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Glasshouse Kitchen: Emma McCaskill, Sat Bains, Darren Roberston, Maggie Beer

28 March 2020 6:30PM

Glasshouse Town Square, Victoria Square, , SA, Australia.

Region: Adelaide

Time: 7.00pm - 11.00pm

Contact: Tasting Australia tastingaustralia@sa.gov.au 08 8463 4706

Emma McCaskill met Sat Bains when she arrived for a trial at his Michelin two-star Nottingham restaurant on her day off. She got the job, and the experience of a lifetime to go with it.

Now, for one night only, Bains and McCaskill will reunite in the Glasshouse Kitchen - with Darren Robertson and Maggie Beer along for the ride.

Witty, wild and whip-smart, Bains signed up for catering school on impulse and found inspiration in the cooking of Marco Pierre White. He won a culinary scholarship to train in France and launched the acclaimed Restaurant Sat Bains in 2002. It was there that McCaskill became his development chef, responsible for devising modern British dishes and collaborating with a team that included a professional forager. Now head chef of Adelaide's Sparkke at the Whitmore, McCaskill remembers Bains' warmth and creativity as much as the high-stakes kitchen itself.

Joining her at Tasting Australia will be Darren Robertson. The pair met at Tetsuya's, where McCaskill landed her first job as a qualified chef. Robertson is now co-owner and chef at The Farm in Byron Bay and Three Blue Ducks in Sydney and Brisbane; in those days his encouragement gave McCaskill a crucial confidence boost.

McCaskill has long admired Beer's deep passion for South Australian food. This Glasshouse Kitchen event will be their first chance to cook together - prepare for nothing short of magic. 


A Note on Dietary Requirements
Glasshouse Kitchen menus are a convergence of South Australian regional produce at the height of its season. Our array of notable overseas, interstate and local chefs deliver sublime dining experiences, with a curated multi-course set menu. With this comes months of planning. Our cast of culinary stars will each create a unique one-off festival dish, or adapt an iconic signature dish to our local produce. Many of the dishes featured will simply not be suitable, or adaptable for particular dietary requirements by our visiting chefs, as some ingredients are embedded in prior preparations weeks out from the event.

The Glasshouse Kitchen can offer an alternative vegetarian and coeliac menu should it be requested at the time of booking. This menu, however, may not be designed or executed by the visiting chefs. If the opportunity to enjoy a meal from one of our festival stars is why you're thinking of joining us, we urge you to explore other events in the program that may be more tailored to your needs. But if the allure of our incredible Glasshouse Kitchen dining experience is what's piqued your interest, talk to us on TastingAustralia@sa.gov.au before booking and we will see what can be made possible.