Brompton Food Market duo to open Hour Glass pub
The two owners of the Brompton Food Market shop in London's South Kensington are to open a pub in September.
Luke Mackay and David Turcan will launch the Hour Glass in Brompton Road, in conjunction with landlord South Kensington Estates.
Mackay has has been in the food and wine business for 17 years, latterly as Borough Market's demo chef and in-house writer. He was responsible for taking over and turning around the failing Royal Oak in Wiltshire.
Meanwhile, Turcan's expertise lies in marketing, communications and business.
The pair met 20 years ago at Reading University.
They will employ Henry Gravells as live-in landlord. Gravells has managed pubs including the Pilot Inn in Greenwich, the Cabbage Patch in Twickenham and the Salutation in Hammersmith. He runs a "proper pub" serving well kept beer in unbranded pint glasses.
London brewers will make up at least 50% of the draft options in the Hour Glass alongside cider, IPAs and at least three guest ales. Bottled beers will reflect London's great beer heritage.
The Kitchen is headed up by Tim Parsons, who has experience working for Bruno Loubet and in restaurants such as the Ebury.
The menu, created by Mackay and Turcan, will use the same producers that supply Brompton Food Market.
Dishes on the menu will include: sea bream with cauliflower, burnt leeks and brown shrimp, flat iron steak with dripping chips and bone marrow gravy and chocolate porter cake with milk ice cream and honeycomb.
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