Ember
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Ember cooks over open fire in Wellingborough and doesn't apologise for the method.
An award-winning restaurant built around live-fire cooking, Ember operates without the usual barbecue playbook — no smoke ring obsession, no regional dogma, just wood and flame applied to food with intention. OpenTable named it to their UK Top 100 in 2023 and 2025, which is the sort of thing that happens when a kitchen takes heat seriously.
Find them online or on Instagram for hours and reservations. Moderate pricing. The rest is between you and the fire.
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