After four years of dreaming up and preparing very fancy, very prettily-plated and very delicious dishes at one of our favorite French restaurants in town, chef de cuisine Julien Royer is leaving Jaan. The restaurant made the announcement on their Facebook page today. 

The charming young Frenchman is making an interesting move to the Lo & Behold Group (who are behind restaurants like The White Rabbit, The Black Swan, OverEasy and Loof). He will be starting a new fine dining restaurant for them. The location was meant to be a secret due to confidentiality agreements, but the Straits Times let the cat out of the bag a couple days ago, revealing that it will be at the National Gallery. Coupled with the oyster and champagne bar we already know the gallery is getting, we really can't wait for the opening in November.

And as for Jaan, we're not worried. Their sous chef Kirk Westaway won San Pellegrino's Young Chef Award this year, so they're in good hands.