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Photo of a tray of various flavoured cannoli made by Bello Gnocco at Southbank Centre Food Market

Bello Gnocco

Taste the real flavours of Italy and the secrets of Sicilian cuisine

Bello Gnocco make perfectly fried arancini and delicate cannoli, following traditional recipes gleaned from their grandparents’ generation.

Food is in the blood with Francesco. Before he came to South Bank he’d opened two restaurants in Sicily and spent his childhood in and out of his grandfather’s trattoria.

Bello Gnocco’s must try dish

Light and tasty arancini and delicate cannoli

Location

Southbank Centre Square, Belvedere Road

Contact

Bello Gnocco on X

A cannoli being prepared by a pastry chef with cream and dusted with icing sugar
Arnaud Mbaki
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Mac and cheese being spooned out of a large container with a metal spoon
Arnaud Mbaki
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A pastry chef pipping cream into the middle of a cannoli pastry from a blue pipping bag
Jake Philip Davis
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Arnaud Mbaki
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For your visit

Southbank Centre Food Market Southbank Centre

Southbank Centre Food Market is open every weekend.

Fridays, 12 noon – 9pm
Saturdays, 11am – 9pm
Sundays, 12 noon – 6pm*
Bank holiday Mondays, 12 noon – 6pm

*On Bank holiday weekends, the market stays open until 9pm on Sundays

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Tomato topped bruschetta from Bread Tree View larger image
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Plan your visit

Southbank Centre Food Market is located on Southbank Centre Square, on the Belvedere Road side of our Royal Festival Hall.

Getting here

Our address is Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX.

The nearest tube stations to us are Waterloo and Embankment; Waterloo is also the nearest train station. And more than 20 different London bus routes pass within 500 metres of our venues.  More information on getting here by rail, road or river is available on our Getting here page.

Cash or card

Though some of our food market vendors accept cash many no longer do, so be prepared to pay with either cash or card to avoid disappointment.

Access

We’re working hard to remove barriers, so that our facilities and events can be accessible to as many people as possible.

All help points, toilets, performance and exhibition spaces at the Southbank Centre are accessible to all, as are the cafes, bars and restaurants. We also have excellent public transport links with step-free access. 

All information about booking wheelchair spaces, step-free access, blue badge parking, access maps and guides and other help available whilst you’re here, including details about our Access Scheme, can be found on our Access page.