Name: Bread Street Kitchen by Gordon Ramsay at Marina Bay Sands Resort

Location: The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore; 10 Bayfront Avenue, Bay Level, L1-81 The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore 018956

Date Completed: June 19, 2015

Pax: 149

Project Design Team:Dennis Tan(Design Director),Andrea Chong(Project Designer),Elizabeth Velasco(FF&E)

Specialty Design Consultants (lighting): Project Lighting Design Pte Ltd. (PLD) - Singapore

Photographer: Benoit Florencon

Bread Street Kitchen at Marina Bay Sands brings Chef Gordon Ramsay’s signature British European cuisine to Singapore. Like its sister properties in London and Hong Kong, Bread Street Kitchen is an intimate, atmosphere-driven dining experience that is part industrial warehouse chic, part bustling city brasserie.

Designed by Wilson Associates’ Blueplate Studios, the two-story restaurant and bar stays true to the brand’s East London industrial roots. However, the design team re-invented certain brand elements to create a distinct sense of place, starting with the floors and ceilings. The Blueplate Studios team re-configured the iconic black-and-white tiled floors, turning them into abstracted geometric patterns that add a quirky playfulness to the venue and help distinguish the different dining environments. The ceilings on the ground level, a woven orange checkerboard, bring warmth and dimension to the glass enclosure.

To further achieve the eclectic industrial vibe, the furniture, finishes and fixtures are a mix of vintage and modern influences. Exposed pipework, wire mesh, black mirrors, and vintage-inspired lighting and accessories complement the tufted banquets and dark-stained timber. Black and white photos of St. Paul’s cathedral hang on the wall, alluding to the location of “Bread Street” within the Old City of London. They also enhance the sense of nostalgia that makes the Bread Street Kitchen experience novel, yet familiar.

The main entrance of the restaurant is a collaged walkway of authentic Singaporean manholes. These manholes are a playful reference to the actual “street” in Bread Street Kitchen. To the left of the walkway sits the venue’s focal point: the bar. The bar is a tribute to the mezzanine wine cellar in the London location. It’s a brasserie-industrial fusion comprised of local suar wood and expanded mesh that’s bathed in diffused light.

Bread Street Kitchen at Marina Bay Sands is an eclectic industrial collection of marble, bronze, mixed timbers, and leather that creates an intimate, bespoke dining experience for a variety of patrons.

The Bar

The bar at Bread Street Kitchen Singapore, inspired by the industrial grid pattern, possesses the same “brasserie chic” vibe as the original one in East London. The back wall of the bar features a series of black metal shelves and large wine fridges. These state-of-the art, temperature-controlled fridges are backlit, which highlights the grid pattern fa?ade. A mounted, metal-bladed fan and decorative pendant lighting further allude to the industrial aesthetic.

The bar front is comprised of backlit wire mesh, which marries the black-and-white marble chevron floor with the polished wood bar top. Mustard leather bar stools complete the indoor bar space. The bar opens up to the Marina, which is lined with palm trees and overlooks Singapore’s Central Business District.

Overall, the bar at Bread Street Kitchen has masculine undertones that soften as the sun sets. The suar wood and leather complement the bronze and black metal, creating a dynamic bar environment perfect for a beer among friends or a specialty cocktail like a Jasmine Faith or Brits Spritz.