As so many of TeamBSE are big fans of meat and wine, it’s safe to say we were thrilled to be engaged across multiple Meat & Wine Co projects nationally. The enjoyment of working on hospitality projects grows, as the uniqueness of Meat & Wine Co restaurants make them incredibly interesting to be involved with.
Meat & Wine Co, Adelaide
BSE partnered with Seagrass Hospitality and Design Partnerships Australia to design and deliver the Canberra and Adelaide restaurants, both completed in 2021. Meat & Wine Co distinguish themselves as having a consistent theme across all of their establishments and maintaining an homage to African symbolism as a deeply rooted theme. This meant, our engineering and design team had a variety of design considerations to ensure the restaurants were able to maintain the aesthetic consistency while being functional, our solutions included an integrated fit out approach, kitchen exhaust/makeup and trade waste design.
A huge consideration across BSE’s involvement with the Adelaide restaurant is that the building housing the restaurant is heritage listed. Developing a design within a heritage listed building creates a number of challenges, including input and exhaust louvres on the façade however, our skilled teams provided solutions based on extensive hospitality experience to minimise impact of services on the look and feel of the restaurant.
An opposite approach was needed with the design of the Canberra restaurant at 1 Constitution Place. the restaurant is nestled at the base of a new development within the CBD. BSE was able to meet the design intent to maintain a consistent approach across the lighting styles and design maintain the overall ‘theme’ of Meat & Wine Co’s various restaurants, despite the significantly differing exteriors.
Meat & Wine Co, Canberra
BSE continues our Meat & Wine Co. partnership delivering an additional two projects at Norwest NSW and Southbank VIC. Our teams benefit from the lessons learnt and innovative solutions already used in Adelaide and Canberra to implement those benefits across the new restaurants.
