Fleet Street Kitchen (FSK) was founded on two simple principles: that ‘The best parties are always in the kitchen’, and the finest food is served ‘Farm to Table’. The latter conviction is something of an obsession for Steve Wakeman, our Head Chef, who believes that a restaurant’s customers are entitled to know (and to trust) that every dish has been prepared in the certain knowledge that each stage in its production, sourcing and processing has been as rigorously considered as its presentation on the plate. In the wake of continuing food sourcing scandals, it has become ever more important to ensure the primacy of sustainable agriculture, the renaissance of traditional farming practices, and the promotion of seasonal and community-supported agriculture.
At FSK, we use only the freshest ingredients and the most responsible family farms and producers. Steve and his chefs personally select all of the Kitchen’s produce, so he can ensure the consistency, integrity and quality of each stage in the development and preparation process. Particularly when it comes to our meat and fish, we are obsessively concerned with reviving and preserving practices (and dishes) that have long since fallen under the wheels of big business and mass production. Most of our fruit and vegetables are heirloom and open-pollinated.
We buy our produce directly from our farms and farmers, therefore – all of whom share our concern for animal husbandry, small-farm economics, food safety and seasonality. These values produce navigable improvements in nutritional integrity, freshness and flavour – as well as some seriously original and inventive menus. These values have not made us pious, however, and we are as passionate today as we have always been that the best parties really are in the Kitchen. The talents of our chefs and our front of house staff – and their knowledge and enthusiasm – help make Fleet Street Kitchen one of the finest restaurants in Birmingham. We are extremely proud of what we do, and of why we do it.
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