The new Sheffield restaurant offering Michelin quality fine dining in a relaxed setting

We visited Frérot at Sheffield's new Cambridge Street Collective and were blown away by the quality of the food

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00:00This is Thoreau, which is a bit of a hidden gem at Sheffield's huge new Cambridge Street

00:05Collective food hall. It's the latest venture from the Grayson brothers behind the Michelin

00:10recommended Duke and Lowe restaurant. Seated at the counter, you get to watch your chefs

00:15create the delicious small plates made using seasonal ingredients. It's fine dining in

00:21a relaxed environment, and while it is a little more expensive than the food hall's other

00:25vendors, it's definitely worth it. Highlights for us included the freshly baked focaccia

00:31with an intense beef fat and marmite butter, the flat iron steak with a rich Valverti-Bernaise

00:37sauce, and the perfectly cooked spiced monkfish with tomato and kimchi salsa. Thoreau is perfect

00:44for a special occasion, but there's also a takeaway menu for more affordable everyday

00:49dining. When we visited, this included a bavette steak sandwich made with the outstanding

00:55focaccia for a very reasonable £14, and a crispy monkfish scampi loaded fries for £12.