Less than three months after closing his highly rated Islington restaurant 12:51, chef James Cochran is opening a new venture nearby – a ‘bistro pub’ called The Brave in a revamped Essex Road boozer. “We’re creating something really special here at The Brave,” says James. “Given all the love we received from locals when we closed […]
Chef James Cochran is to open a sports bar next month with a menu built around his signature buttermilk fried chicken. Valderrama’s – named after the big-haired Colombian footballer Carlos, a cult hero in the 1980s and 90s – is within walking distance of James’s highly rated Islington restaurant 12:51. The bar represents a permanent […]
Celebrated chef James Cochran, who currently runs his casual fine dining restaurant 1251 in Islington, is to launch a street food concept called Goat. The Great British Menu winner is opening a site at Boxpark Croydon, with a view to set up there permanently. On the BBC2 show, Cochran wowed judges with his goat meat […]