Marco – the new Chelsea restaurant from Marco Pierre White

On 1st October, Marco Pierre White will open his new restaurant Marco located at Chelsea Football Club’s home, Stamford Bridge. The collaboration with Chelsea FC is a significant departure from previous ventures at one of London’s famous destination venues.

It continues the Chelsea strategy of partnering with leading brands and personalities in specific fields, while the club concentrates on its core football business.

Marco, named after Marco Pierre White’s son, will serve classic French cuisine that will offer starters such as Escalope of foie gras and duck egg on Brioche toast; Aspic of oysters with watercress in champagne jelly; Brandade of cod with egg mollet. Main courses will include Breast of Pigeon with foie gras wrapped in cabbage; Rib-eye with snails; Fillet of Cod Viennoise with Champagne sabayon. Whilst on match days the menu on offer has much more of a British slant featuring some of MPW’s personal favourites: Organic Sheppard’s Pie; Roast Partridge properly garnished; Smoked Haddock with Welsh Rarebit Glaze.

The wine list will include up to 300 wines from both the old and new worlds. Many of the wines will have a strong French reference with a very good selection of fine wines.

White has called upon Matthew Brown to be Head Chef at Marco. Matthew Brown has worked with MPW for 16 years heading up the kitchens at The Restaurant at Hyde Park Hotel, The Oak Room and the Belvedere and The Highwayman. Brown commented, “I am extremely excited about working with Marco again. I think people will be pleasantly surprised by the menu he has chosen. The Style of cuisine is what Marco originally made his name on.”

Tara Bernerd, CEO of Target Living, is the interior architect and designer for Marco. Within the 2000 sq ft restaurant, she and her team have created a space that combines warmth and elegance with a contemporary slant. The exterior is clad in African black granite, with tinted windows and a revolving door that launches you into a space that is both seductive and industrial.

A striking cognac-coloured column covered in Swarovski crystals sits in the centre of the restaurant. Whilst an Arabescato marble bar anchors the room at one end Philip Hurel velvet mink seats, canary yellow stools and grey steely booths in Soane leather, provide more intimate dining banquets around the perimeter of the room. The dining room offers 70 covers in total and the bar seats 11.

Livio Italiani, previously at Luciano, is the general manager.

MARCO is locates at Stamford Bridge, Fulham Road, London, SW6 1HS

Log on to Marcorestaurant.co.uk for more information.

Opening times:

Lunch Tuesday to Saturday 12 to 2.30pm

Dinner Monday to Saturday 6pm to 10.30pm