Culture Whisper's crop of the best restaurants pegged to open in London in 2017
Featuring Masterchef judge Monica Galetti's first ever restaurant, Rick Stein's first ever London restaurant (forty years in the making) and the new younger siblings of some of our absolute favourite London restaurants.
We're looking at you, Casse-Croute and Riding House Café...
How it'll turn heads in 2017: Monica Galetti, the celebrity chef best known for her no-nonsense judging on BBC2’s Masterchef: The Professionals, is behind this opening.
Go for: Galetti's razor-sharp take on fusing the classic with the contemporary. And her husband David's expert wine pairings.
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How it'll turn heads in 2017: Tel Aviv-born head chef Eran Tibi is a Yotam Ottolenghi protégée.
Go for: London's first 'Gazoz bar'. The traditional Turkish sparling drink is flavoured with plum, dig, thyme and watermelon.
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How it'll turn heads in 2017: This is the much-awaited follow-up to Bermondsey Street's celebrated French restaurant, Casse-Croute.
Go for: The Poulet de Bresse – an especially tender breed of chicken served here, sourced exclusively from an eastern province of France. The sommelier will definitely have a scandalously good red to pair it with too.
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How it'll turn heads in 2017: Esteemed Fitrovia eatery Riding House Café is somewhere you'd take your in-laws. Here's their new venture.
Go for: A peek at the ambitious new Nova Victoria hub, which will gain momentum after this, its first big opening.
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How it'll turn heads in 2017: This is the follow-up to Hackney favourite Pidgin, from celebrated food writer James Ramsden and Indie musician Sam Herlihy.
Go for: The return of trolley dining (all 30 dishes are served from mobile trolleys).
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How it'll turn heads in 2017: Bosi gained two Michelin stars for recently-closed Hibiscus, and he's going for more here.
Go for: French dishes focussing on seafood with laser-like focus and exactness.
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How it'll turn heads in 2017: It's the next Soho House Group incarnation. With seven restaurants inside, this is huge.
Go for: A sneaky peak at the new direction (in essence, the huge expansion) for the Soho House Group are undergoing
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How it'll turn heads in 2017: A prime time television favourite, but with actual high quality cooking to boot, Stein's first London restaurant has been forty years in the making.
Go for: The Thameside views from the conservatory.
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