Maverick chef Marc Wilkinson has reopened his extraordinary one-man restaurant Fraiche at a secret address near the Shropshire market town of Oswestry – and with only eight seats, it is even smaller than before. To start with, while Marc develops the wine list, diners are invited to bring their own bottles with no corkage fee – […]
Mould-breaking chef Marc Wilkinson is shifting his restaurant Fraiche from Merseyside to a new rural location in Shropshire, where he will resume service this summer. He announced the move in a Facebook post, ending five years of uncertainty over the future of Fraiche. Marc – hailed as “a genius” in the 2023 Harden’s guide – opened the […]
Reports of the death of cult Merseyside restaurant Fraiche are greatly exaggerated. Marc Wilkinson, the one-man kitchen brigade at the restaurant in the village of Oxton, says Fraiche is very much open for business – whatever Google says. Described in the latest Harden’s guide as a “genius”, Marc has cooked his way to the top of […]
Fraiche, the tiny Merseyside restaurant that topped the Harden’s Best UK Restaurants list in 2020, is to close permanently at the end of September. Chef-patron Marc Wilkinson announced the news in a Facebook post, bringing to an end his 18-year run in the Wirral village of Oxton. Famously operating as a one-man brigade in the […]
