Meat free treat is in store
AN ambitious young chef who says he can make ‘aubergine taste better than steak and cauliflower taste better than chicken’ is coming to Stockport.
Matthew Nutter is owner of The Allotment Vegan Restaurant, due to open on Vernon Street in the town centre next month.
It will be the first permanent project for Nutter, who earned his stripes working in France and at the acclaimed two AA rosette Brassica restaurant.
He has spent the past few years running a popup vegan restaurant in Liverpool, gaining a loyal fan base across the north west.
“It was as fine dining as it could be with only one chef,” he said. “But now I’ve got two other chefs and a professional kitchen.”
Talking about the Stockport venture he added: “It’s going to be more of a destination restaurant.”
“Come down, and expect more flavours and textures on one plate than you’d get in a standard three course meal in your local restaurant.”
Based near Stockport Market, visitors to The Allotment Vegan Restaurant can expect a tranquil space, packed with fresh herbs growing in pallets and oak flooring.
According to Nutter, most vegan restaurants are staffed by homecooks. He hopes to lead the way for vegan chefs in the north.
He said: “It’s giving vegan food a bad name.
“People seem to think of vegan food as just falafel and salad, but there’s a massive world out there.
“It’s a chance to really show off the cuisine and the potential ingredients have.”
Bookings are now being taken for the restaurant via bookings@theallotmentrestaurant.co.uk.
It opens on Thursday, August 18.
And The Allotment isn’t Stockport’s only new foodie destination – last week we featured Where The Light Gets In, an ambitious project to create a fine dining restaurant, cafe, grocers and gin parlous in an old Victorian coffee warehouse.
It is the brainchild of chef and owner Samuel Buckley, who is from Stockport and has worked at Michelin-starred restaurants such as Juniper in Altrincham and L’Enclume.
Where The Light Gets in is due to launch in autumn this year.