I had my first meeting with LS6 Cafe Bar today (after a number of email exchanges of our ideas). I met the Manageress at 3.00 pm in the Cafe and discussed further the ideas for the project.
Both the Manageress and the owner of the Cafe requested that I meet with 3 of the Chefs that work there, a Polish, a Greek and an Indian chef, I will watch them work, producing meals and then they will each give me 3 of there "specials recipes" traditional to their culture and completley original and thought up by the individual chef. My first meeting is with Bobby, the Indian chef on Tue 2nd March. We also discussed some of the ideas for how I could present the recipes and made a mutual agreement that the recipes should be printed on napkins and given to the customers when they dine in the Cafe.
We also decided that because Hyde Park has a large amount of Vintage shops and the actual Cafe used to be a Vintage clothes shop and has taken a lot of inspiration for the interior from that style, that the recipes should be designed and illustrated using a Vintage feel. We aslo decided that I should stick to a colour theme when designing the recipe napkins (hot pink, burnt orange and chocolate brown - these are the dominant colours used in LS6 Cafe). Also the Cafe's name and my name should be printed on the napkins.
The recipe napkins will be handed out in the week before my deadline - Mon 15th March - Sun 21st March, I will also have a feedback book/log so customers can write down what they think of the recipies for both mine and the Cafe's benifit. The recipies will then be exhibited on napkins in the artist exhibition space above the Cafe (I am booked in to exhibit on Tues 23rd in the evening) as then I will be taking the recipies and looking at them more of a piece of art.
This meeting has really helped me develop my ideas and have a clearer view of where the project is heading.