Residency

• Satsu is the new residency to watch at Homerton's The Gun

  

  A promising new residency has launched at The Gun in Homerton (sister pub to The Compton Arms) and yes, you can still visit even though Tier 2 status is imminent. 

  Called Satsu (that means ‘murder’ or ‘kill’ in Japanese - a play on The Gun's name), it's from Reece Moore (Four Legs, Dabbous, Texture and Bao), Jenny Phung (pop up Ling Ling’s) and James Shepherd (ran Haggerston cocktail bar, Shep’s).

  The menu is pitched as "Western dishes are subtly

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• Chef Tom Cenci kicks off evening residencies at Stoney Street in Borough

  

  Honestly, we were pretty gutted when we heard that chef Tom Cenci's Loyal Tavern was to become another restaurant victim of Covid. So it was cheering news to learn this week that Cenci is back behind the stoves again.

  This time he's running a three-month residency at Stoney Street in Borough Market. The restaurant had

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• Carousel returns to Marylebone kicking off a new series of residencies

  

  After shutting down back in March, rolling residency restaurant Carousel is back in action in Marylebone. They've just launched a new series of residencies throughout October. You'll have a chance to see what some chefs have been working on, preview an upcoming restaurant and there's even a chef from overseas.

  Here's who's on duty:

  Thomas Straker - now until 3 October:

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• Jack Whitehall is bringing a decadent Foodslut residency to Tower Bridge

  

  You may know Jack Whitehall more from his standup or Netflix shows with his dad, but he also has a blog called Foodslut. That site specialises in " Brat extends its popup at Climpson's Arch

  

  27/8/20 - updated with details of an extended residency

  After being without Tomos Parry's excellent Brat restaurant for a few months - it returned in two different incarnations. 

  Over the past month, one of the huge successes of post-lockdown pivoting has been the Brat x Climpson’s Arch residency. It saw Parry going back to his roots as he had previously been in the kitchen there

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• Jay Morjaria is opening his restaurant JAE as a residency at Dalston's Untitled

  

  His 'plant-forward' food was enough to win him a £500,000 stake on TV's Million Pound Menu. Now chef Jay Morjaria, is going to be showcasing that winning talent at his new Dalston residency, JAE.

  Having popped up with JAE at various spots across London over the past year or so, this new weekend slot at Untitled will be a semi-permanent base for Morjaria running every Thursday to Saturday night. 

  The menu focuses on

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• Leroy's spin-off Royale will be roasting chicken IRL at a Hackney residency

  

  During the lockdown, Shoreditch's Michelin-starred restaurant Leroy pivoted to create a chicken delivery service in the shape of Royale. But now the restaurant is back up and running, the questions was - what will happen to Royale? Now we know, as they're carrying on serving up chicken, this time in a Hackney residency at the East London Liquor Co. 

  The menu remains the same - rotisserie

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• Anglo Thai are landing at Dalston's Newcomer Wines for a new residency

  

  AngloThai, John and Desiree Chantarasak, have been pretty busy during the lockdown, with an excellent hot-dog kit and a recent collaboration with Cornerstone in Hackney. Now they're

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• Mamapen sets up a Cambodian residency at Dalston's Prince Arthur

  

  In these times of restricted flight policies, know that you can taste the food of Cambodia much closer to home: specifically, at the recently resurrected The Prince Arthur pub in London Fields. During the pub’s year of closure, it consulted with its neighbours as to what exactly residents wanted and has relaunched with the desired focus on community gatherings and independent, yet traditional pub spirit. Fitting

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• Coqbull Irish chicken and burger restaurant kicks off a residency in Camden

  

  New to Camden is a residency from Coqbull, who have already been doing rather well in Ireland. They've opened over there in both Cork and Limerick and have become pretty popular, winning awards along the way. Now they've got their sights set on London, starting with a residency at the Lock Tavern. 

  On the menu will be their "Chicken wings in buffalo or teriyaki sauce" as well as an "all-day

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