The residency will run from Wednesday 16 to Saturday 19 September and again from Wednesday 23 to Saturday 26 September, with Dabbous joining Kāio head chef Sachin Mistry for a series of dinner services.
Dabbous will present a six-course tasting menu shaped around seasonal ingredients, considered flavours and Kāio’s live-fire cooking style.
The evening will begin with a selection of appetisers, including grilled sticky rice with yellowtail and black pepper; flatbread cooked in the tabun with date molasses butter and fennel pollen; and iced melon gazpacho. This will be followed by Dabbous’s signature coddled egg.
The menu will then move to grilled late-summer vegetables with pesto, served to share, followed by Chilean seabass with plum wine broth, coco beans, dressing and sour cream.
Dessert will comprise Tahitian vanilla ice cream; brown butter madeleines; and raspberries in a lemon verbena punch. A vegan menu will also be available.
The six-course menu is priced at £95, with the vegan menu priced at £80. Wine pairing will be available for an additional £75.
Dabbous is best known for his eponymous restaurant, which earned a Michelin star within six months of opening. He later co-founded and led Hide in Piccadilly.
Mistry’s previous roles include The Grill by Tom Booton at The Dorchester, BiBi, Michelin-starred The Cross at Kenilworth and Akoko.
Kāio opened in August within The Whiteley, the £1.5 billion transformation of the former Whiteleys department store on Queensway. The restaurant features a dining room, 360-degree cocktail bar and rotunda-style alfresco terrace.
The restaurant takes its name from an ancient Latin word associated with fire, burning and the ‘sacred act of kindling’, reflecting its focus on live-fire cooking.
The residency comes as Dabbous continues to be linked with speculation over a potential new restaurant of his own.