OSIP, Somerset

Osip is a creative concept from acclaimed Chef Merlin Labron-Johnson. Located in the heart of rural Somerset just outside the village of Bruton, the restaurant opens up the conversation beyond the restaurant of how guests experience the energy of its exceptional home. The new venue is a larger, freehold site, allowing for an exciting evolution where Merlin is able to build on the foundations of Osip, extend his relationship with the land and enhance the guest experience. Almost all the produce used in Merlin’s menus is grown between two nearby farms and orchards. Biodynamic and seasonal availability determined by climate and not calendar will be at the heart of this West Country restaurant.  Dishes of herb broth are served with crudités of farm vegetables and tempura potato, salted egg yolk and chives. Gnudi with peas, broad beans and smoked whey sauce or the potato brioche brushed with lamb fat, whipped butter, and cured lamb heart. 

In addition, the team who work at Osip have also been embraced by its rural community. Proud to assist in helping put the produce and artisans of Somerset on the gastronomic map, locals lend their support by gifting their surplus fruit, wild foraged mushrooms and even game in season. Osip is simply a celebration of and immersion into a landscape, its people and a genuine sense of place.