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The new London restaurants to try in October 2026
Since the unfortunate 2019 closure of her first restaurant, Romy’s Kitchen, in South Gloucestershire, Romy has become a welcome sight on TV screens between the release of three cookbooks – the latest being Romy Gill’s India: Recipes from Home, in 2024. Being such a household name, you’d be forgiven for being surprised that her new venture, Romy Gill at The Pem, is the chef’s first restaurant in six years. It’s the aforementioned cookbook that greets us as we pass over the threshold, after weaving through Conrad London St. James, into a fantastically crimson dining space. Privacy panels divide the restaurant’s heart into booth hideouts that feel more intimate than the sprawling space they’re set in, while tables along each side offer corners where besotted foodies feast under subdued lamplight.
Connor Sturges – Condé Nast Traveller
Chef Romy Gill Shares Her Life in Food
Award-winning chef, broadcaster and cookbook author while also leading the kitchen at The Pem at Conrad London St. James, Romy Gill shares her life in food, from her earliest memories to her favourite flavours and culinary inspirations.
Known for championing the regional cooking of India through her books, television appearances and guest chef residencies, Romy’s menu will bring together the rich, hearty flavours of Punjab, the coastal spice of Kerala and the vibrant street food of Bengal.
Known for championing the regional cooking of India through her books, television appearances and guest chef residencies, Romy’s menu will bring together the rich, hearty flavours of Punjab, the coastal spice of Kerala and the vibrant street food of Bengal.
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Chef Romy Gill brings her story of India to The Pem
From Punjab to Kerala, the celebrated Indian chef brings her memories, journeys, and inspired culinary traditions to The Pem at Conrad London St. James.
As she begins this new chapter, Gill speaks to Harper’s Bazaar India about the making of her culinary identity, and why the most meaningful recipes are often the ones we inherit.
Shreya Shah – Harper’s BAZAAR India
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Taking over The Pem inside Conrad London St James, Romy Gil''s first permanent restaurant in six years is huge in scale but cosy in feel, with plush banquettes giving way to intimate corners.
The vibe is special occasion, paired with superbly presented sharing dishes in Romy’s Tasting Journey menu, drawn from the MBE chef’s career and travels across India.
The vibe is special occasion, paired with superbly presented sharing dishes in Romy’s Tasting Journey menu, drawn from the MBE chef’s career and travels across India.
Keith Kendrick – Olive Magazine
Best New London Restaurants to Try
I’m a huge fan of Romy Gill’s cookbooks. Never having had the chance to try the cooking at Romy’s Kitchen, her Gloucestershire restaurant, before it closed, I’m excited that she’s now back at the helm of a permanent kitchen for the first time in seven years.
Sidonie Wilson – The Times
My London: Romy Gill
Romy Gill MBE is one of Britain’s most recognised Indian chefs, a three-time cookbook author and a familiar face on BBC One and ITV.
From roaming around book shops to finding quiet in one of the city's parks: here's how chef & writer Romy Gill unwinds in the city.
From roaming around book shops to finding quiet in one of the city's parks: here's how chef & writer Romy Gill unwinds in the city.
The Nudge
No Place Like Home – Interview with Chef Romy Gill
Named after suffragette Emily Wilding Davison, whose family knew her as Pem, the signature restaurant at Conrad London St. James pays tribute to a woman who challenged convention and fought for change.
The next evolution is now taking place, reopening as Romy Gill at The Pem and marking the return of one of Britain’s best-known Indian chefs to a permanent kitchen after six years.
Hannah Currie – Supper Magazine
Best New London Restaurants Opening in September 2026
Hotel restaurants can be where good intentions go to be upholstered. Romy Gill is a considerably better reason to visit The Pem.
Gill closed Romy’s Kitchen in Gloucestershire in 2019 and has spent much of the intervening period writing, broadcasting, travelling and generally being Romy Gill everywhere except behind the stoves of a permanent restaurant.
Gill closed Romy’s Kitchen in Gloucestershire in 2019 and has spent much of the intervening period writing, broadcasting, travelling and generally being Romy Gill everywhere except behind the stoves of a permanent restaurant.
Hannah Twiggs – The Independent
New Hire: Romy Gill, The Pem’s New Executive Chef
It’s Gill’s first permanent restaurant kitchen in six years. She’ll be crafting an “elegant and unexpected” menu based on regional Indian flavours and personal memories – smooth and silky butter chicken, samosa chaat and more.
Che-Marie Trigg – Broadsheet London
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Award-winning chef, broadcaster and cookbook author Romy Gill MBE returns to the kitchen this September as she takes over The Pem at Conrad London St James.
Her first permanent restaurant in six years, the new chapter will showcase regional Indian cooking inspired by Gill's upbringing and travels across the country.
Her first permanent restaurant in six years, the new chapter will showcase regional Indian cooking inspired by Gill's upbringing and travels across the country.
Heather Steele – Sheerluxe
An Insider’s Guide To Conrad London St. James
Art-deco in spirit and draped in deep scarlet velvet, this autumn, the restaurant enters an exciting new chapter as Romy Gill at The Pem – with acclaimed chef and author Romy Gill MBE bringing her regional Indian cooking to the heart of St James’s.
Lewis Nunn – Forbes
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