus, coast and tag garnishes that can be taken home and planted to create bee friendly wildflowers in the garden – how adorable?
The Gantry’s terrace will also be sowed with seeds from the menus’ English Meadow feel to create a beautiful floral oasis to while away the night in.
When: Launching 22.04.2022
Where: The Gantry, 40 Celebration Avenue, Stratford, E20 1DB
Website: www.thegantrylondon.com
Ravneet Gill x Angela Hartnett OBE’s Book Club
British pastry chef, author and Junior Bake Off judge, Ravneet Gill will be hosting an evening book club event at Cafe Murano Bermondsey this month. Taking place on Sunday 24th, you’re invited to join Ravneet for an evening where you can learn more about her latest book, Sugar, I Love You.
Angela Hartnett OBE will be hosting the evening, offering a two course dinner, welcome cocktails and nibbles, all inspired by Rav.
It’s your chance to get to know more about the popular TV personality and pastry chef, and delve into her witty stories and anecdotes shared in her latest book.
When: 24.04.2022
Where: 184 Bermondsey Street, SE1 3TQ
Website: www.cafemurano.co.uk
Marylebone Food Festival
Foodies unite… Marylebone Food Festival returns with another mega line-up of restaurant events, exclusive menus and special dinners with big culinary names.
Taking place from 26th April until 1st May, the festival will kick off with a launch dinner hosted by Jay Rayner. Other restaurants, hotels and bars getting involved include Cubitt House, Gail’s Bakery, Lina Stores, The Gate, The Portman Pub and The Zetter.
Over at Hyatt Regency London – The Churchill, they’ll be hosting an exclusive culinary evening filled with fine food and wine. Expect glasses of bubbly and signature dishes such as quail wellington and globe artichoke. Book here.
When: 26.04.2022 – 01.05.2022
Where: Across Marylebone
Website: www.marylebonefoodfestival.com
BOXPARK Croydon’s Hash Hut
What’s your favourite part of a classic fry up? If your answer isn’t hashbrowns, we can’t be friends. In all seriousness though, if you can’t get enough of the brunch staple, you’ll love South London’s new street food pop-up dedicated to the humble potato creation.
Hash Hut has landed at BOXPARK Croydon for a three month residency and celebrates the hidden flavours of the hash brown. The street food pop-up breaks the glass ceiling on its ‘side dish’ status, offering hash browns a chance to reign supreme by dressing them up into Michelin-level golden goodness.
On the menu expect dishes such as raclette hash for the cheese lovers; bangers and hash, a new take on the British favourite; the ‘Hatsu’, a twist on the Katsu surrey with hash browns topped with panko-coated chicken thighs, marinated in garlic and fried to perfection.
When: Until 15.05.2022
Where: 99 George Street, Croydon, CR0 1LD
Website: www.boxpark.co.uk
