UK. The principles of seasonality and sustainability are behind a new restaurant set to open at Gatwick Airport in December.
Grain Store Café & Bar will be located in the South Terminal and is the first ever offshoot of the King’s Cross restaurant, and is the result of a partnership between The Zetter Group, Chef Bruno Loubet and Airport Retail Enterprises.
The restaurant will feature a family-friendly all-day menu overseen by Loubet and created with airport travellers in mind, and showcases fresh and organic vegetables as well as fish and meat sourced from local British producers.
The lunch and dinner menu will be based on Grain Store specials along with sandwiches, burgers and “˜old favourites’, such as fish and chips and Shepherd’s pie, given the “Grain Store touch”.
A breakfast menu has also been specially created by Loubet, and will be served daily, along with a variety of all-day breakfast options. A kid’s menu has also been produced.
According to the partners, Grain Store Café & Bar will focus on speed of service, in line with Gatwick Airport’s promise to serve meals within 15 minutes, “providing premium dining whilst giving passengers peace of mind about their flight plans”.
At the start of 2016, the restaurant will also offer takeaway bento boxes for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The restaurant space has been designed by Russell Sage Studio, whose previous work includes The Savoy Grill, Quaglino’s, and the original Grain Store in King’s Cross. The restaurant will have a white tiled takeaway counter, feature bar and open kitchen in the restaurant. According to Gatwick, a five metre long glass wall, which offers a window into the kitchen, is the first of its kind in an airport.
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Bruno Loubet has created exclusive menus for the Gatwick Grain Store |
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Grain Store opened in King’s Cross in 2013 with vegetables touted as the hero ingredient |
