Award-winning Welsh chef Bryn Williams to launch landmark restaurant with North Wales’ Theatr Clwyd
See dates and times 7 May 2024
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Today, Theatr Clwyd announces that the internationally-acclaimed, Denbigh-raised chef, Bryn Williams, will launch a landmark restaurant at the North Wales venue.
Williams, a Michelin award-winning chef and restauranteur, is regarded as one of the UK’s best chefs. His restaurants have included the acclaimed Odette’s in London, Colwyn Bay’s Porth Eirias, a beach-front restaurant, café & bar on the North Wales Coast, The Cambrian in the stunning Swiss Alps, and The Touring Club in Penarth.
I am thrilled to be returning home to my native Wales, to work in partnership with Theatr Clwyd, an organisation I have known and loved since being a child growing up locally. I can’t wait to share my culinary passion for our distinct and dynamic region and its produce with my communityBryn Williams.
We are deeply excited to be working in partnership with Bryn on our food and drink offer at Theatr Clwyd - including restaurants, bars, and in all our event and retail spaces. We always aim to work with people who are world class at what they do, who share our values, and who have strong links to our locality. Bryn delivers on all these, and we look forward to working with him to make Theatr Clwyd known as a food and drink destination, as well a venue for world-class culture and communities work.Liam Evans-Ford, Theatr Clwyd’s Executive Director.
The new restaurant will open in 2025 in Theatr Clwyd’s building following completion of the vital redevelopment project.
Bryn Williams biography
Hailing from just a few miles from the heart of Theatr Clwyd, Denbigh born Bryn Williams is a talented Welsh Chef who has made a significant mark on the culinary world.
Bryn learnt to appreciate food and its origins from an early age. Born into a farming family he developed a respect for food whilst growing vegetables, fishing, and managing game on his uncle’s farm. On a school trip to visit a local bakery, he was enthralled by the process of bread making and that sparked an interest in food and the processes needed to move from ingredients to the product that remains with him to this day. He subsequently worked in that bakery as the Saturday boy. Later he attended Coleg Llandrilo Cymru.
He has been employed in some of the most prestigious kitchens in London. Working under Marco Pierre White at The Criterion, Michel Roux at Le Gavroche, and as senior-sous at The Orrery. Bryn has been Chef Patron of Odette’s since 2008
Bryn also is at Porth Eirias, Colwyn Bay, a beach-front Restaurant, Café & Bar on the North Wales Coast. In 2020 Bryn opened his third restaurant at ‘The Cambrian’ hotel in the stunning Swiss Alps. The latest venue is the ‘Touring Club’ in South Wales.
Both Porth Eirias and the Touring Club have been awarded the prestigious Michelin Bib Gourmand.
Bryn is extremely excited to have the opportunity to bring his creativity and brilliantly curated menus to Theatr Clwyd.
Seasonality, creativity, sustainability, and a passion to use local produce and champion the varied and quality larder North Wales has to offer are key elements of the way Bryn delivers his food.
