{"id":880882,"date":"2026-04-08T20:12:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T20:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/880882\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T20:12:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T20:12:29","slug":"fire-dining-spot-igni-to-open-on-the-humo-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/880882\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire dining spot IGNI to open on the HUMO site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Mayfair site is getting a new concept and a new chef<\/p>\n<p>We were big fans of <a href=\"https:\/\/londontheinside.com\/loti-eats-humo\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/londontheinside.com\/loti-eats-humo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">HUMO<\/a>, where everything was cooked over various types of wood, but the restaurant is no more, having <a href=\"https:\/\/londontheinside.com\/these-london-restaurants-have-closed-this-year\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/londontheinside.com\/these-london-restaurants-have-closed-this-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">closed<\/a> towards the end of last month. The site isn\u2019t lying empty for long though as Creative Restaurant Group has brought in ex- chef Theo Clench to open new concept IGNI, with a 34-cover dining room and a 10-seater chef\u2019s table.<\/p>\n<p>As you might deduce from the name, cooking over fire and the use of smoke is still going to be central (the kitchen will still not use electricity or gas), but this time there\u2019ll be a focus on <a href=\"https:\/\/londontheinside.com\/map\/seafood-restaurants\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/londontheinside.com\/map\/seafood-restaurants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">seafood<\/a>, with produce coming from trusted suppliers like Henderson Seafood. Drawing inspo from his childhood memories of being by the water, Theo\u2019s menu (available in  only of eight, five and three courses) will include dishes like:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ember-cooked oyster with cucumber sauce, soft herb oil, fermented cucumber, nasturtium and bronze fennel <\/li>\n<li>Aged turbot on brioche with charred lettuce, smoked bone caramel and teriyaki turbot fins. <\/li>\n<li>Aged tuna hutoro with foie gras, shiso and wasabi, and tartlet of akami\u00a0with lapsang ponzu jelly<\/li>\n<li>Smoked silken tofu with madong chocolate, roasted koji and wheat leaf tuiles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The wine list, curated by Head Sommelier Alessio Ragusini, will feature some big bottles from Burgundy and Bordeaux, whilst the rest of the drinks offering will resemble a \u2018liquid kitchen\u2019, drawing influence from and using the same ingredients (including <a href=\"https:\/\/londontheinside.com\/wasteless-wonders-the-best-dishes-and-drinks-made-from-food-waste\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/londontheinside.com\/wasteless-wonders-the-best-dishes-and-drinks-made-from-food-waste\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">trims and by-products<\/a>) as Theo\u2019s dishes.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the opening, Theo said: \u201cI am incredibly excited to be opening IGNI with Creative Restaurant Group. I have been with the company for a few months and realised our vision of hospitality, people, culture and restaurants align. As CRG is always evolving, the opportunity to open IGNI arose. We are building an incredible team, full of young, passionate cooks who are essential to the future of the industry. For me this is the culmination of years of experience and I am incredibly excited to be back cooking in the heart of London, we are creating something truly unique, we are looking forward to showing everyone what we are creating in Mayfair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Key Information<\/p>\n<p><strong>Opening date<\/strong> | Weds 22nd April 2026<br \/><strong>Address<\/strong> | 12 St. George Street, London, W1S 2FB<br \/>F<strong>or more information<\/strong> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ignilondon_\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">@ignilondon_<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Mayfair site is getting a new concept and a new chef We were big fans of HUMO,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":880883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,124992,393,124993,4884,257,354,91572,16,15],"class_list":["post-880882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-britain","tag-eat-drink","tag-england","tag-food-drink-news","tag-great-britain","tag-london","tag-mayfair","tag-seafood","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116370915436065738","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880882","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=880882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/880883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}