Greenhouse (restaurant)

Former bar and restaurant in Perth, Western Australia

Greenhouse

Restaurant information
Established| 2009; 16 years ago (2009)
Closed| 2017; 8 years ago (2017)
Head chef| Matt Stone[1]
Food type| Modern Australian
Street address| 100 St Georges Terrace
City| Perth
State| Western Australia
Postal/ZIP Code| 6000
Country| Australia
Coordinates| 31°57′17″S 115°51′27″E﻿ / ﻿31.95472°S 115.85750°E﻿ / -31.95472; 115.85750

Greenhouse was an eco-friendly bar and restaurant at 100 St Georges Terrace in Perth, Western Australia.[2][3] With a concept that included being well designed and completely waste free,[4] the restaurant featured a vegetable garden on the roof, a zero-carbon footprint, and ground its own organic flour.[3] Designed by Dutch-born florist, artist, builder and environmentalist Joost Bakker, Greenhouse opened in 2009 and closed in 2017.[4][5]

## History

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Both head chef Matt Stone and the restaurant won a number of awards. In 2010, Stone was named Best New Talent at the national Gourmet Traveller Awards;[6] awarded Young Chef of the Year by The West Australian Good Food Guide in 2011[3] and 2012.[7] The restaurant was given a one star rating, and the award for Best New Restaurant of the Year, by The West Australian Good Food Guide 2011,[7] and retained its one star rating for 2012[7] and 2013,[8] but lost that rating for 2014.[9]

The Greenhouse concept was built upon at Federation Square in Melbourne in 2008–09,[4][5] at Sydney Harbour in 2011,[4][1] and at the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2012.[4][5][10] Greenhouse featured in an episode of MasterChef Australia series 5 in 2013.[11][12]

The restaurant was sold to Red Rock Leisure in partnership with chef Chris Taylor around 2012,[13] before closing in May 2017 due in part to decreased revenue and high operating costs.[13]

## See also

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* Australian cuisine
* Western Australian wine

## References

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1. ^ a b Richards, Holly (25 March 2011). "Food success set in stone". The West Australian. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
2. ^ McKenna, Steve (13 November 2010). "24 hours in Perth". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
3. ^ a b c Millimaci, Grace (21 September 2010). "Kudos for dining excellence in WA". The West Australian. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
4. ^ a b c d e Pitt, Beatrice (March 2012). "Joost's Greenhouse at the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival". Design100 website. Design100. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
5. ^ a b c "Greenhouse by Joost in Melbourne". ArchitectureAU. Architecture Media Pty Ltd. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
6. ^ Broadfield, Rob; McPhee, Lindsay (24 August 2010). "Chef wins national recognition". The West Australian. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
7. ^ a b c "Greenhouse: Mietta's Review". Mietta. Mietta's. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
8. ^ Broadfield, Rob, ed. (2012). The West Australian Good Food Guide 2013. Osborne Park, WA: West Australian Publishers. p. 59\. ISBN 9780987171948.
9. ^ Broadfield, Rob, ed. (2013). The West Australian Good Food Guide 2014. Osborne Park, WA: West Australian Publishers. p. 47\. ISBN 9780987171986.
10. ^ Broadfield, Rob (11 March 2012). "Master chefs in the Greenhouse". The West Australian. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
11. ^ "MasterChef comes alive at Greenhouse in the Perth CBD". Perth Now. News Ltd. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
12. ^ Hardie, Giles (4 July 2013). "Recap: MasterChef and the attack of the killer carrots". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
13. ^ a b Shield, Helen (4 May 2017). "Greenhouse restaurant closes its doors". The West Australian. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2018.

## External links

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* Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 13 August 2016)
* By Joost: Greenhouse Perth – article on Joost Bakker's website describing the restaurant's construction
* Goodfood: Greenhouse by Joost – review of the Sydney "pop up" restaurant
* Qantas Travel Insider: Greenhouse, Perth Archived 3 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine – reviews of the restaurant originally published in Qantas The Australian Way
* The Australian: Green and gold – review of the restaurant by John Lethlean

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* Western Australia
* Food