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Chef's Table by Chef Bruce Lim
Chef's Table by Chef Bruce Lim
Taguig, Philippines
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Chef's Table by Chef Bruce Lim
Taguig, Philippines
Chef’s Table is a contemporary restaurant
owned by celebrity Chef Bruce Lim, a well celebrated chef who hosts
world-renowned tv cooking shows and consults for numerous food companies. His
cuisine is essentially contemporary Filipino. He takes local dishes,
ingredients, and recipies and gives them a surprising but pleasing twist.
The first design response was naturally to
capitalize the persona of Bruce as a celebrity, giving focus to him within the
space. The second was to reflect a re-packaged and a modern Filipino aesthetic
in the restaurant, a strategy that matches his philosophy in cooking.
The core idea is that of weaving. This act
of intertwining was chosen because of its ubiquity in the Filipino culture as
can be seen in different aspects of life – banigs,
salakot, salakab, barong tagalog, vintas, and even the native bahag, just to name a few. This idea manifested in different
levels of the design – in space, in views, in form, and in materials.
Weaving Spaces
Typically, a kitchen is considered to be a
“back-of-the-house” facility, one that is always hidden behind closed walls or
is pushed back to the most inconspicuous part of a restaurant. In the case of
this project, the kitchen is designed as an open one and is the first thing
that is seen upon entry as it was pushed to be right in the center of the
space. In the middle of the kitchen and consequently the whole restaurant is
the chef, the genius behind the sumptuous gastronomy.
Weaving Views
The existing space had a mezzanine, which
posed a challenge as to how to make the chef on the ground below visible from
the deep portions of the upper level. This was answered through the use of a
massive triangulated drop ceiling juts down from the slab and is where a giant
reflective surface was applied, making the chef and the rest of the kitchen
visible from above.
Weaving Forms
Wood veneered strips grow out from the
walls and rise above the entire space and converge above the kitchen as a
hovering mass, effectively weaving surfaces into one continuous triangulated
form, echoing weaving patterns in Filipino culture. This also leads the
visitors’ gaze towards the highlight of the space, the kitchen, as the faceted
form points towards it, ending with a beam of light on its edge, as if the
different materials and forms found within the space are fused together and
merged to become something intangible.
owned by celebrity Chef Bruce Lim, a well celebrated chef who hosts
world-renowned tv cooking shows and consults for numerous food companies. His
cuisine is essentially contemporary Filipino. He takes local dishes,
ingredients, and recipies and gives them a surprising but pleasing twist.
The first design response was naturally to
capitalize the persona of Bruce as a celebrity, giving focus to him within the
space. The second was to reflect a re-packaged and a modern Filipino aesthetic
in the restaurant, a strategy that matches his philosophy in cooking.
The core idea is that of weaving. This act
of intertwining was chosen because of its ubiquity in the Filipino culture as
can be seen in different aspects of life – banigs,
salakot, salakab, barong tagalog, vintas, and even the native bahag, just to name a few. This idea manifested in different
levels of the design – in space, in views, in form, and in materials.
Weaving Spaces
Typically, a kitchen is considered to be a
“back-of-the-house” facility, one that is always hidden behind closed walls or
is pushed back to the most inconspicuous part of a restaurant. In the case of
this project, the kitchen is designed as an open one and is the first thing
that is seen upon entry as it was pushed to be right in the center of the
space. In the middle of the kitchen and consequently the whole restaurant is
the chef, the genius behind the sumptuous gastronomy.
Weaving Views
The existing space had a mezzanine, which
posed a challenge as to how to make the chef on the ground below visible from
the deep portions of the upper level. This was answered through the use of a
massive triangulated drop ceiling juts down from the slab and is where a giant
reflective surface was applied, making the chef and the rest of the kitchen
visible from above.
Weaving Forms
Wood veneered strips grow out from the
walls and rise above the entire space and converge above the kitchen as a
hovering mass, effectively weaving surfaces into one continuous triangulated
form, echoing weaving patterns in Filipino culture. This also leads the
visitors’ gaze towards the highlight of the space, the kitchen, as the faceted
form points towards it, ending with a beam of light on its edge, as if the
different materials and forms found within the space are fused together and
merged to become something intangible.
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