We left London ten years ago for a quiet life in the country! First we bought a Georgian manor house by the South Downs and spent a couple of years renovating it into a gracious B & B called West Stoke House. After a couple more years we had earnt a Michelin star. Along with two of our chefs, Joel and Mike we wanted to take food in a new direction. Then we met Stacey, the pastry chef at Lime Wood Hotel, and our team was complete.
So in 2010 we sold up to launch Amelie and Friends – an all-day restaurant housed in a Chichester townhouse on North Street. The building is famed with housing the country’s oldest wine merchant dating from 1780. We stripped it back to its key Georgian features and introduced an urban vibe to create a spacious, modern minimal feel. From here we simply serve unpretentious good things we would want to eat ourselves.