The Advertiser for Aurora Restaurant
It may look like an apple but this is a culinary masterpiece with each layer offering something delightful and delicious. The Forbidden Fruit dessert at Aurora restaurant, Adelaide The Forbidden Fruit and all its biblical connotations has kept painters and storytellers busy since, well, Adam was a boy. At city restaurant Aurora, a dessert of […]
CityMag for Aurora Restaurant
We walk into Aurora to interview new executive chef Robin Wagner and are welcomed by the entire team. Chefs work away in the kitchen as Robin leads us to a table for our chat. When Aurora’s previous head chef Brendan Wessels talked with InDaily in 2021, he said creating a healthy, non-toxic working environment was an important […]
The Note for Aurora
Expect food that’ll make you ‘ooh’ and ‘aah’ at fine-dining institution Aurora. Part of not-for-profit immersive art haven ILA (also home to The Lab and The Light Room), this restaurant has received countless rave reviews from critics since opening in 2021 (and garnered 13 Chef Hats from the Australian Good Food Guide) for good reason. […]
Delicious. for Aurora
If you like your dinner with a side of good karma, this is the place for you. Situated within Light Square, Aurora Restaurant stands as an integral part of Light ADL, a social enterprise and Adelaide’s home of immersive light and art experiences. Established in 2021 during the peak of the pandemic, Aurora and Light […]
Adelaide Dining Magazine for Aurora
Situated at the heart of Adelaide’s CBD, Aurora Restaurant is part of Light ADL, a not-for-profit organisation, of which all revenue from its restaurant is funnelled straight to supporting SA’s arts industry. Their menu, curated by Head Chef Sam Cooper and Executive Chef Brendan Wessels, explores a seasonal selection of cuisine-types, whilst showcasing Chef Brendan’s […]
Gourmet Traveller for Aurora
Review Aurora is more than a fabulous newcomer to the Adelaide restaurant scene. Sweep in past the open kitchen to a dining space of rooms within rooms, divided by light and texture. A wrong turn and you’ll end up in a performance space – there might be live music, or a DJ. As the hospitality […]
Aurora for Broadsheet
Helmed by ex-d’Arenberg Cube chef Brendan Wessels, expect meats cooked on a custom-made braai, small plates influenced by Korean and Japanese cuisine, and a business model with social responsibility built in. Wage theft is an open secret in the hospitality industry (a recent example in Adelaide constitutes “modern slavery” under international labour definitions). So it’s refreshing when […]
The Advertiser for Auror
A restaurant with an altruistic mission shows responsible work practices and brilliant dining can be compatible, writes Simon Wilkinson. COVID-induced changes in mindset don’t come much bigger than that of Brendan Wessels. Little more than a year ago, he was pushing meringue mix into a 3D printer and serving sherbet to suck through a fake […]
Aurora for InDaily
Head chef of Aurora restaurant at Light Square, Brendan Wessels is working to turn around what he describes as a toxic working culture within the restaurant industry. As The Forager sits with South African-born chef Brendan Wessels inside the elegantly industrial restaurant Aurora on Light Square, a vehicle drives the wrong way up Morphett Street, causing a brief pause […]
