With eight years’ experience in the cooking industry, Joshua Marshman has mastered French cuisine and Italian fine dining but most recently has moved over to a more rustic, fast-paced and simpler style of food.
Please describe your menu selections.
Our menu selections are very American themed, pulling ideas from all different styles of American food, such as our Harlem burger being inspired by their love for chicken and waffles. Or the Fatty 5-0 burger, combining America’s love for mac & cheese, bacon and beef together to form a monster of a burger - always a good burger to put you in a food coma.
What are your customers loving at the moment?
People are loving the whole oozing cheese craze, even ordering burgers with cheese sauce poured over them.
Give us some insight into what makes you different.
We aren’t just another takeaway burger joint. We like to give people a feeling that we have more to offer than just burgers and fries, with our amazing bar serving up some of the best cocktails on the Peninsula I’ve ever tasted and also having DJs over the weekend showcasing their skills on the vinyls. We try to make all of our products have that “wow” factor that everyone is looking for, to put us a step above the rest.
What is your style in the kitchen?
Very laid back. Having a good time is always No.1 in my book. I like to think of myself as different from most other chefs; I try to always have a positive feel to my kitchen so my food always turns out positive.
What will you be introducing for autumn?
We will be introducing a Mexican-themed burger called the Dirty Sánchez, made with spicy chunky tomato salsa, crispy southern fried chicken, nacho cheese-flavoured Doritos, sour cream/guacamole and cheese sauce all in a delicious brioche bun.
What do you love most about what you do?
I love that I can manipulate food in a way that people eating it get lost in the moment.
Seeing people being satisfied by the food I make is really what it’s all about for me.
Cooking is in my blood; I couldn’t imagine doing anything else.