insideSUSSEX Magazine Issue 03 - May 2015 | Page 8

NEWS

SUCCESS FOR WEST SUSSEX BASED GARDEN DESIGNER
West Sussex based garden designer, Caspian
Roberston of Rugwick, has been announced as
one of the four Metamorphosis Show Garden
Competition winners who will go forward to
build their design at BBC Gardeners’ World Live
sponsored by Lexus, this June. Over 100,000
people are expected to visit the show, which
takes place alongside the BBC Good Food Show
Summer at The NEC from
11th-14th June.
 Metamorphosis ‘A Design Journey’
challenges four designers to be as innovative
as possible in the use of a set list of materials,
supplied by Bradstone. Roger Platts, five-time gold
medallist at RHS Chelsea Flower Show including
Best in Show, is remaining as ambassador for
the competition giving the finalists the invaluable

opportunity of his mentorship through the
show garden process. Organisers are delighted
that Bradstone are continuing to support the
competition, supplying top quality walling, paving
and decorative aggregate.
Caspian says: “BBC Gardener’s World Live is
known across the world for its imaginative ideas,
people and atmosphere, so it was a real honour to
have been selected for a Metamorphosis Garden
this year. Using a shared material palette is such
an exciting and challenging concept that I can’t
wait to start bringing this project to life!”
Support Caspian and his co-designers, and
see the fabulous gardens at BBC Gardeners’
World Live, NEC 11th-14th June. For more
information and to book tickets visit
www.bbcgardenersworldlive.com.

TOP SUSSEX CHEF AND CENTERPLATE COLLABORATE
AT BRIGHTON i360

Celebrated Sussex MasterChef: The Professionals winner Steven
Edwards will collaborate with leading venue caterer Centerplate to serve
the best of Sussex produce at Brighton i360’s brasserie when it opens
next year, it was revealed this spring.
Centerplate won the Brighton i360 catering contract against some
of the biggest names in the business and has created a partnership with
MasterChef: The Professionals winner and former Sussex Young Chef
of the Year, Steven Edwards, to offer signature dishes on menus at the
brasserie using ingredients from the South Downs and coastal waters.
The Brighton i360’s 400-cover beach side brasserie sits alongside
the i360’s gift shop, exhibition and children’s play zone. The Centerplate
team will also cater for the exciting new event rooms suitable for private
events for 10 to 800 people – making the perfect venue for weddings,
corporate events and private dining, with their own private beach terrace
and stunning sea views.
Said Eleanor Harris, CEO of the Brighton i360: “I am delighted to be
working with Centerplate, who have proved that they can cater well for
thousands of visitors at top attractions, theatres and stadia across the
country.
“Our goal is to create a destination brasserie, serving the best of
Sussex and we are particularly thrilled to welcome Steven and his etch.
co-founder Josh Stanzl on board, bringing with them AA and Michelin

kitchen experience and adding a special local flavour to our offer. We will
serve the superb ingredients that are reared, grown, caught and brewed
within the 26-mile viewing radius that you can see from the i360.”
Nigel Hutson, Director of Operations – Heritage for Centerplate,
adds: “The Brighton i360 is going to be an international icon and worldrenowned visitor attraction and we are very pleased to be part of this
exciting venture. In developing the catering and hospitality offering at
this new venue, we are being very mindful of the broad spectrum of
customers who will be visiting the i360’s facilities. We want to encourage
members of the local community and families on a day out to pop in
for refreshments throughout the day, whilst also offering a selection of
signature dishes which will appeal to discerning diners in the evenings.
“What will unite all of the dishes on the menus is the focus on
seasonal and locally sourced produce, and bringing Steven and Josh into
the mix will create some further excitement around the signature dishes
on our brasserie and event menus which will be regularly refreshed.”
Of the project, Steven Edwards said: “Josh and I are really looking
forward to working with this amazing new venue. We are Sussex chefs
through and through and have a fantastic larder to choose from. We
will always use quality local ingredients to create unique simple dishes
focusing on getting the most out of each ingredient we use.”

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