Upcoming Dinners and Events

FECUND @ Pride
Chef Take Over

9th August, 5 - 10 pm
Louie on Sea, Turner Contemporary
Margate, CT9 1HG

Very excited to announce that I will be doing my first pop up at Louie on Sea during Margate Pride. Located inside the Turner Gallery, it’s the perfect spot to grab some tasty plates and pre party before heading out. Otherwise pop in after the festivities and refuel with a roasted salad or slow cooked pasta

I’ll be serving in my new range of plates and bowls featuring delft Aubergines and Peaches, as well as celebrating them at the high of their season in the dishes themselves. Enjoy as a single serving while dancing and chatting, or order a few dishes to share at a table. Live DJ and plenty of wine served in my custom carafes. All tableware will be available for sale on the night.

Gigantic: A Dyke Banquet  

19th September
South London Louie
65 Peckham Rd, London SE5 8UH

Menu: 

Finger food with a selection of double dips 

New potatoes with cornichons 
Marinated smashed cucumbers
Whole roast salmon with aioli   

Strawberry Flint Shards (Live knapping)

FECUND celebrates the changing seasons at South London Louie with a curated dinner by Will Martin and Marf Summers. The evening will explore ideas around the erotics of the silicone harness scale, rural monuments in urban settings, andshape shifting.

Previous Events

Fecund x Lottie

The Fecund supper club summer series continues with a secret garden supper on Camberwell Grove. Tempted by the Mermaids is a collaboration with local pal Lottie to curate something distinct and quietly rebellious.

You can expect an evening celebrating craft, local makers and seasonal produce, with mediterranean influences.

Menu:

Paloma

Gazpacho consume with shucked oysters and dill infusion

Whole roast fish with dill aioli and cucumber salad

Lemon curd with smoked Spanish almonds and chantily cream

Karelia slims + White port and tonic with perello olive

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.

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.

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.