marquardt+ was very excited to take part in this year’s Chefs’ Night Out, sponsored by CS Interiors. Each year, a number of restaurants and design firms are partnered to come up with a special food to present at the event. Tom met with Chef Jack Funderburg and his team from Prasino, and we decided to go for unabashed self promotion, and did a joint branding exercise, right down to the food design, as well as presentation.

Utilizing plexi squares we had in storage left over from a project, we laminated the backs in three tones of gold to green, hitting both our and Prasino’s brand colors and the tone in between. We also made square wood legs, based on the materiality of their restaurant.

We also utilized the concept of the image collage they have applied to their recessed booth seating, incorporating images of the m+ family and projects with their images of the Prasino family, restaurants and food. We layered this with a co-branded logo of marquardt+ Prasino to top off the total design/brand concept of this temporary installation within the Consentino Showroom at our assigned location.

The idea we developed and Chef Jack and team executed is a butter poached scallop with micro cilantro, nori wafer in a ponzu sauce. The presentation is a combination of both our logos: the wafer is the marquardt+ logo strike, and the scallop and micro cilantro is the logo “o”. The simple flat spoons provided style and easy enjoyment for our guests who didn’t have to juggle their drinks with plates or forks to devour our serving.

We didn’t win, but we did get rock star attention and a lot of happy and surprised faces when they experienced the food. We look forward to future collaboration with Prasino!