National Portrait Gallery to launch new hospitality spaces ahead of reopening
The new hospitality offer will include Audrey Green, a day and late night bar, as well the reopening of Portrait Restaurant on the top floor
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The National Portrait Gallery has recently announced a new hospitality partnership with Audrey Green by Daisy Green and The Portrait Restaurant by Richard Corrigan, ahead of reopening on 22 June.
Following a £35m refurbishment, the National Portrait Gallery will offer three remodelled hospitality spaces.
From coffees, cakes and brunches to cocktails and fine dining, the National Portrait Gallery will offer its visitors a wide variety of food and drink choices at a range of price points, alongside art views.
Audrey Green by Daisy Green Collection will be situated across the ground floor and vaults of the Weston wing. The café will have its own entrance and will offer a range of artisan drinks as well as lunches and cakes. Brunch and exhibition-inspired afternoon teas will also be served during the day. During the night, the bar will transform into a late night venue serving cocktails and small plates and will be accessible via a hidden entrance off Charing Cross road.
Prue Freeman, co-founder of Daisy Green Collection, said: “Art is integral to Daisy Green Collection’s DNA. Through this partnership, art and design will feature on a next-level scale. Daisy Green was given unlimited access to the NPG Collection to create Audrey Green, which will capture the magic of London’s West End, a celebration of theatre, ballet, music and film through the ages.”
The Gallery’s reopening will also see the return of Portrait Restaurant with acclaimed chef Richard Corrigan who will partner with hospitality group Searcys. Situated on the top floor with views of London’s skyline, the restaurant interiors will feature sculptures from the Gallery’s Collection while the menu will focus on seasonal ingredients from the British Isles. The bar will focus on wines and classic cocktails.
Regarding the reopening of the restaurant Corrigan said: “I’ve long been a lover of the National Portrait Gallery and the exquisite art that hangs there. It’s one of London’s iconic art galleries! Any chef would give their right arm to cook in such an historic building so for me to be opening a restaurant, under the same roof as all this world class art, it’s truly a privilege.”
