TOM SELLERS’ MODERN BRITISH BERMONDSEY RESTAURANT

In April 2013, Tom Sellers opened Restaurant Story in Tooley Street, London SE1, and it achieved instant media and consumer success, including a Michelin star within a few months. After five years, Tom decided to ‘rethink’ the food offering and the restaurant’s interior design, closing Story for six weeks to reopen in May 2018. Bespoke menus are now created for each guest, composed of both classic Restaurant Story dishes and new offerings, always inventive, seasonal and with Tom’s signature flourishes. The new interior reflects the maturity of the business, too, adding tablecloths, dramatic wallpaper and striking sculpture and lighting.

Tom trained under some of the finest chefs in the world, including Thomas Keller (Per Se), René Redzepi () and (Tom Aikens Restaurant). Story has achieved an 8/10 rating in the Waitrose Good Food Guide 2019 and is ranked #16 in their list of the UK’s Top 50 Restaurants. It was also awarded five Rosettes in the AA Restaurant Guide 2019, and has been included in the “UK Top 100 Restaurants” in Restaurant Magazine’s National Restaurant Awards 2018, as well as achieving a Gold Award in the Square Meal restaurant awards 2019. Tom also opened The Lickfold Inn, a much- loved local pub near Petworth, West Sussex, in 2014 - it quickly achieved three AA Rosettes and was Open Table’s Pub of the Year. 2017. Tom’s first book, ‘A Kind of Love Story’, was published by Orion in 2016, and in late 2017, Story began producing its own boutique cider with Hush Heath cider house, and ‘An Apple a Day’ vinegar in collaboration with Minus 8.

TYPICAL DISHES Bread and dripping Snail ravioli Scallop, cucumber and ash Oscietra caviar, veal sweetbread and hazlenut White and celeriac Turbot, Champagne and sea herbs Almond and dill

PRICES Lunch: £50 for four courses (Tuesday-Thursday); £100 for eight courses Dinner: £125 for nine courses, or £145 for eleven courses

OPENING HOURS Lunch: Tuesday-Saturday Noon-5pm (last orders 2.15pm) Dinner: Monday-Saturday 6.30pm-9.30pm; Friday-Saturday 6pm-9.30pm (last orders 8.45pm)

DRINKS LIST Overseen by Head Sommelier Alessia Ferrarello, the international wine list of approximately 350 bins includes many small producers, with a large emphasis on lighter and fresher varieties to complement the menu. Prices start from £25 bottle, with 24 options by the glass from £8. There are also artisanal cocktails created by Matt Whiley from £12, and craft beers from local breweries from £6, including Restaurant Story’s own beer – The Story Saison.

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INTERIOR DESIGN Seating 34, the restaurant’s striking new décor features a ceiling installation of 413 swallows taking flight by Michelle McKinney, and dramatic patterned wallpaper. The interior also has polished concrete floors, a large floor-to-ceiling window, white tablecloths, and red leather chairs. While rethinking the menus, Tom Sellers has also added a new range of custom plates, crockery, glassware and cutlery, each item matched to specific dishes. The new playlist, curated by Rudimental, consists of songs with meaning to some of Tom’s most admired chefs, such as Claude Bosi, , Daniel Clifford, Sat Bains, Daniel Humm and Tom Aikens.

MEDIA QUOTES “In 2018 the restaurant underwent more than just a major refit – it felt more like a rebirth…. Tom Sellers and his talented kitchen present a mixture of their classic dishes along with others informed by the seasons.” – Michelin London Guide 2019 “It’s the creative lair of Tom Sellers, one of the capital’s more intensively experimental practitioners, whose stint at Noma in Copenhagen…shines through in much of the creative retooling of profoundly humble ingredients…” – The AA Restaurant Guide 2019 “The variously priced, beautifully balanced multi- tasting menus are full of small delights and unexpected flavours” – Waitrose Good Food Guide 2019 “Superb innovation delivers a series of sensational dishes…” – Harden’s London Restaurants Guide 2019 “…Immaculate creations including subline turbot with Champagne…that testify to Sellers’ prodigious talent…There is culinary joy and invention here. In short, Story now knows how to put a smile on its customers’ faces.” – Square Meal Restaurant Guide 2019 (Gold Award) “Everything is wonderfully fun… a fun tasting menu that feels kind of cool.” – Condé Nast Traveller “…Grown up cooking of the highest order, it is Sellers’ playful way with joyous invention that leaves you wanting more of every small plate.” – Telegraph Luxury “Chef-patron Tom Sellers’ imagination and wit has made Restaurant Story one of the best restaurants in London.” – Decanter Magazine

MISCELLANEOUS Full address: 199 Tooley Street, London SE1 2JX Reservations: 020-7183 2117 Website: www.restaurantstory.co.uk Twitter: @Rest_Story Nearest underground: London Bridge/Tower Bridge Air-conditioned Disabled facilities All major credit cards accepted Optional 12.5% gratuity added General Manager: Ursula Ferreira

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February 2019