Located next to The Sloane Club, Bistro 1922 will be the second public-facing venue launched under the 1922 name, following the opening of Café 1922, a café and deli, earlier this year. The new venue will operate as a neighbourhood-style bistro serving British-focused food across lunch and dinner.
George Scott-Toft, executive head chef at Bistro 1922, will work with Gordy Mclntyre, director of F&B, on the menu and supplier relationships. Producers and F&B partners involved in the project include Rockfish, Cultjar, HG Walter and Curing Rebels.
The restaurant will also feature artwork curated with Chelsea-based Hommage, which specialises in original posters and lithographs.
The collection will be changed regularly and will include museum and exhibition posters featuring artists including Picasso, Raoul Dufy and Damien Hirst.
“Bistro 1922 is an exciting next step for us,” says Neena Jivraj-Stevenson, managing director of The Sloane Club.
“Café 1922 showed us there was a real appetite to bring the spirit of The Sloane Club beyond our members and into the neighbourhood, and Bistro 1922 gives us the opportunity to take that idea much further.
“We wanted Bistro 1922 to have its own personality - more energy and the unmistakable character of a great London bistro - while staying true to the things that have always mattered to us: generous hospitality, good food, conversation and a sense of belonging.
“It’s a new chapter for 1922, but one that feels completely at home in Chelsea.”
The Sloane Club dates back to 1922, when it was founded by Princess Helena as the Ex-Service Women’s Club. It was established as a meeting place for women returning from the First World War.
In 2017, The Sloane Club was acquired by family-owned hospitality company Queensway alongside privately owned real estate fund manager and adviser Clearbell.