Challenge your perceptions of sustainability through this unique creative platform and restaurant.
Breakfast, 8am (bookings essential): CATERING TO OUR FUTUREwith Jared Ingersoll, Chef/ Director Danks Street Depot; Alison Drover, Director The Alison Principle; Nick Ritar, Co-director Milkwood Permaculture Farm.
Daily Designer, 12.00pm (free with Museum admission): Arthur Koutloulas.
MORE ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Jared Ingersoll trained as a chef in London at renowned restaurants such as Mezzo, Hilaire and The Square. After travelling to Sydney, he became head chef at Bayswater Brasserie and in 2002 opened his own cafe and cocktail bar, Danks Street Depot, in Waterloo. Later this year, Danks Street Depot will launch at the Sydney International Airport. Ingersoll is committed to ethical and sustainable food principles, representing the restaurant industry on the Nature Conservation Council’s ‘Nice Choice’ sustainable seafood project.
Alison Drover, director of The Alison Principle, provides food and lifestyle consulting to caterers, restaurants and corporations. While supplying competitive, original menu designs, she helps clients reduce their carbon footprint. A former chef, marketing strategist and event designer, Drover is the co-convivium leader for Slow Food Sydney which promotes the taste and quality of naturally produced, properly prepared food. She also champions projects such as school gardens and helps raise the profile of indigenous food culture and sustainability.
Nick Ritar is a permaculture educator, design consultant and farmer. His professional background is in production management for large arts organisations and as a groundbreaking educator in community technology and communication. He is a co-director of Milkwood, a permaculture demonstration site in Central West NSW, that supplies educational courses and offers system design. He’s involved in a wide range of sustainable agriculture, land stewardship, food production and community resilience practices for both the rural and urban sectors.
Arthur Koutoulas established his design studio in Sydney in 1992, operating as a boutique design consultancy that distinguished itself by its forward-thinking approach to hospitality, retail and furniture design. Koutoulas has produced individualistic interiors and furniture, using low-cost materials, for various restaurants, bars and cafes, including Kafa Espresso Bar, Ten Buck Alley cafe and Bar Cleveland. He has been featured in publications both nationally and internationally and is the recipient of several design awards.
POWERHOUSE MUSEUM
500 HARRIS STREET, ULTIMO
DAILY DESIGNER TALKS ARE FREE WITH MUSEUM ADMISSION
BREAKFAST: $66 PER PERSON
DINNER: $110 PER PERSON
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
