Chef Dom Taylor to close Marvee’s Food Shop after just four months

Marvee’s Food Shop follows the success of Dom Taylor's The Good Front Room residency at The Langham
Marvee’s Food Shop followed the success of Dom Taylor's The Good Front Room residency at The Langham (©Marvee’s Food Shop)

Chef Dom Taylor will close Marvee’s Food Shop later this month due to ‘unforeseen circumstances’.

Launched in May within Ladbroke Grove music and events space UNDR, the casual dining restaurant sought to ‘playfully reimagine’ the Caribbean takeaway experience.

The restaurant will remain open for Notting Hill Carnival, which takes place this weekend.

From 27 August onwards the chefs that previously worked under Taylor will serve up their own menu of Caribbean cuisine.

In an Instagram post, Taylor hints that the brand could return, saying that UNDR was the first home for Mavee’s Food Shop.

Marvee’s Food Shop followed the success of Taylor’s first solo venture, The Good Front Room.

Based at central London’s Langham Hotel, the ten-month residency offered an elevated Caribbean dining experience and was launched after his win on Five Star Kitchen: Britain’s Next Great Chef, streamed on Channel 4 and Netflix.

Named in honour of Taylor’s mother, Marveline — affectionately known as Marvee — the concept draws on the sounds, smells and stories of his childhood, with a nod to the ‘characterful, often chaotic’ Caribbean food shops scattered across London.