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02/03/2026

GOODBYE IT’S BEEN A BLAST!!🍻

Our last service will be on Sunday 29th March.

Head over to .leelee and subscribe to our newsletter (link in bio) ‘cos we’ve got plans for summer that you miiiight wanna know about 😉

HOLIDAY SZN PSA 🎁 Swipe for our opening hours 🍻 Please note that these opening hours/days are ONLY for our kitchen at U...
02/12/2025

HOLIDAY SZN PSA 🎁

Swipe for our opening hours 🍻

Please note that these opening hours/days are ONLY for our kitchen at Unit 4 Taproom and are different to those of our flagship restaurant, .leelee 💋

WE’VE ONLY GONE AND BLOODY DONE IT!!!reservations are now WIDE OPEN for dining .leelee 🥂as promised, we gave our club T...
15/08/2025

WE’VE ONLY GONE AND BLOODY DONE IT!!!
reservations are now WIDE OPEN for dining .leelee 🥂

as promised, we gave our club TK subscribers a head-start on opening week reservations & they did us proud. THANK YOU CLUB TK 🏆

pls note; all bookings are for dining only. we’d LOVE to see you for drinks/snacks & you can just walk-in for those!

we are not accepting group bookings for now, while our team adjust to service in their new house, but if that changes we will let you know & it will reflect in the reservation system.

we’re still very much in the s**t and nowhere near ready, but there’s no going back now so we’ll see you guys for (hopefully) food & drink at LEE LEE soon!

it’s been an absolute whirlwind so far & long may that continue ✌🏼

LINK IN BIO TO RESERVE FOR DINING AT LEE LEE!!

Milly & John 💋

PAI - EYY - AHHHH YEAHHHHH 💥 apols for the griddy silence over the last few months. i had that thing where i felt like n...
07/06/2025

PAI - EYY - AHHHH YEAHHHHH 💥

apols for the griddy silence over the last few months. i had that thing where i felt like nothing was interesting enough to tell you about, while simultaneously going through the absolute WILDEST time of my life. more to follow on that shortly . . . maybe 😏

BUT I’LL TELL YOU WHAT IS INTERESTING & THAT IS RICE. EVERY SUNDAY. IN LIMITED QUANTITIES.

“what?!” you say. “there has to be further information on this subject. that cannot be it. this is too interesting to not be elaborated upon”.

k cool so john is making paella every sunday for the rest of summer. we’ve got like 2 paella pans & he refuses to increase the yield per pan ‘cos the deeper it gets, the s**tter it is. you don’t get the crispy base aka socarrat if there’s too much rice.

it’ll be available every sunday from 12pm until it’s gone & it’s chicken/ fat prawn, w/ charred lemon, aioli & garlic-rubbed bread.

weather looks better from tomorrow too, so don’t muck about ✌🏼

TK HQ | menu optimisation for it’s been a f*cking pleasure working with the boys at the george this week. seeing t...
26/02/2025

TK HQ | menu optimisation for

it’s been a f*cking pleasure working with the boys at the george this week. seeing them reignite the team b***r for cooking from scratch has been 💥

we wanted to put in a simple menu of retro pub classics. a concise list of quality, no filler. other than creating a delicious menu that reads well, a big part of our job is to ensure it’s costed to within an inch of its life.

the nice thing about this project has been seeing that an uplift in quality doesn’t have to mean a huge increase in menu prices for the customer. a double-shift is a double-shift for a chef, whether that’s heavy on the prep work or not. the job satisfaction is there in a big way though, and that’s key. something else that they may experience in abundance is “chef arse”. you could google it but probably just don’t.

their new menu launches 27/2/25 at 12pm.

we know they’ll smash it out the park & we’ll be there on call to help them with their new life of perpetual mise en place ✊🏼

HANDMADE POIES POIES POIES 🥧 we’ve been knocking out some killer pies since the weather got cold last year & we’re keepi...
02/02/2025

HANDMADE POIES POIES POIES 🥧

we’ve been knocking out some killer pies since the weather got cold last year & we’re keeping them on until it turns again!

they’re a beautiful little ball ache to make but I think it’s worth it. that’s probably because I am not involved in actually making them.

the mash is infused with a heavily seasoned hardy-herb cream, the gravy is the result of 20kg carcasses cooked down for days, the pastry is shortcrust with a butter-puff top & the fillings are johns handiwork every monday.

i think the MOST impressive part is that every portion is a corner wedge so MAXIMUM pastry, not compromising on filling.

it’s all a bit weird as to when they’re on ‘cos it’s six nations, but generally it’s saturday & sunday except when there’s a game because f*ck that in the beard, far too busy to have all the extra MEP out. soz.

today we’ve got beef n cheese, cauli leek veggie & chicken n ham on until 4pm

NEW DROP 💥 cheeky little creeper went on a couple days before closed for the annual glow-up. didn’t tell anyone becaus...
31/01/2025

NEW DROP 💥

cheeky little creeper went on a couple days before closed for the annual glow-up. didn’t tell anyone because I am literally SO LAZYYYYYY.

its a tasty ‘lil riff on… you guessed it… a NY chopped cheese.

We didn’t love the idea of lettuce and tomato in there so we sacked that off. we also wanted a bit of tingly tangly spice, so we sexed up our Windsor Farm brisket n chuck mince w/ gochujang. slapped on the flatty, chopped n crispy, it’s then oozed up with more cheese than would ring alarm bells for Neals Yard if it wasn’t just s**t (but quite often perfect) American slices.

a j**z of burger sauce and a tangle of garlic & dill sauerkraut, stuffed in a soft sub.

the end result makes you go “wtf I could eat 10 of those, it’s so small” and then say afterwards “no I couldn’t actually because it’s quite rich and that is strikingly good value for money ‘cos it was tasty and I’m full”.

it’s on the menu rn 💥

WE’RE BACK, BAYBAYYYYY 💥
31/01/2025

WE’RE BACK, BAYBAYYYYY 💥

TK development | anyone else feeling peckish . . . ?looking back through the TK archives is pretty cool. these are jus...
19/01/2025

TK development | anyone else feeling peckish . . . ?

looking back through the TK archives is pretty cool. these are just a handful of over 28,000 food pics on my phone! every single dish we've created started off with a tummy rumble.

quite often, i'll suggest something to try out & john will give me a look that means "don't f*cking tell me what to do, woman" but sounds a lot like "what a fantastic idea, i'll get right on it".

his sauces, in particular, are the best i've ever tasted. there is a level of complexity within each one that can only come from building out every single layer with maximum flavour from the bottom up. he won't ever miss an opportunity & never takes shortcuts.

i can remember how each of these dishes started off, how they evolved through service to what you see on the plate & exactly what all they tasted like!

did you try any of these plates in the pics?

TK HQ | 2024 wrapped, 2 weeks late . . .i've been trying to decide whether 2024 was absolute dog s**te or the best y...
15/01/2025

TK HQ | 2024 wrapped, 2 weeks late . . .

i've been trying to decide whether 2024 was absolute dog s**te or the best year ever & after much consideration, have decided on the latter. despite numerous curveballs, our business has grown & for the first time since early 2021 we feel like we're at the helm. we've got so much to look forward to and 2025 is all about setting solid foundations. 2026 is global domination, but we'll get to that later . . .

here are our 3 main take-aways from the last year;

🏆 choose partnerships wisely;

are they good, honest people? do they value your skill? are they aspirational to you? if it's a no to any of the above, run. we should’ve run a lot faster.

🏆 number wang first, excitement later;

when our business first changed direction last year, it was very easy to get excited at all the new avenues open to us. i personally wasted a lot of time creatively exploring projects that would not have served us, when i should have just run the boring numbers first.

🏆 everything can wait;

learning that i am an extremely impatient person has been a game-changer. i'm slowly realising that nothing terrible will happen if i occasionally extend the deadlines i've set for myself. health and wellbeing is more important.









IT’S SPICY & FULL OF VEG | practice in front of a mirror…… ‘cos it’s what we’re telling the kids when they ask for som...
29/11/2024

IT’S SPICY & FULL OF VEG | practice in front of a mirror…

… ‘cos it’s what we’re telling the kids when they ask for some. not a chance you sticky-fingered little goblins, this is for the grown folk. be gone 🪄

john’s been king of the treacle tart since day & this is a VERY welcome reinvention of the classic. using black treacle instead of golden, the final slice is so gloriously unctuous and ends with a really malty almost liquorice mouth-bonanza.

we’ve slapped squirty cream on it ‘cos nobody wants this to cost over £10 just so we can use vanilla chantilly. he’s made a berry compote to pimp that though, cooked down with mandarin winter ale.

it’s on the menu right now, and there’s 7 slices available until he can get back in there to make more 💥
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