Joro to relocate to Oughtibridge Mill in September

Joro, the restaurant known for its Nordic/Japanese-inspired cuisine, has announced that it is relocating to a new site within the Oughtibridge Paper Mill development on the edge of the Peak District.

Opening in September, the new restaurant will allow married duo, Luke French and Stacey Sherwood-French, to enhance the restaurant, previously located in a modern shipping container development, Krynkl, Kelham Island in Sheffield.

Luke and Stacey will aim to create a dining destination which will feature two bars and an outdoor BBQ kitchen concept located on the terrace, based around live fire cooking. In addition, the site will offer five studio rooms and two, one-bedroom apartments.

Designed by Luke and Stacey, the rooms are Scandi-inspired, and will include a kitchen, ensuites and homemade continental style breakfasts delivered to the room. The rooms follow a neutral colour palette with forest green hues.

The site will also be home to Shop by Joro, a deli shop within the mill, selling a range of everyday ingredients including teas, coffees, Joro’s own wine and gin, and cured meats.

The shop will also sell produce used in the kitchens at Joro, such as barrel-aged soy sauce.

The relocated restaurant will draw inspiration from local suppliers, classic training, and ancient cooking principles from Japan to Norway.

The new terrace menu will be prepared using live-fire techniques, with meat and fish cooked over birch wood and charcoal.

The global grill menu will be in partnership with Big Green Egg and includes Grilled Scottish Scallop, Salt aged Yorkshire beef rump cap and Whole teriyaki quail, served alongside snacks, salads and bread. To finish, desserts include Basque blueberry cheesecake, Yuzu meringue pie and a menu of soft serve ice creams, such as Pistachio, Caviar and Salted butter rum caramel.

Additionally, Konjö, Joro’s street food concept, will take over the shipping container site at Krynkl, offering a fresh take on eastern Asian inspired street food, using the same quality produce and flavour found in the kitchen at Joro.

Luke, chef and co-owner, said: “We’re incredibly excited about this new chapter for Joro, we have been searching for quite some time for a new home, which will
allow us to really push the whole experience to the next level.

“We really wanted to make sure that we enhance the characteristics everyone knows and loves in our tasting menus, but with more space for the team, and additional areas for our guests to enjoy the experience. Having the separate terrace concept and bars allows us the space to alleviate the pressure of turning tables, as well as bringing new concepts to Oughtibridge.”