The steak boom shows no sign of running out of sizzle, with Hawksmoor announcing a sixth London branch at Southwark’s Borough Market to open in February. There is also a branch in Manchester.

The new restaurant will accommodate 140 diners on two floors in a former Victorian hop warehouse later used by a fruit importer and auctioneer.

Will Becket and Huw Gott say the site brings them close to the suppliers they have used since they founded the group 10 years ago. The Harden’s Survey describes Hawksmoor as “meat paradises” serving “utterly brilliant steaks”.

The new opening will follow soon after Ligurian steak specialist Macellaio RC’s new site in Union Street, five minutes’ walk from Borough Market; Arlo’s in Balham, which opened over the summer; and the Grill at McQueen in Shoreditch, due to open under two former Hawksmoor chefs on October 18.