ood food, like most other forms of art, connects the audience with its creator. For Kirk Westaway, the executive chef of two-Michelin-starred restaurant Jaan by Kirk Westaway, that connection is made through stories of his childhood growing up in the coastal county of Devon in southwest England. Those stories can be sensed in the design choices, as well as the food. In the newly renovated restaurant, which was unveiled in December last year, the mirrored corridor leading to the dining room is adorned with abstract artworks that hint at life in Westaway’s home town. Strokes of blue and grey represent sea spray crashing against the shore, and splashes of green denote the region’s rolling hills. Even the carpet, which shifts through gradients of blue, is a subtle nod to Devon’s
