Gordon Ramsay's Bread Street Kitchen- A Preview

As you all must have heard, Gordon Ramsay is opening a chain of his restaurant, Bread Street Kitchen here at The Shoppes @ Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. With all the excitement and anticipation, I decided that I would give you a preview as to what the restaurant would be, and all the action happening around this restaurant opening. 

For those of you who do not know who Gordon Ramsay is, Gordon Ramsay is a Scottish born chef, who is a famous restaurateur. He has a total of 14 Michelin Stars under his belt and has his own shows such as Hell's Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares, The F Word etc. Gordon Ramsay is known worldwide for his fiery and quick approach to cooking. If you watch his shows, you would notice the excessive swearing and short-temper he presents. Apart from this, he is an excellent chef, owning world-class restaurants internationally such as Maze, Savoy Grill, The Boxwood Cafe etc. 

Bread Street Kitchen

Gordon Ramsay's Bread Street Kitchen made its way into the culinary world on the 26th October, 2011. This restaurant was located near St Paul's Cathedral in central London. The restaurant cost approximately $4.7 million. Its London outlet is the original outlet, with its second outlet recently opened up in Hong Kong in September 2014, therefore making Hong Kong the first Asian country to welcome Bread Street Kitchen. The name 'Bread Street Kitchen' came from the address of the original restaurant, 10 Bread Street. 

Gordon Ramsay's newest Bread Street Kitchen outlet at Hong Kong

Bread Street Kitchen's original menu consists of a Breakfast menu, a regular A la Carte menu, a canape menu and a wine, desserts and drinks menu. As you can tell, the menus give customers a wide variety. His A La Carte menu consists of traditional British cafe food with options ranging from a Snow Crab California Roll to a Roasted Sea Trout. Similarly, his breakfast menus showcase traditional British classics such as Eggs' Benedict and even a simple Toast and Jam. The breakfast menu also consists of fresh fruit juices to 'kick start your day'. And of course, how could we forget the tea? The British certainly do love their tea, and at Bread Street Kitchen, teas ranging from peppermint to green tea, is showcased on the breakfast menu.

Gordon Ramsay's Bread Street Kitchen certainly provides its customers with the classic British with its own twist of modern international flavours, mainly Ramsay's deep knowledge into French cuisine. 

The Seabass Carpaccio is one of Ramsay's many dishes at Bread Street Kitchen that combine modern flavours

As you may be able to make out from the picture, the decor and interior of the place is absolutely brilliant! The restaurant is nicely lit, and opens up to a beautiful bar, a trademark of fine dining restaurants. The decor and ambience at Bread Street Kitchen is another elements that helps in a wonderful customer experience.

Bread Street Kitchen Singapore

Bread Street Kitchen Singapore is said to open at The Shoppes @ Marina Bay Sands in April/May 2015. Clearly starting up here in Singapore is not going to be easy in the beginning, due to the great competition in fine dining restaurants at The Shoppes, with celebrity chefs such as Wolfgang Puck, Daniel Bould, Mario Batali etc. Due to the huge number of fine dining restaurants, The Shoppes is a mall high in demand for fine dining restaurants, which is why Ramsay chose to open Bread Street Kitchen there. 

This is not the first time Ramsay has been to Singapore; he visited in 2013 and participated in the Hawker Heroes Challenge and in fact won the award for the best Chilli Crab, a tantalizing local delight. Ramsay was impressed with the quality and standard of food presented by local hawkers, and was in awe of the entire atmosphere here, which was probably why he was inspired to start his own restaurant here.

Chef Gordon Ramsay at the Hawker Heroes Challenge in SIngapore (2013)

Ramsay had in fact stated that Bread Street Kitchen Singapore is going to be different from the original outlet in London, as Ramsay is said to add a "Singapore-Style Blend". This blend hopes to attract more locals to his restaurant. Gordon Ramsay also mentioned in a statement that although food may not be cheap (nor too expensive), it would good value for money.

Apart from that, Ramsay recently hired a local intern to work at his restaurant, by the name of Koh Han Jie, after an intense cook-off between several interns at Marina Bay Sands. The contestants had to cook a three dishes, with egg being the hero of the dish. Due to Gordon Ramsay being a perfectionist, these eggs needed to be perfectly cooked soft-boiled. These dishes were then judged by Ramsay and the CEO of Marina Bay Sands, George Tanasijevich and eventually selected Koh for this highly reputed position. Ramsay said that this challenge was purely to bring out local talents, to kick-start Bread Street Kitchen Singapore. Koh mentions that he is exciting to start his internship with Gordon Ramsay and to work in a "fast-paced" restaurant. 

Ramsay himself is an experienced mentor, which is seen through his series such as 'Hell's Kitchen' and 'MasterChef', and has been mentors of chefs that have evolved through the years and have reached a culinary standard matching up to Ramsay's.

Bread Street Kitchen's new Intern Koh Han Jie (Centre), along with Chef Ramsay, and the CEO of MBS, George Tanasijevich
 

 With prices still being worked out, Bread Street Kitchen is on its way to make its second foreign appearance. Whether this restaurant would be a hit amongst locals, only time would tell. Hopefully I get the chance to try out this place myself once it opens next year; probably my most in-demand future review. Hopefully you guys enjoyed this post, as I vowed to do something different. Please leave a comment, and continue to follow my blog. Have a wonderful Christmas season!

Disclaimer:

I haven't been to Bread Street Kitchen and therefore all information presented in this post is information extracted from various sources and not from my own personal experiences.