50 years since the Isobar closed at the Isokon building, 50 guests will take part in a dinner party at bulthaup that aims to reawaken the Half Hundred Supper Club’s spirit of combining communal dining and conversation. The menu, featuring dishes taken from some of the original Half Hundred Suppers, will be designed and prepared by Gaggenau’s Home Economist Sarah Gardiner in the showroom’s working kitchen.
Famed as being London’s first supper club, the dining group was started by Jack Pritchard for residents at the Isokon building in Hampstead and included members such as Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, biologist Julian Huxley and celebrity chef Philip Harben. At each meal, the twenty-five members would bring their own guest, hence the description of the group as the ‘half hundred supper club.’ Through this intellectual melting post, several notable Modernist commissions and collaborations were nurtured, including Tecton’s work at Whipsnade and London Zoos.
This public event hopes to capture the same eclectic character of the original events through selling tickets in twos. Each ticket purchased therefore covers you plus a guest for a three-course dinner, drinks and entertainment. During the event there will be short interspersing talks, speeches and games to encourage friendly conversation and mingling across the night.
This event is part of the RIBA exhibition Beyond Bauhaus - Modernism in Britain 1933-66. View the full season of events.
