Bringing a metropolitan touch to rural Essex, Baumann’s Brasserie in the charming market town of Coggeshall is something of a surprise treat in amongst the higgledy piggledy painted houses and shops. A 16th century building retaining many original features, Baumann’s Brasserie is spacious but cosy with low ceilings held by industrial style pillars, mix and match artworks on the walls and elegantly set tables complete with white linen napkins and gleaming silverware. Menus, put together by award winning eponymous chef Mark Baumann, feature ingredients of the highest quality with all seafood and fish sourced direct from Billingsgate. Creative but comforting all at once, it’s no wonder that Baumann’s Brasserie is considered to serve Coggeshall’s best food.