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Chez Candice

Discover this award-winning local gem hidden on a Bristol farm, where daily menus feature fresh produce and rustic seating under the open sky.

The story

Chez Candice: A Modern European Trailer Kitchen in Bristol

A Compact Kitchen on the Farm

Chez Candice delivers Modern European cooking to a quiet corner of Bristol, operating from a streamlined trailer at Watercress Farm. Visitors follow a narrow lane past the railway lines until the surrounding vegetation creates a sudden pause from the city noise. This modest footprint allows the kitchen to focus entirely on ingredient quality and daily preparation.

Ingredient-Driven Daily Plates

The menu changes every day, alternating between a protein-forward option and a plant-based alternative. One reliable combination layers merguez sausage with roasted Padrón peppers on toasted focaccia, then finishes the bread with a rich tomato and fennel butter. Fresh leaves pulled directly from the garden accompany both choices. The kitchen treats Modern European plates with a relaxed, seasonal hand. Warm weather desserts typically feature a fruit fool made from blackcurrant, gooseberry, and jostaberry, topped with a light crumble.

Outdoor Beds and Winter Shelter

Dining happens outside during the summer months, where guests take seats at weathered tables surrounded by active crop rows. Cooler temperatures shift the service into a heated yurt that preserves the same grounded atmosphere. The beverage selection remains intentionally limited to proper espresso drinks and clear water sourced from the property tap. This unpretentious approach to Modern European cuisine recently earned the spot a Local Gem recognition.

Recognition

Awards & accolades

2026
The Good Food Guide
Local Gem

Details

At a glance

The Good Food Guide 2026 — Local Gem
Cuisines Modern European

History

On the record

2026
The Good Food Guide — Local Gem

Possibly Bristol’s best-kept secret, this tiny trailer kitchen on an inner-city farm is an idiosyncratic delight. Reached via an overgrown, graffiti-strewn lane, with the trains rattling past, it's a cool green oasis if ever there was one. Choose between a great-value meat or vegetarian dish of the day: the former might be a hearty pile of merguez sausage and Padrón peppers on toasted focaccia soaked in tomato and fennel butter, plus herbs and leaves from the farm. A summer dessert could be a blackcurrant, gooseberry and jostaberry fool with crumble topping. Drink water from the farm tap or very good coffee from a proper espresso machine. Sit at rickety tables among the fruit and veg beds in summer or inside a yurt in winter.

Established

Location

Find us

Watercress Farm, Boiling Wells, Bristol, BS2 9XY
Bristol, United Kingdom
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