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Savage takes Bentley for a run in the city

Scott Bolles
Scott Bolles

Possibilities: Bentley chef Brent Savage isn't giving anything away.
Possibilities: Bentley chef Brent Savage isn't giving anything away.Louise Kennerley

Surry Hills' twin-toqued Bentley Restaurant & Bar is closing in on ambitions for a city site and may even relocate to the city centre.

Buoyed by its success with wine bar spinoff Monopole at Potts Point, co-owner Brent Savage confirms the city is on the agenda after the Bentley team was linked with a city site.

"There are a lot of good people going in there [the CBD], it feels a bit like it has taken on what Melbourne has," he says.

Savage refused to comment on exact sites, but of the strong speculation Bentley will relocate, he says: "There is one location, but it won't happen unless conditions change." Short Black hears a CBD deal is imminent.

The chef has had a film crew in tow in recent weeks, collecting footage for a show to air in Austria documenting Savage's upcoming stint at Ikarus restaurant in Salzburg. Savage will be in good company when he steps into the kitchen at Ikarus in late August, following in the footsteps of former guest chefs at the restaurant including Noma's Rene Redzepi and our own Peter Gilmore from Quay.

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Scott BollesScott Bolles writes the weekly Short Black column in Good Food.

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