Oxeye - debut restaurant from Sven Hanson Britt in Nine Elms - now open

22 October 2021

Oxeye, the debut restaurant from Sven Hanson Britt, situated at Embassy Gardens in Nine Elms, opens for its first public service today at lunchtime. The space consists of a 16 seater fine dining restaurant, an adjacent wine bar serving small plates and snacks, and an upstairs gallery space that can be privately booked.

Oxeye takes inspiration from its partner farm in Derbyshire. The menu represents the character of this area of the UK using exceptional produce picked, foraged, reared and fished at Park Farm. The wine list, curated by Katrina Smith, will be a choice pick of the finest wines from the British Isles and one of the largest collections in the country.

The menu at Oxeye takes a tasting menu format, with 8-10 courses on offer at £99. The dishes will change weekly

The menu at adjacent wine bar, Bar Rex showcases a more casual side of Sven’s cooking, small pates and snacks are made for sharing as guests work their way through an extensive British by the glass selection. Small plates will be simple yet delicious showcasing the best of U.K. shellfish and day boat fish, Oxeye charcuterie, seasonal, simple vegetable dishes and British cheese and Cartografie chocolate. Dishes on the menu will range from £2 - £20, and tables will be available for walk-ins only.

Sven-Hanson Britt, finalist of BBC’s MasterChef: The Professionals 2014, winner of MasterChef the Professionals: The Rematch 2019 and founder of Oxeye, started working in restaurants at the age of 14. He gained a place on the prestigious Specialised Chef Course run by the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts at 18 years old and completed his apprenticeship at The Ritz.

After five years of working his way up through the ranks at The Ritz, Sven was a finalist of the William Heptinstall Award as well as the Annual Awards of Excellence and took himself to France for a sabbatical. Sven returned to The Ritz as Sous Chef and it was during his time here that he appeared in MasterChef the Professionals 2014.

In 2015, Sven was hired as Executive Chef of luxury kitchen appliance brand, Miele, whilst he was preparing the groundworks for what is set to be his restaurant, Oxeye: a space linking the farming of the Melbourne Estate and Park Farm in South Derbyshire, with a unique farm and ingredient led dining experience. In late 2019 Sven was selected as the winner of MasterChef the Professionals: The Rematch. He was up against other world-class chefs but was crowned champion by acclaimed judges Marcus Wareing and Monica Galetti. Sven started a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2019 to fund the opening of Oxeye, in which 206 backers pledged £36,380.