Claire Fougère
Chef and owner
Does the market four mornings a week and writes the menu on her return.
Demonstration: these businesses do not exist. Names, contact details, prices and texts were made up to show what the engine produces; none refers to a real business.
The team
Seven of us, and mostly the same faces from one season to the next.
The menu changes every morning: it is written by two people, on the way back from the market.
Chef and owner
Does the market four mornings a week and writes the menu on her return.
Sous chef
Joined in 2019 as a commis. Runs the stoves and the sauces, and has written half the daily specials for two years now.
Head of room and wine
Chooses every wine, all from independent growers, and will not list one from an estate she has not visited.
Pastry · Wednesday to Sunday
Three puddings a day, never the same two days running. Sunday rice pudding is the only fixture.
There are always two people on the floor, never one. It is the most expensive choice we make, and the one that changes your meal most.
We close Sunday evening and Monday. A place that opens seven days wears its team out, and that shows on the plate long before it shows on the rota.
The bar is walk-in, lunch and dinner alike.