Duke of York Square Market

This is a must do when in London!!! Visit the chic Chelsea, wander through the streets, fantasize about what’s happing in the luxurious houses, who are the people living here? But best of all, visit this food market.
Every saturday you’ll find foodstands on the Duke of York square with a wide variety of luxurious foodproducts from all over the world. Most of them prepared on the spot. Spain, Asia, Italy, you’ll name it and you’ll find it there. Lots of choices and on a sunny day a perfect spot to eat with friends. There’s something for everyone.
We tried the sandwich with duck confit and a selection of Rainforest salads. Both £6 for a huge portion of excellent quality. The macarons we bought were £5,50 for 6. Almost a bargain compared to some high end places.
Only downer is the crowd. Expect a very crowded place and on some spots long waiting lines. Especially with dry weather. At first I had my mind set on the sushi, but looking at the line (at least 20 people in front of me), made us make different choices.
In the surrounding area you’ll find enough places to sit and eat your food.

With Kings Road becoming increasingly chain-​y, and the development of Duke of York Square itself a bit bland, this market is an absolute highlight. I last came here a few Saturdays ago, actually hoping for some art exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery — the gallery was closed for a private event (how annoying!) and the Saatchi café crammed …
It was a cold and drizzling and generally miserable day — not exactly perfect for an open air food market. As there is nowhere sheltered to sit for instant gratification for the pies, paellas and other hot dishes on offer, I was pleased to see that Rainforest Creations had set up a stall here — perfect healthy takeaway food to enjoy back home. I missed them since they disappeared from their former location at Urban Bliss in Portobello Road. My favourite raw food salads! Each super fresh and made up of so many ingredients it’s impossible to recreate at home.
It’s only a small market and it’s all food, ranging from cheese and meat counters to chocolates and cake. Prices are relatively high as you’d expect for the area, but you get what you pay for.

Now that the weather is warming up I feel cheated if I don’t spend my weekends doing something fun. A quick google search of markets in London bought up Duke of York Square Market.
So off I set to discover something new and fun. And boy oh boy was I not disappointed.
I love food, and something I love more than eating the food, is looking and photographing food to sent to my friends to make them jealous of my awesome discoveries.
Duke of York Square Market is super easy to find. The square has a real buzz about it. All the usual suspects are there that you might see at other markets. And I particularly like the Caribbean stand, fresh coconuts, fresh juices, and delicious raw treats, YUM!
There are tons of options for lunch, or a snack, and plenty of try before you buy stalls, which are always a winner in my books.
I visited on a super sunny day, and managed to get a bench seat in the square to enjoy my juice and treats.

This is one of my favorite smaller street markets in London. Less a proper farmers’ market, and more of a food merchants’ market, it is divine. Cheese, sushi, fresh coconut water from a young coconut, duck confit, Brazilian steak, proper pies, vegetables, fish, chocolate, cake, coffee — you name it, it’s likely here. I’ve been stopping by for years and always find something to enjoy.
Though it’s gorgeous on a sunny summer day, the changing seasons offer different selections of food to nibble on. Definitely come on an empty stomach and leave happy!

I LOVE THIS MARKET!!! Going to the the duke of york square market is by far my all-​time-​favorite Sat activity. I mean… 5 pounds per half dozen of fresh-​off-​the-​sea oysters and awesome selection of cheese and burger and chorizo sandwich and cheese (yes I said cheese twice because I can). I can spend all afternoon there and I think i’ve worked out a little strategy to get the most out of it. And by most of it I mean consuming the maximum amount of oyster and cheese humanly possible. Here’s the run-​down
1. Grab a bottle of chilled bubblies
2. Eat oysters
3. Get assortment of cheese (the brie cheese with truffle cream is heavenly)
4. Eat more oysters
5. Buy hot food
6. Have a lil picnic near Saatchi gallery
7. Walk around Saatchi gallery to digest
8. Drink more bubblies and eat more oysters
9. Have a giant cookie and drink more bubblies
In short, if you like munching on random food and walking around and day drinking this is definitely the thing to do. I wish we could sit on the grass field though… either way the market is AWESOME.

Lovely market to spend a few hours outdoors shopping and looking outdoors for on a Saturday. Food is good quality and interesting. Mostly prepared food but there are a few stands for vegiies, fruits, fish and cheese. Atmosphere is great.

Going to this farmer’s market is one of my very favorite things in London life!!! I LOVE this place! They are open every Saturday from 9am to 1pm, I believe.
They have variety of foods and all are SO good! I had a piece of caramel cheesecake last Saturday and it was ABSOLUTELY delish!!!
I’m from Los Angeles, but any of their foods are totally different from «LA foods.» Oh, I love Europe, particularly this place!
I’ll go back there again this Saturday! :)

What a great market! It’s like a mini Borough Market without having to make the trek all the way to Southwark for those of you who live in west London.
During one Saturday, we came here while most of the vendors had already packed up, but one was still around trying to sell off his chocolate. He was giving our large chunks of chocolate as samples and let us try basically all the flavors he had. He also marked them down from £3.50 to £1 — what a steal! Two weeks later, I’m still eating through the chocolate bars I purchased on that day.
This past Saturday, we got some Moroccan food, which was delicious, and a pierogi from a Polish vendor. It was so hard to decide on those because we wanted to eat everything. They had gourmet sandwich vendors, food from Brazil, Portugal, Jamaica… many cheese and meat vendors and so much more.
Most of the stalls are very generous with the samples and prices are reasonable.

Pretty cool farmers market. Lots of varied options, from spicy dried sausage to prepared Italian food to fresh produce and juices.
I always have some qualms about buying home made food from open air markets, but everything we bought here has been great. Take a walk by sometime.

On Saturday I stumbled across the Duke of York Square Market and left with a few items and plans to return. The Duke of York Square Market is defiantly on the posh side with goods being sold from coffee to oysters and everything in between. There was a fishmonger selling fish and for those who don’t cook there were several stalls selling already made dishes. My favourite was the West Indian stall which had peas and rice and various meat dishes. The stall that got most of my business was selling cheese. I bought a few varieties including my favourite, blue cheese.
The people who owned the stalls were very friendly and you could tell that several shoppers were regulars. The market is not cheap but not overly expensive. It is a market that is pure bliss for a cook because everything you need can be found right there and what you don’t find can be purchased in the grocery store that shares the space at Duke of York Square.