As well as launching a coffee bar and ‘relaxed’ café, it will also provide hospitality services for a ‘wide’ range of events including meetings, conferences and parties.
Offering its ‘sustainably-sourced’ tea and coffee as well as smoothies, cakes and bakes at the ground floor coffee bar, the café will meanwhile specialise in casual dining with a seasonal menu of British classics.
Dishes will include a Stilton and broccoli tart, Loch Duart salmon fillet as well as a selection of homemade salads, sandwiches and a bakery table. A weekend brunch menu is ‘set to follow.’
Searcys’ managing director, Matt Thomas, commented: “Our dialogue with the Design Museum over the past several months has been incredibly exciting.
“We are now keen to help bring the museum’s vision to life through its retail and event spaces.
“We feel that our brands are perfectly aligned. We will be presenting our modern menus, focusing on locally sourced and sustainable ingredients, to a new audience, and partner with an institution we really value.”
Alice Black, The Design Museum co-director, added: “We look forward to working with Searcys to provide deliciously designed dishes to all our visitors.
“With a coffee bar on the ground floor and a relaxed café on the top floor, Searcys will serve an exciting selection of sustainably sourced foods, allowing visitors to complement their visit and enjoy the spectacular surrounding of the museum.
“Together with Searcys, we will provide the perfect place for all people who want to enjoy a relaxing and enjoyable time in Kensington.”