KUALA LUMPUR: Battersea Power Station (BPS) has unveiled the first tranche of cafés, bars and restaurants, which are scheduled to open at the Grade II-listed power station from September 2022.
The culinary hotspot in London offers a variety of British and international eateries with Le Bab, Where The Pancakes Are, Poke House, Clean Kitchen Club, Paris Baguette, Joe & The Juice and Starbucks joining the power station line-up.
Gordon Ramsay's Bread Street Kitchen & Bar will also be opening inside the Grade II-listed building, following the opening of Street Pizza in Circus West Village, the riverside neighbourhood at the foot of the BPS.
BPS' food and beverages (F&B) offering will be located in the historic Turbine Halls and Boiler House.
It will be the "must visit" destination for foodies, complemented by the 14 cafés, bars and restaurants already open in Circus West Village, including authentic Malaysian restaurant, Roti King, which will be opening its doors in the coming months/
Starbucks will also be opening a new coffeehouse inside the BPS and visitors craving freshly squeezed juices, healthy sandwiches and coffee will be able to pop into a new Joe & The Juice branch.
About 20,000 sq ft food hall offering an all-day dining experience would also be opening in the Boiler House at the heart of the Power Station.
Joining the BPS' leisure offering, State of Play Hospitality's, Bounce, 'the home of ping pong' will be opening its first venue in the United Kingdom for seven years within Turbine Hall B.
The new and unique site would showcase an entirely new look and feel for the brand, while offering 11 gaming areas, a central cocktail bar and a private room.
Bounce Battersea Power Station would also offer several Wonderball tables, which use laser mapping technology to create various interactive games.
These newly-announced brands will join a strong line-up of retailers already set to open their doors at Battersea Power Station next year.
They include Ray-Ban, Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, The Kooples, Aēsop, Calvin Klein, Hugo Boss, MAC Cosmetics, Space NK, Watches of Switzerland, Jo Malone, boxing gym, BXR and The Cinema at The Power Station, a new cinema and private members club, with sister sites including The Cinema at Selfridges and The Cinema in The Arches located in Circus West Village.
Battersea Power Station Development Company head of leasing Sam Cotton said BPS had emerged as one of London's leading food and drink destinations.
"This will only become stronger with the great mix of cafés, bars and restaurants opening inside the Power Station, creating thousands of new jobs for the immediate and wider local communities. We are delivering something incredibly unique for the capital and are confident visitors to Battersea Power Station will be excited by the variety of cuisines that will be on offer.
"We have an exciting year ahead of us as we countdown to the Power Station opening and further retail, leisure and dining concepts to announce, so watch this space," he said in a statement today.
"Housing one of our places in such an iconic, inspirational piece of architecture is a bit of a dream and we feel really lucky to be a part of the Battersea Power Station story.
"The power station and surrounding area feels like the biggest regeneration project that's happened in the last decade that I've lived in London. I've actually been a neighbour to the Power Station for years and so I know first-hand just how huge this is going to be for this part of the capital. Seeing it all evolve and develop from the inside has been an incredible journey," said Le Bab co-founder Stephen Tozer.
Where The Pancakes Are founder Patricia Trijbits said the company loves being part of an exciting urban landscape and community.
"With two restaurants in quintessential London destinations, near Borough Market and Charlotte Street, to open our next one in Battersea Power Station is the stuff of dreams.
"It took guts and belief to build the station in 1929, it took guts and belief to resurrect it with even greater inspiration today. We're immensely proud to have been invited to join this titanic masterpiece and will add our bit by doing what we're really good at: nourishing pancakes, great coffees and uplifting cocktails."
Clean Kitchen Club co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) Mikey Pearce said the company was growing rapidly and to be included in Battersea Power Station's restaurant line up, was a fantastic achievement.
"Having grown up just across the river, opening a restaurant inside an iconic London landmark which I've seen transform into a new neighbourhood over the years is a real pinch me moment! Serving good tasting and healthy plant-based food is our heartland and we can't wait to invite people through our doors at Battersea Power Station so they can taste what we have to offer."
Poke House co-founder and CEO Matteo Pichi said the brand was rapidly expanding throughout the world, with stores in five different countries and in each one.
"We are preparing delicious, hand-made, healthy products giving our customers the option to dine guilt free. We believe Battersea Power Station is the perfect location for our store as we aim to be present where the next generations are spending their time."
State of Play Hospitality CEO Toby Harris said the company was excited to be opening a new Bounce in the Power Station, which has to be the most eagerly awaited development in London.
"The launch of Bounce in 2012 represented the start of the State of Play journey and it feels fitting than almost exactly ten years on we'll be opening an all new version in an extraordinary setting."
Once completed, Battersea Power Station will form the centrepiece of a new '15-minute' live, work and play neighbourhood, which will act as a town centre for the immediate and wider local communities, a new business quarter for the capital and a leisure destination for Londoners and international visitors.
The Power Station will be home to 254 residential apartments, over 100 retail shops, restaurants and cafés, including an 20,000 sq ft food hall, office and unique event spaces, as well as a Chimney Lift Experience offering 360 views from the top of the Power Station's North West chimney.
The culinary experience would continue on a new high street, Electric Boulevard, which runs from the south of the Power Station, between the stunning Frank Gehry designed Prospect Place and Foster + Partners' Battersea Roof Gardens.
Electric Boulevard will offer a mix of bars and restaurants, office space, shops, a park, community centre and an exciting new 164 room hotel from art'otel®️, the brand's first hotel to open in London.
Circus West Village, the first chapter in the regeneration of Battersea Power Station, is already home to over 1,700 residents and more than 20 bars, restaurants, cafés, fitness and leisure offerings including Gordon Ramsay's Street Pizza, Francesco Mazzei's Fiume, The Turbine Theatre, Be Military Fit, DNA VR, Black Sheep Coffee, Boom Cycle and The Cinema in The Arches.
The thriving riverside neighbourhood usually welcomes over three million people each year thanks to its annual events programme with highlights including the Light Festival at Battersea Power Station, which is currently taking place until February 27th, 2022.
