The Art Of Butchery

The Butchery by Marble is a beautifully styled addition to David Higgs’ restaurant in the Trumpet building in Joburg’s Keyes Art Mile

- Graham Wood

A year after the fiery debut of Marble restaurant, which became an instant hit on the Johannesburg culinary scene, The Butchery by Marble followed, opening directly underneath it in August. Chef David Higgs, together with his business partner Gary Kyriacou and Gary’s wife Irene of Oniroco design studio, always intended for Marble to have this extra dimension. ‘When this baby was born, we knew we wanted it to include a butchery,’ says Irene, who together with design practice Reddeco is responsible for the interiors of Marble and The Butchery by Marble, too.

Of course, this is no ordinary butchery. Irene envisioned a unique and intriguing space that would heighten the experience of shopping for meat. ‘We wanted to create something that was more of an emporium of meat than just a butchery,’ she says.