dancing to its own tune | trivet, london

After more than a decade working side by side at Heston Blumenthal’s The Fat Duck, Jonny Lake and Isa Bal opened Trivet not as a grand statement, but as a natural continuation of a shared way of thinking. There was no master plan, no manifesto. It was coffee, a conversation and a mutual understanding that the time had come to do something of their own. Since opening in Bermondsey in 2019, Trivet has steadily carved out a distinct identity within London’s fine dining landscape, earning two Michelin stars while quietly resisting many of the conventions that often accompany them. Most notably, Trivet has never offered a fixed tasting menu. Lake and Bal, instead, have built their restaurant around an à la carte format. This decision felt almost radical in today’s fine-dining climate, yet it is firmly rooted in tradition. At Trivet, guests are encouraged to shape their own experience: a full three-course meal, a single dish at the bar, dessert and a glass of wine, or something in between. This flexibility is central to the restaurant’s ethos, reinforcing a sense of ease, familiarity and return, the feeling of a neighbourhood restaurant, executed at the highest level. That same philosophy runs... Read more » The post dancing to its own tune | trivet, london appeared first on Schön! Magazine.