13 of the Best Pop-Ups and Supper Clubs in May
May is set to be a month awash with exclusive chef collaborations, kitchen takeovers and rooftop yoga. Blossom is set to take over your Instagram feeds as some of London’s top restaurants bloom in time for spring, and you can have your say on a Michelin-starred menu as chef Adam Simmonds launches his Test Kitchen. Read on to see how you can get involved…
Blondies Kitchen
Blondies Kitchen at Selfridges
Chelsie and Kristelle aka Blondies Kitchen are swapping Old Street Station for Selfridges’ Food Hall this month as they host a month long pop-up serving up the cookies that they’ve become known for. As well as their iconic cookie sandwiches, you’ll also find a limited edition raspberry and coconut cookie and a tahini cookie with dark chocolate and sesame seeds. Grab a selection box, to go – sharing optional.
Monday 1st – Monday 29th May
Where: Food Hall, Selfridges & Co, 400 Oxford Street, W1A 1AB
Website: www.blondieskitchen.co.uk
D&D London Venues
London in Bloom
Restaurant group, D&D London, are hosting a month long #BlossomCity17 campaign for a second year. A selection of floral-inspired menus and installations will take place across their London venues, including a floral afternoon tea at Bluebird (23rd-28th May), gluten and soy free plant-based dishes at Coq d’Argent and floral installations on the terraces of German Gymnasium, Quaglino’s, Angler and Aster. Brunch parties, cocktails and dishes garnished with petals will also be happening so look on the website for full details. Throughout Blossom City, money will be raised for The Lady Garden Campaign and The Gynaecological Cancer Fund.
From Tuesday 2nd May until the end of June
Where: Across London
Website: www.blossom-city.danddlondon.com
Tramshed
Two Top Chefs Team Up
Cinnamon Kitchen Chef and Restaurateur Vivek Singh will join Chef Mark Hix as he presents a series of intimate suppers at his Kitchen Library, above Tramshed. With only 12 seats around the kitchen bar, places are limited, resulting in an atmosphere reflective more of a dinner party than a formal sit down restaurant. Mark and Vivek will serve 4-courses, using seasonal ingredient-led menus, paired with wine and cocktails to compliment the food.
Wednesday 3rd May
Where: 32 Rivington Street, London, EC2A 3LX, United Kingdom
Website: www.hixrestaurants.co.uk
Sardine
French Dinner
Chef Alex Jackson and the team at Sardine are going to be joined by chef, Henry Harris (Racine), for a one-off dinner celebrating the best of French cuisine. Dishes are set to include smoked sprats and horseradish with charcuterie, celeriac remoulade and pickles and côte de Boeuf with snails, bone marrow, Persillade, watercress and hasselbacks. There’s dessert and cheese to follow (Alex was formerly an affineur with Mons cheesemongers) and wines will be selected form Sardine’s new reserve list.
Wednesday 3rd May
Where: 15 Micawber Street, London N1 7TB, United Kingdom
Website: www.sardine.london
Nest
British Tapas
Nest is a team of young foodies and throughout May and June, on Tuesdays – Fridays they’ll be hosting a British tapas pop-up – ‘Summer on The Square’ in Finsbury Square. Dishes will include the likes of pig head and black pudding croquettes; Old Spot jowl and burnt orange and smoked mackerel tartarte with seaweed. They’ll also be home-mixed seasonal concoctions such as rhubarb and ginger; elderflower and lime, cucumber and juniper which you can spike with your own spirits.
Wednesday 3rd May until Friday 30th June
Where: Finsbury Square, Moorgate, EC2A
Website: www.nestfood.co.uk
Coq d'Argent
Early Morning Yoga
Getting up in the winter to exercise is pretty much impossible, it’s dark and it’s cold. Now is the time to make the most of your mornings, the sun shining through our windows has us raring to go (well, maybe not raring, that’s a slight exaggeration). One thing that will get us out of bed though is Fat Buddha Yoga at Cod d’Argent. Starting on 18th May, Jessica Skye will be taking to the rooftop of Coq d’Argent to host weekly early morning yoga sessions and unlike your usual gym studio you’ll get spectacular views out across the city. You can also stay for breakfast afterwards with dishes including Greek yoghurt with honey, berry compote, fruit salad or muesli and smoked salmon and spinach eggs benedict.
Starting Thursday 18th May and then every Thursday
Where: No 1 Poultry, Poultry, London EC2R 8EJ, United Kingdom
Website: www.fynder.io
Craft London
Thursday FEAST
For the third Thursdays FEAST, Stevie Parle and Craft London Head Chef, Anna Garcia Cortes are joining forces to cook up a seven course vegetarian feast to celebrate National Vegetarian week. Dishes will include cedo, courgette, nettel and seaweed; tomato water, green beans and rapeseed oil with goat’s curd and a mint, fennel and gooseberry pudding to round it off.
Thursday 18th May
Where: Craft London, Peninsula Square, London, United Kingdom
Website: www.craft-london.co.uk
The Test Kitchen
Michelin Starred Test Kitchen
The Test Kitchen is a new 12-month pop-up by Michelin-starred Adam Simmonds (Le Gavroche and Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons), opening in anticipation of a permanent site, set to open in 2018. As the name suggests, Adam will adopt an experimental approach inspired by his experience in professional kitchens across the world. The diner will play a key role, providing feedback on the menu so that the dishes can be adapted for his new restaurant.
Until April 2018
Where: 54 Frith Street, Soho, W1D 4SL
Website: www.thetestkitchen.uk
