Heavenly Cielo

By Paul Fulford on April 22, 2008 4:59 PM | Permalink

A meal at Cielo last night ranked as one of the most enjoyable I've eaten in Birmingham for a while - good combinations or flavours and textures, precise cooking, friendly and efficient service.

Andy Waters, who won a Michelin star at his now closed restaurant Edmund's in Henley-in Arden, is consultant chef at Cielo and has assembled a good team in the kitchen there.

He popped front-of-house for a chat and said his new restaurant - again called Edmund's and launched in conjunction with the guys from Cielo - is scheduled to open in premises almost next door in late May or maybe early June.

There are also plans to open a posh basement bar nearby, probably next year, offering upmarket snacky food such as oysters and smoked salmon.

Andy Waters's main efforts will concentrate on Edmund's, but he will continue to play a supervisory role at Cielo and will take charge of the menu at the new bar.

These are exciting times in Brindleyplace in particular and Birmingham in general.

This time next year we could have three restaurants with Michelin stars - Simpson's, of course, plus Purnell's and Edmund's. Fingers crossed....