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Hibiscus

The main entrance to Hibiscus

The location of Hibiscus within

London

Restaurant information

Established 2000

Head chef Ian Scaramuzza

Chef Claude Bosi

Food type Modern French cuisine

Dress code Smart casual

Rating Michelin star

AA Rosettes

Street

address

29 Maddox Street

City London

Postal

code/ZIP

W1S 2PA

Country United Kingdom

Coordinates 51.512829°N 0.142277°W

Seating

capacity

45

Other

locations

Ludlow, Shropshire (2000–2006)

Hibiscus (restaurant)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hibiscus is a London restaurant owned and run by French

chef Claude Bosi. It was opened in 2000 in Ludlow,

Shropshire, and won its first Michelin star within a year,and a second in the 2004 Guide. In July 2006, Bosi and his

wife announced that they were to sell the location in

Ludlow and move closer to London. The property was

sold to Alan Murchison, and Bosi purchased a new site on

Maddox Street in London.

Bosi uses molecular gastronomy to create some items on

the menu in an effort to enhance their flavours, such as

freeze-drying cabbage to create a purée. The restaurant has

received mixed reviews from critics, but has been listed in

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants since 2010, and was

named by Egon Ronay as the best restaurant in the UK in

2005. The Good Food Guide ranked Hibiscus as the

eighth-best restaurant in the UK in the 2013 edition. It has

also been awarded five AA Rosettes.

In 2011, Bosi started a new venture, the Fox & Grapes in

Wimbledon. This new gastropub operates under the same

philosophy as Hibiscus, and is a collaboration with brother

Cedric and former sous chef at Hibiscus, Patrick Leano.[1]

Contents

1 History

2 Menu

3 Reception

3.1 Ratings and awards

4 References

5 External links

History

Claude Bosi and his wife Claire opened Hibiscus in

Ludlow, Shropshire, in 2000. The location had a 36-seat

capacity,[2] and was previously occupied by a three AA

Rosette restaurant called the Oaks.[3] Bosi had previously

been head chef and won a Michelin star at the Overton

Grange restaurant, just outside the town.[3] He hadintended to open a restaurant in Warwickshire, but found

the premises too expensive and purchased a 25-year lease

on the former Oaks property for £40,000.[4] Within a year

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Claude Bosi, chef patron of

Hibiscus

Hibiscus kitchen staff

Hibiscus won its first

Michelin star,[2] and at the

same time Overton Grange

was downgraded.[5]

Working under Bosi at Hibiscus was sous chef Glynn Purnell, who left

Hibiscus in 2003 to become head chef at Jessica’s restaurant in Edgbaston.[6]

Hibiscus gained a second star in the 2004 Michelin Guide.[7]

In July 2006, Bosi and his wife Claire announced that they were intending to

sell Hibiscus and open a new restaurant closer to London, or in the capital

itself.[2] Hibiscus closed in Ludlow in April 2007, with Bosi having sold the

site to fellow chef Alan Murchison for £247,500, but retaining the Hibiscus

name for himself. The restaurant was renamed "Le Becasse", and underwent

a £100,000 makeover before being re-opened under head chef Will

Holland.[8]

Bosi completed the deal in June 2007 for a new site at 29 Maddox Street in London. He intended for the new

Hibiscus to be open by September, and to transfer over the style of cooking he had used in Ludlow, saying,"I’m transferring Hibiscus, not starting a new restaurant. The idea is to continue and build on what I have

been doing."[9] Purchasing and fitting out the London premises cost around £1 million. [10]

Many of the staff from the Ludlow incarnation of Hibiscus agreed to move to London to continue working at

the restaurant, including head chef Marcus McGuinness and sommelier Simon Freeman.[10] Hibiscus

re-opened in October 2007 in its new location after following building works and planning delays. [11] The

interior of the London-based restaurant was decorated in orange and shades of brown. The walls were

covered in pale-coloured wooden panels, and a chandelier designed as a series of globes hungs from the

middle of the main dining room’s ceiling.[12] The handover on the first day was so tight that builders moved

out at midday, and the first service was run at 7 pm that evening. [13] The late opening resulted in thereviewers for the Michelin Guide having only a two-week window in which to re-assess the restaurant for the

2008 guide. Bosi admitted later that the restaurant was not yet up to scratch in those two weeks and agreed

with the decision of Michelin to downgrade Hibiscus to a single star in the 2008 Guide. The restaurant was

also given a "rising star" as one with potential to go up to two stars in the future.[11] During the run up to

Christmas, the stress of serving 550 covers a week in a new location with a modified menu resulted in three

sous chefs resigning.[10]

The two-star award was restored a year later in the 2009 Michelin

Guide,[14] as had been predicted by a number of Bosi’s fellow chefs

including Tom Aikens, Antonin Bonnet and Richard Corrigan. SatBains went a step further and said "I would love to see Claude Bosi

regain his second star at Hibiscus and win his third in time. Hes

probably the best chef I know."[15]

Menu

The menu is created by Bosi. He has been described as an innovator

and his work has been compared to that of Heston Blumenthal at The

Fat Duck.[12][16] One of the new dishes Bosi introduced following his move to London was a two-part pork

dish. The first part was roasted suckling pig served with sea urchin, kohlrabi and a fondant of sweet potato.

The second, inspired by his daughter,[13] featured a sausage roll with a salad and a truffle dressing.[12] Other

dishes have included roast chicken with an onion fondue and licorice,[16] and desserts include a chocolate

tart served with basil ice cream.[17]


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A pan-fried bream dish from Hibiscus

Bosi uses molecular gastronomy techniques, such as in the process

for making a Savoy cabbage purée, in which the cabbage is freeze

dried into a powder and then reconstituted,[12] but he prefers only to

enhance the flavours of individual ingredients rather than changing

those flavours by using unusual techniques.[18]

Reception

Jay Rayner reviewed the restaurant for The Observer after Hibiscus

moved from Ludlow to London, his first time at the restaurant. He

thought elements of the meal were "very clever indeed",[19] such as foie gras ice cream and a sausage roll he

described as a "colossus",[19] but that the desserts were a disappointment, calling an olive oil parfait a

"gloopy mess".[19] Overall though he enjoyed the restaurant and planned to return.[19] Zoe Williams also

reviewed the restaurant shortly after it arrived in London, for The Daily Telegraph. She enjoyed her visit, and

was impressed with the unusual combinations of foods that worked together saying "the sheer expertise of

taking a food with a range of flavours, and knowing it’s in peak condition to meet four others ... it really is

something".[20]

John Walsh also visited it, for The Independent , after the restaurant arrived in London, andgave the food four stars, and the ambience and service three stars;[12] Terry Durack reviewed it for the same

paper, giving the restaurant 17 out of 20.[21]

Food critics from Time Out visited the restaurant in 2009, and were disappointed compared to their previous

visit. They thought that some of the combinations of Bosi’s food just did not work, but they still thought that

the desserts were "faultless".[22] Andy Hayler gave the restaurant a score of six out of ten on his scale during

his November 2011 visit. While he thought the highlight of the trip was a dish of venison served with a confit

of pear in mulled wine and Savoy cabbage with a red wine and smoked chocolate sauce, he felt that the food

was "over-worked".[17]

Ratings and awards

In 2005 Hibiscus was one of three restaurants to be awarded three-stars by the Egon Ronay Restaurant

Guide, along with The Waterside Inn and Restaurant Tom Aikens,[23] and was named Ronay’s Restaurant of

the Year.[4] The restaurant made its first entry in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants in 2010, ranked in 49th

place and one of three British restaurants in the list;[24] the following year it moved up to 43rd.[18] The Good

Food Guide ranked Hibiscus as the eighth-best restaurant in the UK in its 2013 guide.[25] The restaurant has

been given five AA Rosettes by The Automobile Association.[26]

References

"Bosi Branches Out". The Handbook . Jan 19, 2011. External link in |work= (help)1.

"Claude Bosi puts Hibiscus on the market". Caterer and Hotelkeeper . 28 July 2006. Retrieved 11 September 2012.2.

"Caterer and Hotelkeeper 100: Claude Bosi, Hibiscus, Fox & Grapes". Caterer and Hotelkeeper . 1 July 2011.

Retrieved 11 September 2012.

3.

"Claude Bosi". Caterer and Hotelkeeper . 5 December 2005. Retrieved 11 September 2012.4.

"Hotel for sale after losing Michelin star". Caterer and Hotelkeeper . 7 June 2001. Retrieved 11 September 2012.5.

Wood, Joanna (3 July 2003). "Hibiscus loses sous chef to Birmingham start-up". Caterer and Hotelkeeper .


6.

Alleyne, Richard (16 January 2004). "Village with six Michelin stars in 300 yards". The Daily Telegraph.Retrieved 11 September 2012.7.

Kühn, Kerstin (19 April 2007). "Claude Bosi completes Hibiscus sale". Caterer and Hotelkeeper . Retrieved

11 September 2012.

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Wood, Joanna (23 January 2008). "Hibiscus fails to keep its two-Michelin-starred status". Caterer and

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Walsh, John (10 November 2007). "Hibiscus: A chef with balls". The Independent . Retrieved 12 September 2012.12.

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"No new three Michelin stars in 2009 Michelin Guide". Caterer and Hotelkeeper . 18 January 2009. Retrieved

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"Hibiscus". Tatler . Retrieved 12 September 2012.16.

Hayler, Andy. "Restaurant Review – Hibiscus". AndyHayler.com. Retrieved 11 September 2012.17.

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Rayner, Jay (25 November 2007). "Starring rolls". The Observer . Retrieved 11 September 2012.19.

Williams, Zoe (9 March 2008). "Restaurant review: Hibiscus". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 September

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Durack, Terry (18 November 2007). "Hibiscus: Ludlow’s loss is London’s gain as the much-loved, two-Michelin-

starred Hibiscus bursts into life in Mayfair". The Independent . Retrieved 12 September 2012.

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"Hibiscus". Time Out . 19 March 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2012.22.

"Egon Ronay says taste of Scotland is Britain’s best". The Scotsman. 24 February 2005. Retrieved 11 September

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Gerard, Jasper (28 April 2010). "What makes the best restaurant in the world?". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved

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