Inside the
Blind-Bet Menu
Chef Amelia Rowe on why a brass wheel beats a printed menu, what happens when it lands on truffle three courses straight, and the one rule the pass never breaks.
Why we stopped printing it
A printed menu is a promise the season can't always keep. The wheel is honest: sixteen brackets of what is actually good this week, spun in front of you, no hedging.
It also does something to the table. Eight strangers who would never speak across a menu spend ninety minutes guessing, losing and laughing — the wheel makes the room a table.
The truffle triple
In July the wheel landed on the truffle bracket three courses running. Rules say we serve it — so three courses arrived with Manjimup black shaved at the pass, and the table voted it the best night of the season.
That's the deal: the wheel decides, the kitchen makes it brilliant. The constraint is the creativity.
- Why the wheel exists
- The truffle triple
- How brackets are built
- Getting a seat
How a bracket is built
Each bracket is a family — 'earth', 'smoke', 'coast', 'orchard' — with two or three dishes ready inside it. The wheel picks the family; the kitchen picks the plate based on what came before.
The architecture:
- Sixteen brackets, re-weighted weekly with the market run.
- Dietary notes narrow the wheel before service, never during.
- Correct guesses earn pours from the chef's private shelf.
The one rule the pass never breaks: nothing is announced twice. If the wheel repeats a bracket, the dish inside must change.
Getting a seat
Eight seats release thirty days out and typically fill within the week. Members hold a 72-hour priority window; the whole table can be bought out for private spins.
The pairing supplement — eight pours at A$85 — is worth it on wheel nights; the sommelier works blind alongside you.
Requests go through the concierge desk or the Chef's Table page.
If you read
nothing else
- The wheel holds sixteen seasonal brackets — nothing prints.
- Correct guesses earn pours from the chef's shelf.
- Seats release 30 days out; members get 72 hours early.
- Full-table buyouts are available privately.
Take a Seat at the Pass
Eight seats, seven courses, one wheel — request yours through the service page.
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