The World of Hospitality Issue 14 2016 | Page 65

Bandol semi-screened wine-store/dining areas is in the form of hand-blown, smoked glass pendants from Curiousa & Curiousa. Tables in the main restaurant space are in bespoke, patinated zinc, with natural wood and pale grey chairs from Hay, from the J104 series. There are also lower wicker chairs in the centre from Cox & Cox, as well as two bespoke sets of banquettes. The first of these runs down the whole length of the rear right space of the restaurant, below the pale salmon plaster wall and is made of a mild steel frame with light tan leather upholstery, whilst directly opposite on the left side is a series of three booth areas, where the banquette seating is finished in buttoned light blue leather. All the banquettes were manufactured by Penwith to KKD’s design. The ledge behind the booths is punctuated by small lemon trees in terracotta plants, further underlining the ‘outside-in’ feel. Two semi-private dining areas on the left of the restaurant are enclosed by floor-to-ceiling screens with mild steel frames and copper mesh and can each seat up to 6 people. Smaller versions of the screens also feature in other parts of the restaurant, above the left-side banquette seating, for example and to shield a waiter station to the right of the restaurant, helping add a subtly industrial and contemporary edge to the space. Empty, reclaimed riddling racks, sourced from France and traditionally used to house champagne, are used in these dining areas as a form of wall-panelling. The furniture treatment is also slightly different in these two rooms and includes bespoke bamboo table tops and black leather, steel-framed dining chairs from Rockett St George. The first of the areas, encased in an aged brick surround, also wraps neatly around the restaurant’s central service core, where the food hoist is located, along with a wine storage system built into its outside wall, featuring LED uplighting and allowing full access from the bar area. Unisex toilets on the lower-ground floor continue the industrial feel, via Belfast basins and bespoke, WEBSITE: www.kkd.co.uk the World Of Hospitality 65 surface-mounted taps and toilet roll holders made from copper piping. The space is tiled in white to the half-way point with very pale sea blue paintwork used from there to the ceiling. Flooring is the same hexagonal concrete tiling as used for the bar surround, but on this occasion minus the red grout. Client and owner Sylvia Kontek commented on the design: ‘The aim with Bandol was to continue with the urban design of our sister restaurant Margaux, while making it lighter, airier and bringing in some natural elements to reflect the outdoors feel of Provence. The challenge was how to combine the urban and the rural and still keep it authentic and harmonious. KKD have achieved an incredible transformation of the place and managed not only to create much bigger, brighter and inviting premises, but, with their choice of materials, textures, colours and selection of living plants, they managed the impossible – marrying the industrial with the rustic countryside in a warm, welcoming space that is both chic and cozy.’