Ember restaurant wood fire

Bermondsey, London

Ember

Wood fire. Seasonal kitchen.

Dish from the fire
Seasonal dish
Sweet dish

“Everything passes through the hearth.”

At Ember, every dish begins with fire. We cook with a single wood-burning hearth, letting smoke, char, and heat shape whatever the season brings to our door.

Our menu changes with the week. Our kitchen changes with the harvest. The fire stays constant.

From the Kitchen

Raw & Cured


Raw Scallop£14

Rhubarb / Elderflower / Finger Lime

Chalk Stream Trout£16

Crème Fraîche / Dill Oil / Rye Crisp

Beef Tartare£18

Anchovy / Pickled Walnut / Toast

From the Fire


Cornish Sea Bass£34

Charred Leek / Saffron Butter / Lovage

Lamb Shoulder (24hr)£36

Anchovy Butter / Salted Cucumber

Heritage Tomatoes£26

Smoked Ricotta / Basil Oil

Sweets


Dark Chocolate£12

Coffee / Cardamom / Clotted Cream

Burnt Honey Ice Cream£10

Salted Caramel / Praline

Seasonal Sorbet£8

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Rosa Caldwell, Head Chef

Rosa Caldwell

Head Chef & Founder

Rosa trained under a succession of wood-fire cooks across Portugal and the Basque Country before returning to London with a singular obsession: the hearth as kitchen centrepiece.

She opened Ember in 2019 with forty covers, one oven, and a direct line to a handful of farms she'd spent years building relationships with. The menu changes every week.

Her cooking is restrained and precise — char balanced against acidity, smoke against sweetness — driven always by what arrives at the back door that morning.

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40 covers. One sitting. Bermondsey.

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