Bajra Dining
Contemporary Indian · Experiential authorship
Location: Halifax, NS · Private residences & temporary spaces
Role: Private Chef · Creative Director
Scope: Menu composition, spatial styling, service flow, guest experience
Overview
This project operated outside restaurant and catering conventions. It existed as private, invitation-based dinners where food, table, and tempo were authored without compromise. The work emphasized restraint, clarity, and intimacy over display or volume.
Approach
Menus were structured as narratives rather than courses.
Spice functioned as architecture—layered, deliberate, never performative.
Each dinner responded to the room, the light, and the people present.
Design & Systems
Table settings, printed menus, and pacing were treated as part of the work. Dishes were designed to travel, plate cleanly, and hold composure across unfamiliar kitchens. Service remained flexible, guided by presence rather than choreography.
Outcome
The project demonstrated how Indian cooking can exist with quiet authority in contemporary private dining—without nostalgia, dilution, or explanation.
Status
Concluded.
What Remains
A refined private-dining framework that carries culture through structure, not performance.
