Simon Rogan has confirmed that Aulis London will open as a permanent site in Marylebone this summer, giving the capital a fixed address for the intimate chef's table concept that has operated in temporary and residency formats in London for several years.
The Marylebone site will operate as a 10-cover chef's table and development kitchen — matching the format of the original Aulis in Cartmel, which operates adjacent to L'Enclume and serves as both a guest dining experience and the working development kitchen for Rogan's three-Michelin-starred flagship. London guests will experience a multi-course menu developed in collaboration between the Marylebone and Cartmel kitchens, with the seasonal agricultural philosophy that underpins all of Rogan's restaurants expressed through produce sourced from the chef's own farm, Cartmel Valley.
"Aulis has always been about the conversation between the kitchen and the guest," Rogan said. "A permanent home in London means we can develop that relationship at a depth that a residency or pop-up format doesn't allow. The team who will run it are exceptional — this will be as serious as anything we do."
The Marylebone Format
The London site will seat 10 guests in a single seating each evening, with an optional extended menu for guests who wish to experience the full kitchen development programme. A lunchtime format serving a shorter menu will operate on selected days, with the kitchen otherwise visible and working during service.
The chef's table configuration — guests seated at a counter overlooking the kitchen — is central to the Aulis concept. It removes the separation between cook and diner that formal restaurant architecture typically imposes and allows a level of engagement with the preparation and explanation of each dish that a conventional dining room does not permit.
The Marylebone kitchen will be led by a senior chef from within Rogan's group, whose appointment will be confirmed ahead of the summer opening.
Rogan's London Position
Simon Rogan's relationship with London has been commercially and critically successful but geographically complex. The opening of Roganic in Marylebone in 2011 — initially as a two-year pop-up — established the chef's London following before the site closed and was later revived in a permanent form until 2023. The decision to establish Aulis as a permanent London concept rather than revive Roganic reflects a deliberate choice to operate at smaller scale and higher ambition in the capital rather than the broader-format restaurant model.
L'Enclume in Cartmel, which Rogan opened in 2002 and which was awarded three Michelin stars in 2023, remains the group's flagship and the primary expression of his culinary philosophy. Aulis London will be its capital counterpart — not a satellite of L'Enclume but an independent expression of the same approach at intimate scale.
Reservations for the summer opening are expected to become available in May.