Re: Summer 2017 | Page 20

it just sounds a bit over the top. You don’t want to come in for a meal and sold a sales pitch of Sussex, you want to come in for a meal and enjoy yourself, but have a slight hint of what this chef’s about, he’s trying to do Sussex food so for me it had to be about what I wanted to create and for me I wanted a dining experience that’s etched in the memory and it’s a symbol of that. It’s a buzz word, I think it’s a nice brand, I wanted to keep it modern and it’s mainly going to be timeless with the brand but I wanted to keep it current and give us the potential. I want us to be a national restaurant, I want people to be up in Scotland and be oh yeah “etch” is down in Brighton. I want that feel to it rather than tying into a certain area or place, and I want it to be edgy and catchy. I think at that time, like three or four