Anecdotes from Chambar

Things are very different at Chambar, where the cellar of some 350 labels is run by not one woman, but three.

As owners we are privileged and honoured to to work with really exceptional humans. The person who greets you at the door, serves you at your table, from behind the bar, or in the kitchen - might just be the next creative genius to grace our city.

The best moments of any sensory experience, particularly with food and drink, are those that invoke senses of nostalgia.

Karri and Nico, alongside their bacchanal-inducing staff, have conjured up a cosmic brand of revelry—a phenomenon they’ve coined Civilized Debauchery—that [still] constitutes the single most unassailable blueprint for operational success

Ordinary Magic centers on the innovative assertion that resilience is common and dependent on ordinary adaptive systems, internal and external to individuals.

The legacy of educating and empowering children through food, “We’re getting the next generation excited about food. The kids who attended our classes are now cooking dishes they learned here in their college dorms… Such a goosebump feeling.”