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Jamie Barber

Jamie Barber (born 1971 in Hampstead, London)[1] is a British restaurateur, founder and CEO of Hush restaurant in Mayfair, London, the Hache Burgers chain and the Cabana Brasilian Barbecue group. He also founded and co-owned restaurants including Villandry, Japanese restaurant Sake No Hana, and Italian casual dining brand, Kitchen Italia.[1]

Jamie Barber
Born1971 (age 52–53)
Hampstead, London
Occupations
  • Restaurateur
  • jazz pianist
FatherMartin Barber

Barber studied at Bristol University and trained as an entertainment lawyer at media law firm Harbottle & Lewis where he acted for clients including Sir Roger Moore.[2] In 2000, he left Harbottle & Lewis to work with Sir Roger's son, Geoffrey, to create a new venue, Hush, with founding shareholders including Evgeny Lebedev, Geoffrey and Sir Roger Moore.[3] He has since opened two smaller Hush brasseries in Holborn, and St Paul's in May 2013.[4] In May 2014, Hush Mayfair received the prestigious "Test of Time" award at the Tatler Restaurant Awards.[5] The award recognises restaurants over 10 years old which, in the words of host/Tatler Restaurant Awards editor Jeremy Wayne, "are still as good as the day they opened". In 2017, Hush's popular cocktail bar, Aviator, received the "Best Bar in London" award at the London Club & Bar Awards.[6]

In November 2011, Barber and his business partner, Momo Restaurant founder David Ponté, opened Cabana, a small group of casual Brasilian street food restaurants.[citation needed]

In May 2015, Barber became one of a high-profile consortium, dubbed the 'super eight',[7] to have backed a £5m funding round for Reds True Barbecue, a fast-growing chain of Yorkshire smokehouse restaurants.[8] Barber also acts as a Board Advisor for Zing Zing, the London-based Chinese takeaway start-up, which caught the eye of Goldman Sachs vice chairman Michael Sherwood, alongside 230 other armchair investors on Crowdcube.[9]

The following year Barber teamed up with fellow restaurateurs Ed Standring, the former managing director of Richoux Group, and Ian Neill, former chief executive of Wagamama, to buy gourmet burger restaurant group Haché.[10] The group have refurbished the five existing London restaurants and have now opened a sixth in Holborn and a seventh in Kingston.

In July 2021, Barber and former Hear'Say singer Myleene Klass founded My Supper Hero—a finish-at-home meal kit start-up which launched to the public in October 2021.[11]

In recognition of the contribution Barber has made to the restaurant business, he was nominated at the Tatler Restaurant Awards for "Outstanding Contribution to London Restaurants".[12]

Personal life

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Barber is a jazz pianist, and has produced and wrote for a band called Primitiva, signed to Warner Chappell Music and George Michael's record label, Aegean Records.[13][14] He is the son of Martin Barber, property entrepreneur and founder of Capital & Regional Properties,[15] and the brother of author Lizzy Barber. He is married to Clare and has a daughter.[16]

References

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  1. ^ a b Wooton, Paul (4 January 2010). "Business profile: Jamie Barber". Big Hospitality. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  2. ^ Carrilo, Alexander. "Interview – Jamie Barber". Ultra Vie. Retrieved 22 January 2013.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ Barber, Jamie (27 January 2009). "Business diary: Restaurant owner Jamie Barber". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  4. ^ Chesters, Laura (25 May 2012). "Hush money: Bond backs brasserie". Evening Standard. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Tatler Restaurant Awards 2014 – the winners". Tatler. 6 May 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Winners". London Club & Bar Awards. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  7. ^ Casey, David (22 May 2015). "'Super eight' back restaurant chain expansion". Insider Media. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  8. ^ Curtis, Sophie (24 May 2015). "Leading restaurateurs stoke the fires of Red's True Barbecue". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  9. ^ Burn-Callander, Rebecca (27 April 2016). "Goldman Sachs boss tempted by posh Chinese takeaway Zing Zing". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  10. ^ Gerrard, Neil (22 September 2016). "Jamie Barber, Ed Standring and Ian Neill buy Haché Group". The Caterer. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  11. ^ Tobin, Lucy (4 February 2022). "'I cooked Myleene Klass my beef pie — then we went into business together'". Evening Standard. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  12. ^ "BCSC Showcase". events.bcsc.org.uk. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  13. ^ Woolley, Alice (11 July 2001). "Me and My Partner". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013 – via HighBeam Research.
  14. ^ Lawson, Alex (3 July 2017). "Entrepreneurs: Musician, lawyer and restaurateur to the stars Jamie Barber on keeping his plates spinning". Evening Standard. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  15. ^ Eade, Christine. "The Barber of Brazil". Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2013 – via HighBeam Research.
  16. ^ Graham, Natalie (18 January 2022). "My First Million: Jamie Barber, restaurateur". Financial Times. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
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