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Marleen Vente

I'm a chef and an artist in the applied arts (like bookbinding, felting, leatherworking, fashion and graphic design). That basically means I love making things by hand. Lots of things! Always using natural materials as much as possible. This place will showcase some of the things I made for myself and for friends. If you’d like to get in touch you can find me as @monxies on Twitter and Instagram

Pop-up restaurant ‘Lokaal’ branding and decor

May 3, 2017Decorations Gallery

As part of earning our commis chef degree our class took on a ‘circle of life’ project, where we adopted a newborn bull calf from a dairy farm at the start of the year and at the end had to prepare a five course meal from it for >80 people. For this project I created all the branding, our special ‘tear-off’ menus and several large decor pieces. I also was the chef in charge of a tasting dish from our calf’s organ meats which is described in another post. Read more

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Pop-up restaurant ‘Lokaal’ dish: ‘Fifth Quarter’ Tasting

May 3, 2017Edibles Image

As part of earning our commis chef degree our class took on a ‘circle of life’ project, where we adopted a newborn bull calf from a dairy farm at the start of the year and at the end had prepare a five course meal from it for 45 people. Inspired by revolutionary Dutch chef Nel Schellekens and her nose-to-tail cookbook on using every part of the animal, I decided to create a special tasting dish from our calf’s organ meats for our menu. For this project I also created the branding and decor, which are described in their own post.Read more

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Sanne’s shoes

September 19, 2014Wearables Image

Sanne’s surprise party for her 30th birthday had everything she loves (great food, dancing and cars), except for one thing: shoes. So I decided to make her a personalized pair of pumps.Read more

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