{"id":399411,"date":"2025-09-05T07:40:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T07:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/399411\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T07:40:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T07:40:14","slug":"celebrated-scottish-chef-to-open-parisian-restaurant-and-bar-on-site-of-fhior-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/399411\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrated Scottish chef to open Parisian restaurant and bar on site of Fhior restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"

This October, acclaimed Edinburgh chef and restaurateur Stuart Ralston<\/a>, alongside co-owner Jade Johnston, will open their newest ventures, Vinette & Vivien, on the site of Fhior restauran<\/a>t which closed this year.<\/p>\n

Vinette will be a Parisian bar \u00e0 vin serving sharing plates and bistro style dishes with old world influences, and Vivien, will be an intimate cocktail bar named after lesbian poet Ren\u00e9e Vivien, located beneath it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Situated on 36 Broughton Street, Vinette will embody the convivial spirit of Parisian wine bars.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The menu will revolve around ingredient-led, seasonal cooking ingrained in European dining culture, while celebrating artisanal Scottish producers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Designed to be paired with a constantly evolving by-the-glass selection, the food offering will be in line with Stuart\u2019s elegant and flavour-forward style, but with more informal and playful undertones.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The kitchen will be headed up by Stuart\u2019s younger brother, Calum Ralston, who has trained with the group over the past 18 months.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Dishes will include Braised duck hearts on toast with pickled green peppercorns, Grilled Iberico pork chop with cider-braised onions & mustard sauce and Pigs head croquettes with smoked paprika.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Front of house will be led by Elle Mackay, the incoming general manager of Aizle who will bring her extensive experience.<\/p>\n

Group head sommelier Stuart Skea will be overseeing the wine offering, with an emphasis on wines from the Old World, as well as some special bottles from further afield.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sourced from small scale wineries, the bottles will offer a strong sense of terroir, with a constantly revolving by-the-glass selection allowing for exploration.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The interiors will be led by Ross McNally of Scarinish studios, with the aim of creating a hospitable space with a soft and inviting atmosphere.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The interiors will be underscored by minimalism, with crushed linens and candlelight conveying a calm and serene atmosphere.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Located beneath, Vivien will be an intimate cocktail bar and late-night counterpart to Vinette.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Named after Ren\u00e9e Vivien, a lesbian poet living in Belle \u00c9poque Paris, it will embody her rebellious and inquisitive spirit, as well as aesthetic principles of Decadence.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The bar programme will be headed up by Rebekah George, a well known figure within the Edinburgh bar scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Classic and signature serves such as The Strawberry Thief and Violet Subterfuge will be available, alongside a selection of bar snacks, including Potato mille-feuille buerre blanc and Ortiz anchovies with lemon butter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Compact and comforting, Vivien will be an extension of Vinette\u2019s inviting ambience with additional design elements such as soft ambient lighting and bar seating.<\/p>\n

A place for pre and post dinner cocktails, Vivien will be a destination cocktail bar in its own right, a welcome addition to Edinburgh\u2019s late-night scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Coming soon after the closure of his debut restaurant Aizle the new openings will be an addition to Stuart\u2019s portfolio of restaurants – now named as the Aizle Hospitality Group –\u00a0 which include Michelin-starred <\/a>Lyla, and Michelin Bib Gourmand Noto and Tipo.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The opening of Vinette & Vivien marks a significant evolution for the newly branded Aizle Hospitality Group, which also includes Stuart\u2019s long-time operations director, Jade Johnston, and his older brother, Scott Ralston, who will be stepping into the Group Chef role to oversee the casual restaurants.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter closing Aizle, it felt important to mark a new chapter,\u201d said Stuart.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cVinette and Vivien are about creating spaces that feel warm, social, and a little indulgent. I\u2019m especially proud that I\u2019m opening them with people who\u2019ve been on this journey with me – Jade, who has been integral for more than a decade, and my brothers Scott and Calum, who are stepping into leadership roles.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis feels like the group\u2019s natural next project, but with the same commitment to quality we\u2019ve always had. I will be doubling down on my efforts with Lyla and hope to improve ten fold but this allows people around us to continue to grow which is very important to me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This October, acclaimed Edinburgh chef and restaurateur Stuart Ralston, alongside co-owner Jade Johnston, will open their newest ventures,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[14010,748,13201,13193,1102,4884,56079,280,712,14,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-399411","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-awards","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-cocktails","11":"tag-eating-out","12":"tag-edinburgh","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-michelin","15":"tag-restaurants","16":"tag-scotland","17":"tag-top-stories","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115150561361751134","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}