Pied à Terre (restaurant)
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Pied à Terre in 2009
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| Established | 1991 |
| Current owner(s) | David Moore |
| Chef | Andy McFadden |
| Street address | Charlotte Street |
| City | London, W1 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°31′8.5″N 0°8′7″W / 51.519028°N 0.13528°WCoordinates: 51°31′8.5″N 0°8′7″W / 51.519028°N 0.13528°W |
| Other information | Nearest station: Goodge Street
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| Website | www.pied-a-terre.co.uk |
Pied à Terre is a Michelin starred French restaurant in the Fitzrovia district of central London.
The restaurant is co-owned by David Moore who has been involved since the restaurant first opened its doors in 1991, with Andy McFadden as head chef. The restaurant caters for business and leisure diners and is open every day except Saturday lunchtime and Sunday, when its sister restaurant, L'Autre Pied is open. Moore has had key roles or contributed to television programmes such as BBC’s The Restaurant and Masterchef.
The opening on 16 December 1991 by part owner David Moore and head chef Richard Neat, saw the restaurant achieve Michelin star status after just thirteen months and then went on to double them in January 1996. When it was time for Neat to move on, Tom Aikens stepped into the limelight and retained the two stars until 2000. After Aikens’ departure in December 1999, his own sous chef Shane Osborn took over the top position in the kitchen and furthermore became part owner. In January 2000, the restaurant was of one star status. Marcus Eaves who was head chef at L'Autre Pied earned his first Michelin star at the age of 27, just 14 months after L'Autre Pied opened its doors, took over the reins from May 2011. The current head chef Andy McFadden also comes from within the Pied stable of chefs and moved over from L'Autre Pied in November 2015.
In November 2004, a fire forced the closure of the restaurant for most of 2005 but it was re-opened on 26 September 2005.
The restaurant seats 44 downstairs with the second floor private dining room accommodating a maximum of 13 diners which is often used for prestigious product launches and has played host to a tasting evening by Pierre Hermé, the French Chocolatier.
The cracked glass features which are found on every level of the restaurant are exclusively made by George Papadopoulos who creates a unique way of working with glass. The restaurant features four unique paintings by Clare Chapman, some of which feature in the main restaurant. In the bar on the first floor, where pre-dinner drinks are served, there are prints by the world-renowned pop artist, Sir Peter Blake, who is best known for his design of the sleeve for the Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Other notable artwork displayed throughout the restaurant include: various pieces by Richard Hamilton, an English born painter and collage artist and also a piece by Sir Howard Hodgkin. The distinctive glassware used on the tables were provided by Annie Morhauser of Annieglass.
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