Pop-up restaurant
Encyclopedia
Pop-up restaurants, also called supper clubs, are temporary restaurant
s. These restaurants often operate from a private home, former factory or similar and during festival
s.
Pop-up restaurants have been popular in the 2000s in Britain but they are not a new phenomenon. Pop up restaurants have existed in the United States and Cuba. Diners typically make use of social media
, such as the blogosphere
and Twitter
, to follow the movement of these restaurants and make online reservations.
Pop up restaurants, like food trucks, are an ideal way to gain exposure of young professionals' skills in the field of hospitality in order to get investors and attention to open a restaurant or another culinary concept.
Pop-up restaurants have been hailed as useful for younger chefs, allowing them to utilize underused kitchen facilities and "experiment without the risk of bankruptcy".
Notable chefs and restauranteurs who have opened pop-up restaurants include:
Restaurant
A restaurant is an establishment which prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return for money. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services...
s. These restaurants often operate from a private home, former factory or similar and during festival
Festival
A festival or gala is an event, usually and ordinarily staged by a local community, which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community and the Festival....
s.
Pop-up restaurants have been popular in the 2000s in Britain but they are not a new phenomenon. Pop up restaurants have existed in the United States and Cuba. Diners typically make use of social media
Social media
The term Social Media refers to the use of web-based and mobile technologies to turn communication into an interactive dialogue. Andreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein define social media as "a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0,...
, such as the blogosphere
Blogosphere
The blogosphere is made up of all blogs and their interconnections. The term implies that blogs exist together as a connected community or as a social network in which everyday authors can publish their opinions...
and Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
, to follow the movement of these restaurants and make online reservations.
Pop up restaurants, like food trucks, are an ideal way to gain exposure of young professionals' skills in the field of hospitality in order to get investors and attention to open a restaurant or another culinary concept.
Pop-up restaurants have been hailed as useful for younger chefs, allowing them to utilize underused kitchen facilities and "experiment without the risk of bankruptcy".
Notable chefs and restauranteurs who have opened pop-up restaurants include:
- Alan Philips
- Stephen StarrStephen StarrStephen Starr is the owner of several restaurants in Philadelphia, New York City, Fort Lauderdale and Atlantic City. All of these restaurants are part of the Starr Restaurant Organization.- Reality TV :...
- Camille Becerra
- Pierre Koffmann
- Ludo Lefebvre
- Jason AthertonJason AthertonJason Atherton , is an English chef. He was the Executive Chef at Gordon Ramsay's Michelin starred Maze in London until 30 April 2010.-Biography:...
External links
- Guestaurant- Where Social Meets Food - pop-up restaurant listing
- "Psst! Fancy a furtive bite at my pop-up restaurant?", The Sunday TimesThe Sunday TimesThe Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper.The Sunday Times may also refer to:*The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times...
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