Greenhouse (restaurant)

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Greenhouse (restaurant)
Restaurant information
Established2009 (2009)
Closed2017
Head chefMatt Stone [1]
Food typeModern Australian
Street address 100 St Georges Terrace
City Perth
StateWestern Australia
Postal/ZIP Code6000
CountryAustralia
Coordinates 31°57′17″S115°51′27″E / 31.95472°S 115.85750°E / -31.95472; 115.85750

Greenhouse was an eco-friendly bar and restaurant at 100 St Georges Terrace in Perth, Western Australia. [2] [3] With a concept that included being well designed and completely waste free, [4] the restaurant featured a vegetable garden on the roof, a zero-carbon footprint, and ground its own organic flour. [3] Designed by Dutch-born florist, artist, builder and environmentalist Joost Bakker, Greenhouse opened in 2009 and closed in 2017. [4] [5]

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History

Both head chef Matt Stone and the restaurant won a number of awards. In 2010, Stone was named Best New Talent at the national Gourmet Traveller Awards; [6] awarded Young Chef of the Year by The West Australian Good Food Guide in 2011 [3] 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 was built upon at Federation Square in Melbourne in 2008–09, [4] [5] at Sydney Harbour in 2011, [4] [1] and at the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2012. [4] [5] [10] Greenhouse 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] before closing in May 2017 due in part to decreased revenue and high operating costs. [13]

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  3. 1 2 3 Millimaci, Grace (21 September 2010). "Kudos for dining excellence in WA". The West Australian . Retrieved 10 August 2013.
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  5. 1 2 3 "Greenhouse by Joost in Melbourne". ArchitectureAU. Architecture Media Pty Ltd. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  6. ↑ Broadfield, Rob; McPhee, Lindsay (24 August 2010). "Chef wins national recognition". The West Australian . Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  7. 1 2 3 "Greenhouse: Mietta's Review". Mietta. Mietta's. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  8. ↑ Broadfield, Rob, ed. (2012). The West Australian Good Food Guide 2013. Osborne Park, WA: West Australian Publishers. p. 59. ISBN   9780987171948.
  9. ↑ Broadfield, Rob, ed. (2013). The West Australian Good Food Guide 2014. Osborne Park, WA: West Australian Publishers. p. 47. ISBN   9780987171986.
  10. ↑ Broadfield, Rob (11 March 2012). "Master chefs in the Greenhouse". The West Australian . Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  11. ↑ "MasterChef comes alive at Greenhouse in the Perth CBD". Perth Now . News Ltd. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  12. ↑ Hardie, Giles (4 July 2013). "Recap: MasterChef and the attack of the killer carrots" . The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  13. 1 2 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.
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