Abbie Hendren opens her own kitchen at Trindle Stores
The former Teal head chef, who represented London on Great British Menu 2026, takes over the kitchen at a two-year-old grocery shop in Kew.
Abbie Hendren, who left Sally Abé's Teal in Hackney this autumn, is now running her own kitchen at Trindle Stores, a two-year-old grocery and coffee shop in Kew that has just added a dining room.
Hendren was head chef at Teal from its opening in March 2026 at 52 Wilton Way, where she cooked under Sally Abé's name after the pair worked together previously. Hot Dinners reports she is now "going it alone" with her first solo project.
Trindle Stores sits at 18 Station Parade in Kew Village and has traded as a family-run grocery and coffee shop for about two years before taking on a kitchen, according to Hot Dinners and Hardens. Hendren's arrival turns a neighbourhood shop into a restaurant address.
A grocery shop with a kitchen attached says more about a chef's confidence than a full restaurant fit-out.
A career built on British produce
Before Teal, Hendren joined Sam's Waterside in late 2023 as sous chef and was promoted to head chef within months, a rapid rise that trade press has tracked since. She represented London and the South East on Great British Menu 2026, cooking for the national final alongside chefs from the other regions.
Her cooking at Teal was built around British produce served without excess decoration, the same register Sally Abé is known for at her other Scottish hospitality ventures. Hendren takes that grounding to Kew rather than inventing a new style from scratch.
Sally Abé has not named a replacement head chef for Teal, and neither Hot Dinners nor Hardens reports one as of this week. The Hackney restaurant continues to trade under her name while Hendren builds her own.
From grocery shop to dining room
Trindle Stores keeps its grocery and coffee-shop identity alongside the new kitchen, a format closer to a neighbourhood deli with tables than a conventional restaurant launch. That keeps overheads lower than converting a bare shell, a path several solo chefs in London have taken this year.
No opening date, menu or prices have been published yet. For a chef who spent 2026 cooking under someone else's name on television and in the kitchen, Kew Village now carries her own.
