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Diners find arty appetite at City College
23 April 2010
During the forthcoming Brighton Festival, City College Brighton and Hove's Gallery Restaurant is hosting an innovative new fine dining restaurant where local artists will be creating new pieces inspired by the venue and its customers. 'Residence' will be Brighton's first 'pop-up restaurant' - a new venue given a complete make-over, selling fantastic food and cocktails at lunch, pre-theatre and dinner from Tuesday to Saturday throughout the Festival. At each meal, there will be an artist in residence on site, charged with creating an original work in front of, and sometimes including, the diners. These pieces will gradually fill the walls of the restaurant each day, culminating with a charity auction both online and onsite. Artists include representatives of Brighton Illustrators Group and Brighton Rock Artists Group, Lloyds TSB's official artist for the 2012 games Jan Irvine plus caricaturists, spray can artists and City College's own rising photography star, Ken Street.
Organiser Euan MacDonald says:
'Residence' at The Gallery
'Nothing like this has ever been attempted before. The response from the artists has been amazing, and by involving the college we really hope to support the city's culinary as well as artistic future.'
City College's Restaurant Supervisor/Lecturer Chris Williams says:
'This is a great opportunity for our students to get some genuine restaurant experience as well as supporting the city and the festival. It's a very exciting concept and we're looking forward to seeing artists at work while showing Brighton how talented our students are. You won't find better food, service or value for money anywhere else in town.'
Featured artist Jan Irvine says:
'I thrive on painting live and I can't wait to use my time in the Residence space to capture real people laughing, talking, sharing food ? it's going to be a very vibrant and enjoyable space to work. I'm very proud to be one of the artists involved. I've lived in and worked from Brighton for over twenty years, and this is a such a great idea for raising the profile of our wide range of artistic talents as well as the confidence and experience of the students taking part. And I think it's great that people can be part of the unique experience, just by turning up and having a fantastic time.'
Catering students from the College will be working alongside professional chefs and front-of-house staff and wines will be overseen, with onsite tasting, by Henry Butler of Hanover's Butlers Wine Cellar. The Dark Star Brewery is providing beer for some dishes, as well as their incredible Espresso beer at the end of the meal. Prices range from £12.50 (lunch and pre-theatre) to £16.50 (dinner) for three courses.
Bookings can be made on-line at www.residencepop-up.com or by calling 01273 667711
For more information, call Euan MacDonald on 07711 656 390 euan@residencepop-up.com
For City College media enquiries, please call Brian Bell, Marketing Communications Officer, on 01273 667788 Ext. 488 or email bb1@ccb.ac.uk website www.ccb.ac.uk
About City College Brighton and Hove: Situated in the heart of Brighton, City College Brighton and Hove has become an international centre of vocational excellence. Every year 2,000 full-time, 10,000 part time, over 500 Higher Education and 250 14-16 year old students as well as many international and European students choose City College as their place of further and higher education training. In addition, the College provides training to over 2,000 businesses via its 'City Business Skills' department which focuses on employer training needs. Offering over 700 courses from basic level right through to business and postgraduate training, City College is working with its partners to develop the workforce of the future.
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