A new food business registration has appeared at 117–123 Church Road in Barnes — the Olympic Studios building — under the name Olympic Studios, listed as a restaurant, cafe or canteen and awaiting its first hygiene inspection. The same address already carries a registration for Olympic Cinema, which was inspected on 12 August and rated 4 out of 5.
Two registrations at one address usually means one of three things: a genuinely separate kitchen or counter, a rebrand of the existing food operation under the building's own name, or a duplicate entry in the register. None of those is visible from the outside yet, and nothing here says the doors have changed. The useful test is the inspection: whatever is cooking on Church Road will get a rating of its own, and that will settle which it is.
- A food business named Olympic Studios at 117–123 Church Road, Barnes is registered as a Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen and is awaiting its first hygiene inspection as a new registration.
- Olympic Cinema, at the same address, was rated 4 for food hygiene on 12 August 2026 by Richmond upon Thames.
Every factual claim in this story is linked to the evidence behind it. Where the newsroom has added judgement or framing, it is listed separately. Sources accessed 20 September 2026.
- ratings.food.gov.uk/business/1988114 (Food Standards Agency register)
- ratings.food.gov.uk/business/1574204 (Food Standards Agency register)
Claim by claim (2 facts, 2 editorial judgements)
- A food business named Olympic Studios at 117–123 Church Road, Barnes is registered as a Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen and is awaiting its first hygiene inspection as a new registration. — Food Standards Agency register“Name: Olympic Studios, Type: Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen, Address: 117 - 123 Church Road, Barnes, SW13 9HL, Hygiene rating: Awaiting inspection (new registration)”
- Olympic Cinema, at the same address, was rated 4 for food hygiene on 12 August 2026 by Richmond upon Thames. — Food Standards Agency register, 2026-08-12“Name: Olympic Cinema, Type: Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen, Address: 117 - 123 Church Road, Barnes, SW13 9HL, Hygiene rating: 4, Rating date: 2026-08-12, Authority: Richmond-Upon-Thames”
- Judgement: The duplicate entry could indicate a separate food operation, a rebrand of the cinema's catering, or an administrative duplicate; the register alone does not say which.
- Judgement: The forthcoming inspection and rating will resolve which of those it is.
