Salon in Brixton Market, the former pop-up that graduated into an influential wine-focused restaurant over the course of a decade, is to close down permanently in the face of challenging trading conditions. Its founding trio – Nicholas Balfe, Matthew Bushnell and Mark Gurney – went on to open restaurant Levan and the more casual diner Larry’s […]
Successful South London chef Nicholas Balfe opens his first country restaurant next Wednesday, 10 November – Holm, at South Petherton near Crewkerne in Somerset. Balfe, part of the trio behind Salon Brixton, who went on to launch Levan and Larry’s in Peckham, sees the new venture as a lifestyle change more than a business. “Having […]
To celebrate the fifth birthday of Brixton’s Salon, chef-patron Nicholas Balfe welcomes five of London’s hottest chefs and closest friends to the kitchen to create a one-off celebratory feast on Sunday 28 January. The stellar line-up sees Lee Tiernan from Black Axe Mangal, Josh Katz of Berber & Q, John Chantarasak from som saa, Silo’s Dougie McMaster, […]
