Greenhouse (restaurant)
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| Established | 2009 |
| Closed | 2017 |
| Head chef | Matt Stone |
| Food type | Modern Australian |
| Street address | 100 St Georges Terrace |
| City | Perth |
| State | Western Australia |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 6000 |
| Country | Australia |
| Coordinates | 31°57′17″S 115°51′27″E / 31.95472°S 115.85750°E |
Greenhouse was a bar/restaurant at 100 St Georges Terrace in Perth, Western Australia. Designed by Dutch-born florist, artist, builder and environmentalist Joost Bakker, and opened in 2009,[1][2] it is a "quirky, eco-friendly restaurant" concept,[3] which has been described as "... a breath of fresh air and a brilliant example of innovation in the restaurant sector."[4] The head chef at Greenhouse was Matt Stone.[5]
As a concept, Greenhouse had a mission to improve vastly on the ways restaurants are created, to have better design, better operation, and to be "completely waste free from the ground up".[1] Amongst other things, Greenhouse "... has its vegetable garden on the roof, grinds its own organic flour, has walls made of hay bales and boasts a zero-carbon footprint."[4]
Both Stone and the restaurant have won a number of awards. In 2010, Stone was named Best New Talent at the national Gourmet Traveller Awards;[6] then was awarded Young Chef of the Year by The West Australian Good Food Guide in 2011[4] and 2012.[7] The restaurant was given a one star rating, and the award for Best New Restaurant of the Year, by The West Australian Good Food Guide 2011,[7] and retained its one star rating for 2012[7] and 2013,[8] but lost that rating for 2014.[9]
The Greenhouse concept has also appeared, in temporary, "pop-up" restaurant form, at Federation Square in Melbourne in 2008–09,[1][2] at Sydney Harbour in 2011,[1][5] and at the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2012.[1][2][10] Greenhouse also featured in an episode of MasterChef Australia series 5 in 2013.[11][12]
The restaurant was sold to Red Rock Leisure in partnership with chef Chris Taylor around 2012.[13]
The restaurant closed in May 2017. Managing partners of the venue claimed decreased revenue and high operation costs as contributing factors.[13]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Pitt, Beatrice (March 2012). "Joost's Greenhouse at the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival". Design100 website. Design100. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ a b c "Greenhouse by Joost in Melbourne". ArchitectureAU. Architecture Media Pty Ltd. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ McKenna, Steve (13 November 2010). "24 hours in Perth". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ^ a b c Millimaci, Grace (21 September 2010). "Kudos for dining excellence in WA". The West Australian. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ^ a b Richards, Holly (25 March 2011). "Food success set in stone". The West Australian. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ^ Broadfield, Rob; McPhee, Lindsay (24 August 2010). "Chef wins national recognition". The West Australian. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ^ a b c "Greenhouse: Mietta's Review". Mietta. Mietta's. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ^ Broadfield, Rob, ed. (2012). The West Australian Good Food Guide 2013. Osborne Park, WA: West Australian Publishers. p. 59. ISBN 9780987171948.
- ^ Broadfield, Rob, ed. (2013). The West Australian Good Food Guide 2014. Osborne Park, WA: West Australian Publishers. p. 47. ISBN 9780987171986.
- ^ Broadfield, Rob (11 March 2012). "Master chefs in the Greenhouse". The West Australian. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ^ "MasterChef comes alive at Greenhouse in the Perth CBD". Perth Now. News Ltd. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ^ Hardie, Giles (4 July 2013). "Recap: MasterChef and the attack of the killer carrots". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ^ a b Shield, Helen (4 May 2017). "Greenhouse restaurant closes its doors". The West Australian. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
External links[edit]
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 13 August 2016)
- By Joost: Greenhouse Perth – article on Joost Bakker's website describing the restaurant's construction
- Goodfood: Greenhouse by Joost – review of the Sydney "pop up" restaurant
- Qantas Travel Insider: Greenhouse, Perth – reviews of the restaurant originally published in Qantas The Australian Way
- The Australian: Green and gold – review of the restaurant by John Lethlean