City Talks: Mary Daish & Lois Daish

The final talk in the 2016 City Talks series is “Who’s the Butler?”, where architect Mary Daish and cook Lois Daish will discuss the wider social issues expressed in our dining habits as portrayed in magazines and television.

Terms such as “butler’s kitchens” and “sculleries” to describe particular characteristics of new kitchen design have appeared in magazines and TV shows. Mary Daish explores the design ideas behind these descriptions, and extends this to a discussion around wider social issues of preparing and eating food in daily domestic life.

“Who’s the Butler?” will present current kitchen designs presented in the media and offer a reading and critique of these against examples of her own work. Mary and Lois discuss what really happens in kitchens, and investigate the relationship of kitchen spaces to the wider issues of purchasing, preparing, cooking and eating in the domestic setting. 

Mary Daish is an award-winning architect running her own practice with particular focus on kitchen design. She established her practice — Mary Daish Architect — in 2007 and has talked about kitchen and dining spaces at previous public events.

Lois Daish is a well-known Wellington cook and food writer. Her first restaurant was Number 9 in Bowen Street, followed by Mt Cook Café, and long remembered Brooklyn Café and Grill.

Monday 10 October
6pm
Free entry

The talk will be followed by refreshments generously supported by Nikau.

For more information, please contact the City Talks team.