The dinky, beatific Channel Island of Jersey is a foodie destination on the up. So it might come as as surprise to learn that there’s only one restaurant on this pretty oceanic outpost – far closer to France than the UK – with a Michelin star.
That restaurant is St Helier’s Bohemia, an upscale Modern European joint that celebrates the best of Jersey’s produce while also making concessions to top-tier European ingredients and techniques (the current tasting menu features such dishes as local crab with jalapeño panna cotta, and a foie gras parfait with Madeira jelly and a shimeji and duck salad, for example).
Chefs have come and gone since Michelin first slung its trademark award over in 2004 – Bohemia has held onto a star ever since – but the kitchen is currently headed up by Callum Graham. An alumni of London’s The Lanesborough, Le Celadon in Paris and Auberge du Lion d’Or in Geneva – as well as quarter-finalist in the 2018 edition of MasterChef: The Professionals – Graham joined Bohemia as senior chef de partie in 2016, before taking over as head chef at the start of 2020.
His tenure has only seen the restaurant’s star rise – placing Bohemia at the centre of a quietly thrilling local food scene that runs the gamut from rustic modern bistros and luxe brasseries (Samphire) through beachside pizzas (Portelet Bay Café), glorified seafood sheds (the three Jersey Crab Shacks) and more.
Here, Graham gives us his insider tips for other exemplary eats in St Helier.
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