Art House

Restaurateur Mark Hix’s home celebrates his love of art and reclaimed fixtures, and both are mixed together with an irreverent sense of fun

- Steven Efstathiou

‘I must call Bridget and organise lunch,’ says Mark Hix, his memory jogged by referencing the op art painting (by Bridget Riley) hanging on a wall of his apartment. A close acquaintance with some of the foremost British artists of the past half century is just one of the attributes of this engaging man about town and chef, whose frenetic life in

London is tempered by weekends spent in the West Country. He also has a restaurant there and a hotel – oh, and he’s building another home down there, too.