bio / highbrow hedonist
madeline mcdonald is a chef, event curator and lover of all things aesthetic. her background is in cooking and baking in restaurant settings and as an avid home cook. in seattle, she helped open the cafe bake shop, in lower queen anne, before moving to new york a few years ago. in new york, she set off to start her own business, first by hosting side walk dinner pop ups in front of her apartment in carroll gardens.
a main feature of her work is bringing people together for a highly curated, yet relaxed environment to stimulate a natural setting for community connection and indulgence. she has been trying out many different avenues to discover what works best in terms of both creativity and function. she is excited to have returned home, seattle, for a hiatus and therefore to have the opportunity to connect with these incredible women.
for this exhibition, she is excited to try out something more abstract, not simply presenting food in the most obvious edible fashion, but helping to create an experience for the consumer to "play with their food". as always though, she hopes at the foundation of this experience is something that is both nourishing and delicious.
her model of work is to make most everything she serves, completely from scratch and by hand, giving her food and values a "rustic charm", the exact language one should use to describe it…this experience is allowing her to tap into her more artistic side, with inspiration from the other talented artists in this show. be on the lookout for other events and pop up's in both the seattle and new york areas.
madeline mcdonald is a chef, event curator and lover of all things aesthetic. her background is in cooking and baking in restaurant settings and as an avid home cook. in seattle, she helped open the cafe bake shop, in lower queen anne, before moving to new york a few years ago. in new york, she set off to start her own business, first by hosting side walk dinner pop ups in front of her apartment in carroll gardens.
a main feature of her work is bringing people together for a highly curated, yet relaxed environment to stimulate a natural setting for community connection and indulgence. she has been trying out many different avenues to discover what works best in terms of both creativity and function. she is excited to have returned home, seattle, for a hiatus and therefore to have the opportunity to connect with these incredible women.
for this exhibition, she is excited to try out something more abstract, not simply presenting food in the most obvious edible fashion, but helping to create an experience for the consumer to "play with their food". as always though, she hopes at the foundation of this experience is something that is both nourishing and delicious.
her model of work is to make most everything she serves, completely from scratch and by hand, giving her food and values a "rustic charm", the exact language one should use to describe it…this experience is allowing her to tap into her more artistic side, with inspiration from the other talented artists in this show. be on the lookout for other events and pop up's in both the seattle and new york areas.