Restaurant James Sommerin

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Restaurant James Sommerin
Restaurant James Sommerin
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Location within the Vale of Glamorgan
Restaurant information
EstablishedMay 2014 (2014-05)
ClosedJuly 2020 (2020-07)
Head chef James Sommerin
Food type British cuisine
Rating Etoile Michelin-1.svg Michelin Guide
Street addressThe Esplanade
City Penarth
CountyVale of Glamorgan
Postal/ZIP CodeCF64
CountryWales
Coordinates 51°26′04″N3°10′05″W / 51.434511°N 3.168065°W / 51.434511; -3.168065

Restaurant James Sommerin was a restaurant in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It was owned and run by chef James Sommerin.

Sommerin formerly ran the Michelin starred The Crown and Whitebrook in Monmouthshire. [1]

Description

The Edwardian Beachcliff building [2] was purposely re-built to become Restaurant James Sommerin by Richard Hayward Properties.[ citation needed ] It was located off the Penarth esplanade, looking out across the Severn Estuary. [3] In 2016 nine 'boutique' bedrooms were added to the restaurant, to accommodate diners travelling from afar. [2]

The seafront restaurant closed in the summer of 2020 following months of COVID-19 lockdowns without financial assistance. [4] Sommerin had planned to start a delivery service, but aborted the plan and instead made 1,000 meals for NHS staff with the food stocks. [5] A year after the closure, Sommerin started a new venture called Home, in Stanwell Road, Penarth. [4]

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References

  1. "Michelin-starred Crown at Whitebrook closes". BBC News. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 Harmer, James (21 March 2016). "Nine bedrooms open at Restaurant James Sommerin". The Caterer. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  3. Macleod, Tracey (15 August 2014). "Restaurant James Sommerin, review: 'If foam blew in off a passing wave they'd put it on the menu and call it espuma'". The Independent. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  4. 1 2 Williams, Kathryn (7 July 2021). "James Sommerin opening new Penarth fine-dining restaurant". Wales Online. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  5. "James Sommerin 'devastated' as Michelin-star restaurant closes". Penarth Times. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2023.