Jamie Barber

Who is Jamie Barber?

Jamie Barber is a British restaurateur, founder and CEO of Hush restaurant in Mayfair, London, and the Cabana Brasilian Barbecue group. He also founded and co-owned restaurants including Villandry, Japanese restaurant Sake No Hana, and Italian casual dining brand, Kitchen Italia.

Barber trained as an entertainment lawyer at media law firm Harbottle & Lewis where he acted for a clients including Sir Roger Moore. In 2000, he left Harbottle and Lewis to work with Sir Roger’s son, Geoffrey, to create a new venue, Hush, with founding shareholders including Evgeny Lebedev, Geoffrey and Sir Roger Moore. He has since opened two smaller Hush Brasseries in Holborn, and St Paul’s in May 2013. In May 2014, Hush Mayfair received the prestigious "Test of Time" award at the Tatler Restaurant Awards. The award recognises restaurants over 10 years old which, in the words of host/Tatler Restaurant Awards editor Jeremy Wayne, "are still as good as the day they opened."

In November 2011, Barber and his business partner, Momo Restaurant founder David Ponté, opened Cabana Restaurants at Westfield Stratford and Covent Garden, and Westfield London 9 months after that.