The Woolwich Arsenal Estate has today announced that Clockjack, the rotisserie and grill restaurant in Soho, has secured a second site at 79 Powis Street in Woolwich Town Centre. Clockjack’s new 1,500 sq ft restaurant is due to open in July.
The business, founded by former Terra Firma Managing Director, Fraser Duncan and former Centre Parcs Europe COO, Jerry Goldberg, officially launched a 50-cover restaurant in Soho in 2012, offering herb marinated, carefully sourced, free-range chicken expertly cooked in a unique vertical rotisserie oven and served with Clockjack’s own special sauces. As well as the brand’s healthy free-range chicken and extended drinks offer, including Clockjack’s ‘clocktails’, the new 75-cover restaurant in Woolwich will also feature a vertical rotisserie, only the second of its kind in the UK. Adding to the theatre of the open kitchen, a parrilla grill will complement the innovative kitchen equipment.
Designed by 44th Hill, the interior will have a distressed, casual, urban feel that uses natural materials such as oak, brick and metals.
Commenting on the behalf of the Woolwich Arsenal Estate, Gavin Rowlands, Director at Nash Bond, said: “Welcoming this new concept to Woolwich town centre is tremendous news and a sign of the growing appeal of Woolwich as a prime location. Clockjack is an exciting brand and perfectly complements our current dining and leisure offer. The Woolwich Arsenal Estate benefits from a high footfall and we are in discussions with a number of new brands to add to the tenant mix.”
Fraser Duncan, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Clockjack, added: “We aim to create a restaurant in Woolwich that serves the best quality, great value, free-range roast chicken and with a welcoming, sociable atmosphere.”
“We wanted to replicate the success of our restaurant in Soho and Woolwich was the next choice for our second Clockjack restaurant. The town’s growing reputation, high footfall, and an ongoing investment in the area, which includes Crossrail, made this the ideal location for our brand.”
This news follows the launch of Clockjack’s dedicated kitchen delivery hub that opened last week near Monument tube station. It is aimed at City workers in London’s Square Mile offering top-quality, free-range chicken also roasted on a rotating spit over an intense flame.
Comprising more than 350,000 sq ft of retail and leisure space concentrated on Powis Street and Hare Street, the Woolwich Arsenal Estate is in the town centre of Woolwich. In addition to the retail, the Estate includes over 60 apartments totalling in excess of 42,000 sq. ft. The forthcoming opening of Crossrail is helping to drive Woolwich’s transformation, with the Woolwich Arsenal Estate sitting at the heart of many significant new residential developments that appeal to the large volumes of young, urban consumers moving into the area.
Cradick Retail and Nash Bond acted for the Woolwich Arsenal Estate.