{
  "id": 15737132,
  "title": "St Barts: The hidden City restaurant looking beyond the British larder",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/st-barts-the-hidden-city-restaurant-looking-beyond-the-british-larder",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-20T11:14:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "City AM",
    "slug": "city-am",
    "url": "https://www.cityam.com/st-barts-the-hidden-city-restaurant-looking-beyond-the-british-larder/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Restaurant St Barts, located in the heart of London, is a Michelin-starred dining experience that showcases British ingredients in its tasting menus. Executive chef Johnnie Crowe, co-founder of the restaurant, has built its menu around his relationships with local producers, ensuring that the dishes are 100% British. The restaurant, which opened in 2022, is situated in a medieval church that dates back to 1123, adding an intriguing past and present contrast to the dining experience.\n\nUpon entering the restaurant, guests are greeted with a Scandi-style sweep of wood, linens, and light. As they move through the space, they pass the open kitchen, filled with driftwood ephemera of drying meats, fruits, and stacks of fermenting jars, before arriving at the main dining room, which opens onto the medieval church of St Bartholomew the Great.\n\nThe menu features a variety of dishes that highlight British ingredients, including a martini briny with sea fennel, a cheese and onion tart, and a quail liver parfait. The tasting menu's centerpiece is a corn dish that features butter made from dried corn and barbecued fresh British corn. However, the real surprise is a lobster dish served with quinoa, featuring sansho, a highly floral Japanese pepper.\n\nTo cater to the changing seasons, Chef Crowe utilizes fermentation and pickling techniques to stretch the availability of British ingredients. This results in unique dishes such as \"Pink Flamingo peas\" from Norfolk, transformed into miso, and barley that is fermented and blackened to create a chocolatey ganache, ice cream, caramel, and tuile. Overall, Restaurant St Barts offers a unique and unforgettable dining experience that showcases the best of British culinary offerings.",
  "summary": "The Toast the City Awards are mere days away, with the great and good of the Square Mile preparing to descend upon Steel Yard for the party of the year. One of the Finalists is the stunning Barts North Wing – but did you know there is also an incredible place to grab lunch after [...]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}