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The old Switcheroo: Caterers Culinary Capers to open restaurant in 798
Table for 120, sir? (Photo: Culinary Capers)
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Canadian catering company Culinary Capers will open a restaurant in the Super Ganbei space in the 798 art district in Beijing. The place will be called Switch, appropriate not only because it is usually restaurants that expand into catering, rather than vice versa, but also because it will involve rotating food and wine menus as well as a “theatrical” edge. A source at Culinary Capers says about 40 people have been hired for the expansion, including chefs and managers from Beijing establishments such as Brasserie Flo, Jasmine, and Aman Resort.
Culinary Capers first made a splash in Beijing during the 2008 Olympics when Debra Lykkemark and her crew handled food and drink for the British Columbia Pavilion, across from the Legation Quarter. The company is headed in Beijing by Billy Kawaja, who is also executive chef, and Yi Li and Graeme Lahman, who handle operations and business development respectively. It has been using the former Tim’s Texas BBQ kitchen on the first floor of Sequoia Café near Ritan Park and is known for organizing business lunches and dinners on the Great Wall.
The Super Ganbei space has bee the site of everything from the El Bulli dinner organized by Brian McKenna of Room Beijing to a series of wine tasting events by importer and distributor East Meets West.
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