We have heard that formal dining rooms are back in vogue on the restaurant scene this year, which means that the combination restaurant dining room/kitchens, where everyone had a clear view of their food from start to finish, will gradually be phased out. Patrons are now more interested in eating the food and appreciating the subtleties of a well-prepared meal than they are in watching it be prepared. With the massive number of cooking shows on TV, can you blame them? Everywhere you turn, you can see great pictures of food and videos of how its made, but the restaurant is where you can taste every delicious looking item that you wouldn't ordinarily get at home.
The UK Guardian is saying that the "Nigella Effect" is responsible for this change, as the sultry chef's recommendation is enough to make people try anything. She sold the public on 250,000 tins of goose fat over Christmas, so the end of open-air kitchens was easy by comparison. But although she may have helped to speed up the trend, it is far more widespread than Britain already - and like it or not, it seems as though this trend could be here to stay.
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2-07-2007 @ 8:39AM
sarah said...
The Nigella Effect was first mooted by Tracy Kellett of home finding agency BDI Property who found that increasingly, her clients were after houses with dining room - apparently a new trend after years of dining-kitchens reigning supreme. She went on to call it a Jamie Oliver backlash! Which is certainly overdue
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2-07-2007 @ 3:03PM
Amy said...
Amen! I most certainly am tired of watching my food be prepared. No one wants to look at harried sous chefs or isten to clanging pots and utensils while eating.
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2-07-2007 @ 3:45PM
Amy said...
Amen! I most certainly am tired of watching my food be prepared. No one wants to look at harried sous chefs or isten to clanging pots and utensils whilst eating.
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