MEET THE MAKERS

Ode to an Oyster at Bentley’s Oyster Bar & Grill

Exclusive dining experience brought to life through fascinating and meaningful partnerships, working together to help conserve the UK seabed and our native oyster.

As the part of your evening enjoy: an exclusive 4-course tasting menu featuring a selection of British oysters, all in the name of sustainability.

Hosted by The Crown Estate & Blue Marine Foundation, hear first-hand how The Crown Estate are working with the Essex Native Oyster Restoration Initiative (ENORI) to restore the seabed in Essex.

About: Bentley’s Oyster Bar & Grill

Purveyors of the finest Oysters, Champagne and Seafood since 1916. From our shores finest Native Oysters to British classics at a new level of elegance, the menu is seasonally packed with only the finest wild seafood and premium cuts from the rich bounty of the British and Irish Isles.

About: Native Oyster Restoration

Working together, Blue Marine Foundation have partnered with Essex Wildlife Trust and Wright Brothers Ltd to develop a scheme that aims to recycle shells from London restaurants, placing them on the seabed to help restore ocean health and native oyster habitat.
The Shell to Shore project will see shells from London restaurants transported to Abbotts Hall Farm (a site owned by Essex Wildlife Trust) to weather for twelve months. The shells will then be placed onto ENORI restoration sites, to rebuild oyster reefs in Essex estuaries. This scheme includes restoration sites on the seabed that are licensed by The Crown Estate. For more information on ENORI please click here: https://essexnativeoyster.com/