Tom Aikens’ Muse
Muse marks Tom Aikens’ return to experience-led fine dining in an intimate 25-cover converted mews house. The menus at Muse have been inspired by nostalgia and the pivotal moments and key people from Tom’s personal life and career.
Value £225,000
Challenge
The main challenge for Advance on this project was that of space. The project required the concept to be created across 2 floors, with 2 separate kitchens, a back of house service area and coldrooms/KP section on the top floor. Therefore, in order to create the desired commercial kitchen for Tom Aiken, the project required extensive planning in terms of design and installation. Since the installation required Advance’s engineers to work with two bespoke cooking suites, all construction had to be done on site. Working closely with the manufacturers skilled teams was key, in order to ensure that a concept kitchen with a world class finish was delivered.
Solution
Advance created a bespoke solution for this Tom Aiken concept, and through the clever use of space, coupled with the high standard of cooking, a unique dining experience was created. On the ground floor, Advance appointed Control Induction to develop the perfect pastry kitchen. A beautiful one-piece top cooking suite went hand in hand with refrigeration from Precision, who helped to satisfy the many specific requirements from wall hanging meat curing displays, to dual temp fridge drawers, to space saving under counter solutions. The use of a Rational XS and bakers oven, mounted above the suite, gave an enhanced flexibility to the kitchen and bar space.
Moving upstairs, Advance worked with Charvet Bespoke, to create an elegant and timeless cooking stove, enamelled in cream, to match the interior decoration by Rebecca Korner. This suite had a series of French planchas, for direct and indirect cooking, as well as integrated refrigeration, and a one of a kind commissioned wood grill by Rhys Allen. This top floor area was finished off with clever slow cooking platforms such as Clifton Water baths and Thermodyne precision cooking.
Manufacturers
Precision, Charvet, Rational, Control Induction, Advance Fabrication, Advance Coldrooms, TFSE, Thermodyne, Clifton, Swiss Cave, Maidaid
Testimonial
Coming soon…