Robin Gill partners with Green & Fortune at London Museum

Robin Gill has been named as the food curator at the new London Museum in Smithfield, due to open on 28 November 2026.

The 10-year contract at the Smithfield museum was won by Green & Fortune earlier this year, with plans to open four hospitality spaces including all-day dining, café and grab-and-go formats. It will also lead catering for the museum’s venue hire events.

Green & Fortune will work in partnership with Gill, who will collaborate with chef director Dan Rampat on the culinary direction across all four venues.

The museum’s culinary offering comprises the flagship 140-cover restaurant Clerks House at London Museum; Bartholomew’s bar; the Temperance Cocoa Rooms café which will be open 24/7 from Thursday to Sunday; and an incubator space called the Roost which will offer rotating six-month residencies of London’s up-and-coming talent to an intimate 14 covers.

The caterer has also announced that Mr Lyan Studio will work on the drinks offering at Bartholomew’s bar, with head of beverage Joe Boxall using the museum’s galleries and exhibitions as inspiration.

Green & Fortune chief executive, John Nugent, said: “The ambition of London Museum will be matched by a hospitality offering and programme unseen in London. The Green & Fortune team, together with our collaborators, Robin Gill and Mr Lyan Studio will collectively create authentic London food and drink experiences for both museum visitors and Londoners alike. Making food and drink, not just part of the experience, but a reason to visit. We are a proud, deep rooted London business and are embracing the opportunity to develop a selection of new and refreshingly different locations in the museum, that will shift the dial in what galleries and museums offer.

“It is a tremendously purposeful project, and we are proud to be playing our part in it. Over the coming months we will share more details about what people can expect, make sure to watch this space.”

The London Museum in Smithfield will open in November following a decade-long restoration of the Victorian General Market. The F&B venues will be located throughout the museum, with many offering street entrances.

The venues, with interiors designed by Russel Sage Studio, will blend restored original features with contemporary design and celebrate London’s food culture past and present – from pie shops and oyster bars to late-night cafés, bakery counters and modern street food.

Gill added: “At London Museum, the food alone will be a reason to visit. Working with Green & Fortune we want to curate an experience that reflects the vibrancy of London and tell London’s story through food. We’ll be partnering with the best London producers and nurturing up-and-coming talent in the capital which is an exciting proposition. Bring on 28th November!”

Nathan Lamb, director of experience and enterprise at London Museum, added: "Food is how London meets. Over a table to share plates and opinions, a coffee to catch up with friends, or a drink before the music starts. In the museum, we will offer four distinct experiences that give people both a place and a reason to come together. Working with Green & Fortune, alongside Robin Gill and Mr Lyan Studio, it will be part of how we tell London’s story, drawing on Smithfield’s legacy as a place that has fed and entertained Londoners for close to a thousand years.”