Greggs launches its first ‘fine dining experience’: Bistro offers ‘indulgent, Gallic-inspired menu’ and serves steak bake with dauphinoise potatoes, green beans and almonds

• Bistro Greggs is set to open this Friday in Fenwick Department store, Newcastle

Greggs is launching its first ‘fine dining experience’ with a bistro offering an ‘indulgent, Gallic-inspired menu’, serving steak bake with with dauphinoise potatoes, green beans and almonds.

Bistro Greggs will open this Friday as a ‘Parisian-inspired’ pop-up within a Fenwick department store in Newcastle, and is expected to be ‘one of the hottest new restaurant openings this Christmas’.

The bistro will serve an a-la-carte, multi-course menu of ‘enhanced interpretations’ of the British chain’s bakes and sweet treats.

Dishes will be served under silver cloches by waiters in Bistro Greggs aprons and traditional white shirts and ties.

Greggs said highlights of its cordon bleu menu, created in collaboration with Fenwick’s executive chef Mark Reid, will include an elevated take on the popular Greggs festive bake, which will served alongside duck-fat roasties, smoked pancetta, chestnuts and sprouts.

The Greggs Bistro `High Tea´. (Greggs/PA)

Greggs Benedict, an extravagant version of the Greggs sausage, bean and cheese melt, will be ‘reimagined’ with smoked ham and poached Cacklebean eggs from Cackleberry farm, just outside Stow-on-the-Wold, topped off with a hollandaise sauce.

Greggs favourite – the steak bake – will be accompanied by truffled dauphinoise potatoes, green beans and almonds. 

A ‘full English’ will see the exciting pairing between Greggs’ best-selling sausage roll alongside bacon, mushroom, tomato, baked beans and a choice of eggs, with options of vegetarian and vegan.

The dessert menu includes Greggs’ yum yum with caramel sauce and macadamia brittle, and ‘tea and cake’ featuring Greggs’ Christmas cake slice paired with an Earl Grey creme brulee.

Guests can even opt for a ‘high tea’ for two of a three-tier sharing brunch with peach melba and yum yum bites paired with chocolate sauce and banana, alongside a Greggs croissant, pain au chocolat and a sausage roll and sausage, bean and cheese melt.

The bistro opens on Friday and will run through to New Year’s Eve, with tables bookable in advance and some tables reserved for walk-ins.

Fans of the bakery chain’s popular steak bake can look forward to the delicious meat-filled pastry to be served with dauphinoise potatoes, green beans and almonds

Greggs Benedict, an extravagant version of the Greggs sausage, bean and cheese melt, will be ‘reimagined’ and topped off with a creamy hollandaise sauce.

Guests can even opt for a ‘high tea’ for two of a three-tier sharing brunch with favourite sweet treats such as yum yum bites, and upgraded delights such as peach melba

Dishes will be served under silver cloches by waiters in Bistro Greggs aprons and traditional white shirts and ties

Bistro Greggs will open this Friday as a ‘Parisian-inspired’ pop-up within a Fenwick department store in Newcastle, with new takes on popular savoury snacks such as the Greggs sausage roll

Greggs and Fenwick are teaming up for the first time to open the bistro this Christmas

Greggs and Fenwick, both founded in the North East and sharing a combined heritage of 225 years, are teaming up for the first time to open the bistro.

Greggs customer director Hannah Squirrell said: ‘The launch of Bistro Greggs marks a watershed moment as we take our first step with Fenwick into classic French-inspired fine dining.

‘Showcasing popular favourites across our menu, we’ve created an accessible menu featuring eloquent dishes with a Parisian twist, elevated through Fenwick’s gastronomic excellence and expertise.’

Leo Fenwick, strategic partnerships director at Fenwick, said: ‘Fenwick and Greggs are two brands at the heart of the local community with a commitment to doing good and we are thrilled to be partnering with a much-loved brand, bringing a unique and delicious twist to the everyday Greggs experience at Fenwick.’

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