Everything You Need To Know About New Restaurant 8 In Birmingham

Posted On October 11, 2020

Andrew Sheridan

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Hello & welcome back to Breaking Bread the Birmingham-based food podcast presented by food-obsessed mates Liam & Carl, this week we were hugely excited to be joined by Andrew Sheridan the super-talented chef & owner of new exciting Birmingham restaurant 8.

Andrew tells us all about his career working his way up through some well-known kitchens, appearing on & getting to the final of BBC’s hit TV show Great British Menu before moving to Brum to take on the executive chef position at Craft & opening his amazing new restaurant

About 8 Restaurant Birmingham

The Restaurant

Chef Andrew Sheridan’s new canal-side restaurant can be accessed by an LED-lit door at the foot of the ICC. It is open Wednesday-Saturday with only one sitting at 8pm.

Birmingham’s hottest new restaurant 8, has one of the most original interiors I’ve ever seen. A neon infinity wall opposite a giant screen which plays a video that accompanies each course. The open kitchen takes centre stage, surrounded by a bar made up of 16 individually lit place settings.

The Food

The menu for 8 is an £88 8-course tasting menu, comprised of classic English ingredient-led dishes given the Andrew Sheridan twist. “Just food i really like to eat,” Andrew tells us. Every dish is based around the number 8, and manages to avoid being a tacky gimmick.

There is real thought & purpose to every dish. For example the stunning 8 days a week. A refreshing scallop & apple dish. Apple is the company that owns the rights to this famous Beatles tune, the Beatles hail from Andrews’s home city.

An equally impressive dish at 8 restaurant Birmingham is 08-10-2006. A moist hearty carrot cake basted in caramel made from carrot served with cream cheese & carrot jam. A take on the first thing Andrew ever cooked, which happened to be on the 8th October 2006.

Drinks

Everything about 8 Birmingham has been designed by chef Andrew Sheridan to reflect the journey of his career. Even the drinks pairing has been designed by him and ranges from wines to cocktails using carrot vodka to kombucha.

Carl has eaten & sampled some of the best meals & drinks pairings in the country, but swears blind that this was by far the best he ever had.