Salle d’Atelier: designers join chefs for fundraiser

By

Isabelle Crossley

Published
Oct 22, 2018

CSSG has held its first edition of Salle d’Atelier, an event that saw designers Gaurav Gupta, Prateek Jain, and Gautam Seth collaborate with artists and chefs for a pop-up restaurant at the Warehouse in Mehrauli.

 
Anand Kapoor, the Founder of Creative Services Support Group (CSSG) hosted an evening to celebrate fashion and food powered by Google Pixel 3 with three well-known designers: Gaurav Gupta, Prateek Jain, and Gautam Seth. The designers, along with artists Thukral & Tagra transformed an architectural ruin into a venue for the gala dinner.
 
Michelin star chefs Alyn Williams, Michael Wignall and Marcello Tully were also brought in to cook a menu for the guests as a one-day only pop-up restaurant. The evening’s entertainment was provided by the Swedish opera duo Divine, the Jazz band Laura Santana Quartet, and the drag artists Betta Naan Stop and Rani Kohenur.

The event was held to raise awareness and build support for its charitable initiatives for underprivileged youth. “Kapoor created an experience involving some of the finest in the world of fashion, food, design and art to curate a unique and a magical night for the crème-de-la-crème in Delhi,” read the event’s press release.
 
The venue had three one-day-only pop up restaurants, each one curated by one chef and one designer or artist. Guests included an array of designers among which were Varun Bahl, Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna, Nainika Karan, Pernia Qureshi, and Kalyani Chawla. Guests donated to CSSG’s two main initiatives- The Urban Farm Programme with Feeding Hearts and {w}hole.