In July 2006, Bosi and his wife Claire announced that they were to sell the location in Ludlow and move closer to London.

[2] Bosi had previously been head chef and won a Michelin star at the Overton Grange restaurant, just outside the town.

[2] He had intended to open a restaurant in Warwickshire, but found the premises too expensive and purchased a 25-year lease on the former Oaks property in Ludlow for £40,000.

[6] In July 2006, Bosi and his wife Claire announced that they were intending to sell Hibiscus and open a new restaurant closer to London, or in the capital itself.

[9] Many of the staff from the Ludlow incarnation of Hibiscus agreed to move to London to continue working at the restaurant, including head chef Marcus McGuinness and sommelier Simon Freeman.

The walls were covered in pale-coloured wooden panels, and a chandelier designed as a series of globes hungs from the middle of the main dining room's ceiling.

Bosi admitted later that the restaurant was not yet up to scratch in those two weeks and agreed with the decision of Michelin to downgrade Hibiscus to a single star in the 2008 Guide.

[10] During the run up to Christmas, the stress of serving 550 covers a week in a new location with a modified menu resulted in three sous chefs resigning.

[9] The two-star award was restored a year later in the 2009 Michelin Guide,[13] as had been predicted by a number of Bosi's fellow chefs including Tom Aikens, Antonin Bonnet and Richard Corrigan.

Sat Bains went a step further and said "I would love to see Claude Bosi regain his second star at Hibiscus and win his third in time.

While stating that elements of the meal were "very clever indeed",[19] such as foie gras ice cream and a sausage roll he described as a "colossus",[19] he described the desserts as a "disappointment", calling an olive oil parfait a "gloopy mess".