In honour of English Breakfast Day 2023, our Development Chef and Innovation Consultant Ben Rowland reveals the breakfast spots on his 2023 hit list...
Us Brits love a good breakfast.It is estimated that the average person spends over £570 a year on the ‘King of Meals’, with a total UK spend estimated in 2016 of over £13bn.With the squeezing of disposable incomes, people are moving towards blending mealtimes such as ‘brunch’ and ‘early dinner’, often lighter (and cheaper) than a typical lunch or dinner. This has seen a growing trend in brunch innovation and pastries, with cafes and coffee shops expanding their offerings to cater for demand and to increase average spend and dwell times.Whether it’s a greasy spoon ‘full fry-up’ and builder's tea, a hipster workspace/bistro plate of ‘smashed avo on sourdough toast’ or an exotic ‘cilbir’ with an oat milk flat-white, the breadth of choice on offer can be overwhelming.To mark English Breakfast Day (not that I needed an excuse), I've put together a list of top places to get your brekkie fix. Whether it’s your 'early morning wake-up, 'mid-day recovery' or 'been up all night refuel!', here's my 2023 hit list.
Greasy Spoon
Regency Cafe, Westminster
- Alpinos, 97 Chapel Market, London, N1 9EY
- Regency Café, 19 Regency Street, Westminster, London, SW1P 4BY
- Terry’s Cafe, 158 Great Suffolk Street, London, SE1 1PE
Hipster Hangout
Juliet's Quality Foods, Wandsworth
- Buhler + Co, 8 Chingford Road, London, E17 4PJ
- Antipodea, 9 Station Approach, Kew, London, TW9 3QB
- The Black Cab Coffee Co, Riverlight 1, Nine Elms Lane, London, SW11 8AU
- Brunswick East, 3D Stamford Works Gillett Square, Dalston, London, N16 8JH
- Flotsam & Jetsam, 5A Clifton Villas, London, W9 2PH
- Juliet's Quality Foods, 110 Mitcham Road, Wandsworth, SW17 9NG ·
Upper Crust
Duck & Waffle, East London
- 45 Jerymn St., St. James's, SW1Y 6DN
- Chiltern Firehouse, 1 Chiltern Street, London, W1U 7PA
- Duck & Waffle, 110 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4AY