For an exciting new way to dine, visit Taste at Merton College.
Fully staffed by Hospitality and Catering students over three study levels, Taste is a destination restaurant experience not to be missed, now incorporating Nightingales Restaurant from Carshalton College.
Exquisite dishes all handmade by the professional chef students.
Spring Term
Our booking site is now open for bookings up until May 25th. We will be serving lunch Wednesday and Friday 12.00 to 14.30 and Level 3 Dinner on 5th, 12th of May with a 9 course Tasting menu on May 19th and an enhanced Level 3 lunch 21st April.
On May 26th we will be celebrating the Jubilee with a special 5 course lunch.
Our Coffee Morning is now open to the public on Tuesday from 11.00- 13.00. We will be serving tea, coffee, soup and cakes. If you have enquires for later dates please email TasteReservation@stcg.ac.uk
RESERVATIONS
PLEASE NOTE: the direct telephone is not currently being manned. Please send an email to email address below
general enquiries: tastereservation@stcg.ac.uk
OPENING HOURS
Term time only
Coffee Lounge - Tuesday
Lunch - Wednesday
Friday
12.00- 14.30
Level 3 Lunch - Thursday
12.00 - 14.30
as advertised
Level 3 Dinner - Thursday
18.30 - 21.30
as advertised
Merton College, London Road, Morden, Surrey
SM45QX
MEET THE TEAM
Taste Restaurant is a family. Both the Front of House team and the Chef Lecturers work closely together to ensure that menus meet curriculum requirements. Balancing the teaching timetable with the commercial activities is a fine art, so the team has to constantly evaluate the two.
TOM HALL - TEAM LEADER
Tom has joined us with the merge with Carshalton College, where he worked at Team Leader for chef students levels 1 to 3 for the past 11 years. In the industry he was Sous chef at The Ivy London and the Bleeding Heart group.
BERNIE BYRNE
Bernie is our talented Pastry Chef, who is responsible for delivering our Patisserie and Confectionery courses over all levels. What she doesn't know about pastry - isn't worth knowing.
SANDRA MARSHALL
Sandra joins us from Carshalton College, where she led the teaching restaurant Nightingales as well as the chef teams of level 1 and 2 for 6 years. Prior to lecturing, Sandra worked in corporate hospitality for over 15 years.
DANIEL JACOBS
Daniel leads the teaching of the Food and Beverage Service qualifications and Travel and Tourism.
He has worked in the industry for 24 years for some of the most prestigious chefs and London venues. Most recently as General Manager of Hospitality and Events at the Royal Albert Hall.
