The owners of Hackney s NEST have renamed and repositioned their Fulham restaurant Harlequin, bringing in a new team of considerable pedigree in the process.
What: A new restaurant on Fulham’s Wandsworth Bridge Road that’s currently serving diners on a covered and - thankfully given this unfortunately-timed cold snap - heated terrace adorned with hanging plants. FENN takes its name from the old English word for low-lying wetland, a nod to its focus on ‘locally sourced, British seasonal dishes’.
Who: FENN is owned by Luke Wasserman, Toby Neill and Johnnie Crowe, the team behind Hackney’s NEST. The trio previously operated the set menu-only Harlequin in the same spot. FENN is a play for slightly more casual territory - it offers a flexible a la carte menu alongside a set menu - and is also more stylistically aligned to NEST in terms of its branding and overall proposition. Heading up the restaurant day-to-day are long-standing back and fro
The team behind Hackney restaurant Nest are to open a seasonal British restaurant on Fulham’s Wandsworth Bridge Road.
Billed as being inspired by Fulham’s proximity to the Thames, Fenn takes its name from the old English word for ‘low-lying wetland’.
Like its older sibling Nest - which was founded by Luke Wasserman, Toby Neill and Johnnie Crowe in 2017 - Fenn will offer ‘creative produce-driven cooking that uses local ingredients’.
The kitchen will be overseen by executive head chef Crowe and head chef Joe Laker, formerly of Anglo in Farringdon.
Dishes from the launch menu include Lincolnshire Poacher cheese and truffle dumplings; hand-dived Scottish scallop with chicken butter sauce; aged Yorkshire beef, parsnip and pickled walnut; and English custard tart.