The Bite Magazine - Autumn/Winter 2022 - Issue 32

Jada Brookes is impressed with the new Burnt Ends Bar & Grill location in Dempsey Hill, Singapore, which interior designer Emma Maxwell transformed into a mysterious and intriguing space. bitedesign chicken complemented by a peri peri sauce that is not overly spicy. Deliciously grilled King Crab with brown garlic butter and Uni Beef (they do a lot of beef dishes) will surely satisfy your tastebuds, especially as the smokehouse is a popular and successful eatery. Grill master chef Dave Pynt born in Perth, Western Australia, has worked under acclaimed chefs, including René Redzepi of Noma, Copen- hagen; Tetsuya Wakuda of Waku Ghin in Singapore; and Fergus Henderson of St. John in London. He discovered a passion for cooking with fire and mastering the flame after working with Victor Arguinzoniz at Etxebarri in 2010. Two years later, Pynt opened the London pop-up Burnt Endz and then Burnt Ends in Singapore’s Chinatown. Earlier this year, the one Michelin star smoke- house, awarded in 2018, moved from Teck Lim Road to Dempsey Hill, a former British army barracks housing unique, upscale stores and restaurants. Pynt commissioned Emma Maxwell, founder and Interior Design Director of her namesake design studio, to revamp the interior. “Emma’s one-liner design pitch to me was ‘Fire, skulls, and AC/DC’, and that pretty much sold me!” said the heavy-metal-loving iconoclastic chef. Emma Maxwell Design’s focus is luxury, spe- cifically in the F&B (Food & Beverage) sector, with a thematic approach, passion for detail and craftsmanship. Since establishing her business in 2014, she has developed and refined her ideas concerning modernism as a basis for design. Emma interprets and designs spaces specifically