ONE STAR DÖNER BAR

Thirst Quenching Summer Bevvies

By Eve Tudor

What do you get when you mix a Michelin-starred chef with old school rave music? A one-star döner kebab shop!!!

From the depths of Birmingham, Chef Brad Carter rose up from the grill flames to establish his restaurant along with his partner, and achieve a stunning Michelin star very quickly - and he’s kept it!! Bringing affordable, accoladed food to the Birmingham masses. From there he’s taking his love of British produce to the next level.

Having gone on holiday to Germany and found himself in a very long queue for a chicken shawarma, thinking that it was a joke, he found himself demolishing the best thing he’d ever eaten in his life, which was forever changed.

Back home the cogs turned, and he trialled ideas of making this amazing food his own. Mixing his memories of nights out, and the endless need for dirty but delicious food at the end of a rave, and of course, high end restaurants with their ethos of using quality, locally sourced food, the party started.

So, from the humble beginnings of eating potato smiley faces he has gone on to incorporate them into a really good Doner Kebab plate, and to open up his first One Star Doner Bar in Manchester in 2021. He’s now opened his Birmingham branch in the famous live music pub, The Hare & Hounds, just down the road from his multiple award-winning restaurant Carters of Moseley.

They hit the ground running with this amazing site and they are already looking for a London location - and I for one can’t wait. Although The Hare & Hounds is an amazing venue for exactly the crowd that Chef Brad is looking to feed. Happy ravers and music lovers having had an amazing local night out, that just want something f**king delicious to eat! Be it after or before the party gets started.

His dedication to locally sourced food and only using the best produce, is one that is so unshakeable that he even has an allotment where he grows some of his own produce himself, ensuring that he has the smallest carbon footprint possible for all his restaurants. This makes him as ethical and as aware of his food and cooking as he possibly can be and it is an underlying foundation of his ethos and his businesses. It’s also probably why this chef has so many awards and is quite simply making exceptional food for everyone to enjoy!