Owner David Ponte

Born in Sao Paulo in 1965, educated at Eton and spent considerable amounts of time in Paris Career : Owner of Mocoto in SW1 and former co-owner, with Mourad Mazouz, of the madly Moroccan Momo in Heddon Street. Born in Brazil, Ponté has rather bravely made it his mission to recreate the buzzy Brazilian bar scene in uptown Knightsbridge. Opened in January 2007 at a cost of £5 million it is 'London's first ever truly modern Brazilian venue -it's really not a theme place'. Just about everything (apart from English head chef Darryl Healey) comes from Brazil. The ceiling is lined with narrow Brazilian tree trunks, the lights are Brazilian street lights, and the chairs are antique Brazilian jacaranda upholstered with soft hide. Unfortunately it only survived 6 months and closed.