Lamb shoulder—epaule d’agneau—with confit garlic to share at the new Josephine Bistro in Marylebone.
Source: Josephine
A Star Chef Expands His Winning Bistro Formula to Central London
Escargot, fruits de mer platters, chocolate mousse: Claude Bosi’s new outpost of Joséphine is a roll call of French classics.
Grandmothers are one of chefs’ most ubiquitous culinary touchstones. They’re not far behind mothers, often cited by chefs as the kitchen mentors who set them on their cooking trajectory. Claude Bosi has gone a step beyond giving verbal credit; he’s dedicated not one but two restaurants to his paternal grandmother. And both Joséphine Bouchon and Joséphine Bistro; are stocked full of enough traditional dishes to make any French grandmother proud.
Over the past two years, Bosi has been one of London’s busier chefs, launching the two-Michelin starred Brooklands in the Peninsula London and opening, then closing Socca in Mayfair, all the while overseeing the storied Bibendum in Chelsea. However, his most popular venture has been the more informal Joséphine Bouchon, down the road from Bibendum, which the Lyon-born restaurateur opened with his wife, Lucy, last year.