Upcoming Dinners and Events
FECUND
Amuse Bouche: Charred aubergine mascarpone on charcoal cracker with padron peppers
Starter: Cape Malay pickled fish, reimagined by Mikey Pendergast
Mains: Roast chicken rice of your dreams served as donburi with a soft boiled egg and herbs
Dessert: Lemon curd, chantilly cream and almond crumb
Vegetarian options available on request.
Will Martin is a chef & artist who creates immersive experiences using food and ceramics. These collaborative art events are created under the name Fecund and are an extension of his practice. Together with chef Mikey Pendergast they return to South London Louie to celebrate Midsummers with an unconventional anthology of best loved dishes.
My Best Friends’ Wedding
Antipasto: Shitake brodo shot with mushroom duxelles crostini
Primo: Pendergast family linguine marinara with lacto-fermented tomatoes and pecorino romano
Secondo: Beef short rib braised in guinness, with cacio pepe polenta and oregano salmoriglio
Contorno: Summer leaves with pecorino
Dolce: Castella cake with mandarin and yuzu syrup
FECUND presents My Best Friends’ Wedding.
What started as DIY wedding quickly turned into a curated collection of contemporary artists, bakers, tailors and florists. Each component was hand made by a close friend or family member. Will Martin contributed the vases and wedding favours (obviously). The happy couple now invite you experience the day with a fine dinning twist as the Pendergast / Shovlins debut their first solo supper club together.
Previous Dinners
Dance to your Daddy
At the South London Gallery
Porcelain Plates (Sold Out)
This Dinner was inspired by British folk songs of the North East and used local suppliers within walking distance of the Gallery. The matte porcelain plates were made at the nearby community studio Urban Potters while the flowers were foraged by the florist near his houseboat on the way to the venue. Stuart Fenwick has a degree in ethnomusicology and performed a selection of folk songs from his home town on the fiddle.
The Leftovers
At Museum of the Home
Paper Plates (Sold Out)
Imagining a dinner made of leftovers for close friends the day after Christmas. These plates were perfect for the slightly kitsch and camp theme of Turkey Curry Buffet at the Museum of the Home.
These dinners were done in support of the Queeriosities makers fair and helped raise funds for both the Museum and the makers.
Cruising Dinner
At Camberwell Grove with Everything Now Design
London Clay Bottles (Sold Out)
This dinner was held in my garden to platform queer architectural practice Everything Now Design, using materials we had gathered together from a documented walk around Hampstead Heath. Each bottle in unique, hand painted using foraged clay, ash from the artists supper clubs and reclaimed porcelain from his studio.
The Queeriosities Dinners
At Museum of the Home
Dick Plates (Sold Out)
Emblematic of our Queeriosities Dinners
at The Museum of the Home in 2023,
these handmade plates are painted in the traditional Delft technique, with the whole dinner drawing inspiration form the 90s roomset colour palette of blues and yellows.
Erotic City
At Studio Prokopiou
Carved Bowls (Sold Out)
Inspired by Studio Prokupiou’s depictions of Marsyas the Faun, these porcelain bowls are made on the potters wheel and then cut, scratched and sliced, resulting in unique and tactile surfaces. This theme was reflected in the food, with slow pulled goats legs and a moussaka made with thinly sliced aubergine
Coming In
At Columbia Road
Cobalt Urn (Available on Request)
Handbuilt out of porcelain and sprayed with pure cobalt, the white chain shadows, reminiscent of a cyanotype, hanging above mobile porcelain chains.
It was a focal point at the closing dinner for Coming In, with a menu inspired by Will’s childhood memories of home cooked meals.