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Pritesh Mody talks taste and business as World Of Zing fizzes up

14 days later

plan your life from Feb 28-Mar 14 where?

Museum Of London Docklands West India Quay GIG | Courtney Pine The jazz great arrives in Canary Wharf for a threenight residency. Expect a vibrant mix of merengue, ska, mento and calypso to grace your ears.

Mar 5-7, 9.15pm, from £29.50, boisdale.co.uk where? the streets Docklands

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Co-founder Evan Michaels on creating Helpful to fight single-use plastic

SEE | The Vitality Big Half Kicking off by Tower Bridge at 9am, Docklands will see 15,000 runners flow through on their way to Greenwich via Canary Wharf and Wapping.

Mar 10, various times, free to attend, thebighalf.co.uk

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A second Third Space is set to cater to Wood Wharf residents as Canary Wharf expands

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East Wintergarden Canary Wharf

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Canary Wharf Group’s Camille Waxer discusses the future and her ongoing love for the estate Canary Wharf Technology Property Limehouse & Wapping Isle Of Dogs & Poplar Rotherhithe & Deptford Puzzles

SPORT | Citigold Canary Wharf Squash Classic See the best squash players in the world battle for the coveted Canary Wharf title in the dramatic glass court at the heart of the estate.

Mar 10-15, £40.88 , canarywharfsquash.com

to do before Feb 28 welcome to Wharf Life and thanks for picking us up. Every fortnight we will bring you the best that the vibrant areas of Canary Wharf, Docklands and the new east London have to offer – things to see and do, new openings, places to eat and drink, clothes to wear, exercises to try. Put down the phone, settle in...

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Head over to the lobby of One Canada Square where Sparks Fly: Katherine Gili Sculpture 1974 To 2018 is dominating the space. On show until March 1, it’s a must for lovers of potent, metal sculpture. canarywharf.com

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forthcoming openings We’re excited by the forthcoming arrival of plant-based powerhouse Farmstand, which is set to arrive in Cabot Place on March 16. It offers some ethically sourced meat and fish alongside its vegan dishes. Expect to pay around £7 a main farmstand.co.uk

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Tasting the spices in Mr Todiwala’s Kitchen, new on the Isle Of Dogs

If that wasn’t enough to get you worked up, Farmer J is also set to open a branch in Canada Place. Dealing mainly in ‘fieldtrays’ which incorporate a main, a base and two sides, it’s a brand that promises to give a fork – so not a plastic one then.. farmerj.com

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Barry’s Bootcamp has arrived at Crossrail Place in Bespoke Cycling’s old unit, next to Psycle and opposite the Everyman cinema on -2.

Offering highintensity workouts the red-lit studios threaten to help you burn 1,000 calories per class Go to barrysboot camp.com

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legal matters

fortnightly find

by Gooch Heer

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this issue’s Tiger Treasure At Wharf Life we’re hopelessly addicted to Flying Tiger in Crossrail Place. It’s a wonderful shop filled with an astonishing quantity of products designed to separate us from hard-earned cash.

Who doesn’t need a teapot-size coaster in their life?

And what’s more, it comes in so many bright colours – the perfect way to bring some life to an office kitchen. Alternatively, buy two and use them with sticky tape as a fun alternative to knee pads when bending down to reach stray pens or other lost items from beneath your desk.

Coaster, £7 Go to uk.flyingtiger.com

I’m an EU citizen living in the UK. What’s going to happen to my residence rights after Brexit?

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The amount of cash you’ll have to part with to enjoy a delicious Biriyardie

With departure imminent, do you know the score?

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The UK is due to withdraw from the European Union at the end of March 2019. This will have implications for the residence rights of EU citizens and their families beyond that date.

As part of the withdrawal agreement, the UK and EU have stated the rights of EU citizens and their families will be preserved.

However, how this will be done and what this means in practice can be confusing. The EU Settlement Scheme has been set up, which will seek to regularise the status of EU residents and their families and this scheme, which is in operation as a pilot at the moment, is due to commence in April 2019 and will continue until December 31, 2020.

It is very important all There are procedural and documentary EU citizens or their requirements for non-EU family members applications under the existing and new take steps to safeguard scheme that will need their residence and to be presented.

While the Home working rights Office has stated that Gooch Heer, Kidd Rapinet Solicitors it wishes to make the process as easy and streamlined as possible, the experience of most people dealing with it is that it can be anything but.

It is therefore very important for all EU citizens and their families, whether they be EU citizens or their non-EU family members to take steps to safeguard the residence and working rights of themselves and their families.

Importantly, further significant changes post Brexit are also likely for overseas sponsored workers, investors and entrepreneurs.

Those concerned should take legal advice at the earliest opportunity. Kidd Rapinet Solicitors have been advising individuals and businesses on immigration and citizenship for more than 40 years.

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Gooch Heer is head of the Immigration Department at Kidd Rapinet LLP based at Harbour Exchange near Canary Wharf Go to kiddrapinet.co.uk or follow @KiddRapinetLLP on Twitter or @kiddrapinet on Instagram

lunch date If there’s one place you eat this fortnight, make it Mama’s Jerk.

My first visit to the Wharf Kitchen restaurant in Jubilee Place this week was a revelation.

Initially confused by a long list of options, I decided to pick the pun.

Carried over to my table by the obliging staff my saltfish Biriyardie (see what they did

Above, this stall in Wharf Kitchen is packed with flavour there) had an £8 price tag. I was expecting something extravagant as a result and the tray of soft, creamy fishcakes was everything I’d hoped.

When smeared with the hot dressing served on the side, this

rice-based offering was big on quantity and filled with flavour.

But it felt surprisingly light and healthy on the tongue. Ample refreshment for the body Go to mamsjerk.com Jon Massey

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In the know

doing the deals

hit the malls and restaurants for less

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Canary Wharf’s branch of Karen Millen in Jubilee Place is offering a full 20% off everything in store – perfect for that interview you’ve got coming up karenmillen.com

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fly must

Jamboree opens its membership up to Wharf Life readers exclusively

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Looking to dine Wharfside at the weekend? Try Smollensky’s in Reuters Plaza, which has half price food on Saturdays and Sundays smollenskys.com

British Airways is set to launch a three-times-a-day service from London City Airport to Munich on February 17, offering business travellers easy access to the Bavarian beer capital. Might come in handy for Oktoberfest too, of course britishairways.com

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Canary Wharf

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The number of retailers initially opened at Canary Wharf including News On The Wharf and James Shoe Care

Canary Wharf’s Camille Waxer on development, passion and the estate’s evolution

By Jon Massey

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Canary Wharf has just played host to a month of vibrant events including Winter Lights 2019, the most successful of its illuminated festivals so far and a spectacle Camille Waxer promises will be even bigger and better in 2020

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anary Wharf, Camille Waxer. It’s a coincidence the two share initials. And it would be quite wrong to suggest they’re synonymous.

Talk to Canary Wharf Group’s chief administrative officer for any time at all and she’s at pains to stress the running of the estate is the achievement of more than 600 people besides herself.

Born in Canada and now a British citizen, Camille has, however, dedicated three decades of her life to making Canary Wharf a success. That’s created a deep well of passion for its many triumphs past, its present shape and an enthusiasm and excitement for the promises for the future made by its continuing development.

“We started out with six tenants in Cabot Place and now we have more than 300 spread over 1million sq ft,” said Camille.

“It’s more than it was ever going to be. Originally it was just going to service the office tenants.

“I remember when I received a call from one of the six tenants that we had. They said: ‘Camille, it’s 3pm. I haven’t seen anyone all day.

Can I close?’. I said: ‘No, we’ve got to be open for customers’.”

It was a strategy that paid off, with more and more people visiting the estate to shop, in turn, shaping its development.

“We realised in 2000, when we opened up Canada Place Mall, that we had all these people coming in that weren’t part of the estate, saying: ‘This is fantastic, what else can you bring us?’,” said Camille.

“So we started carrying out surveys. We still do them now, every year, so we make sure we’re delivering what people want.

“We want loyal shoppers here, loyal customers. Of course, we want to make the 120,000 people who work here happy but our biggest growth is on the weekend.

It’s a real balance, both are equally important.”

When we meet, Canary Wharf has just finished a month of vibrant activity.

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From Page 6 of its annual celebration of artistic illumination.

It’s a wonder Instagram didn’t wilt under the onslaught of images tastefully snapped amid the colourful bulbs strung up by the likes of Squid Soup.

Then there was Strong Island, curated by Paleo Supply co-founder Carli Wheatley and designed to plunge Wharfers into a wide variety of health and fitness activities including working out in Cabot Place Car Park.

Both exemplify the state of Canary Wharf today – a place that’s a considerable distance from the anodyne business centre in the minds of, frankly, ignorant critics.

“Of course, Winter Lights was incredible,” said Camille. “It was wonderful seeing all the people enjoying winter lights and Canary Wharf.

This is what it was built for. We’re already working on next year. It’s a great event for us.

“On the final Saturday, it was pouring with rain, absolutely unbelievable, and they were still coming out of the Tube.

“We thought it would be quieter but that didn’t happen – they just went into the shopping malls.

“It was really nice to see all the families here too. That’s what we want – a whole mix here and we’ve achieved that, with all the offices and all the people that come on the weekends.

“Strong Island was wonderful too, really successful. We hired Carli, who put everything together for us. She did a fabulous job and she also loves Canary Wharf and understands the people here. There were some intense fitness classes – I was tired just watching them. But it was great and we’ll certainly be doing it again.”

The forthcoming arrival of healthy eating brands Farmer J and Farmstand in Canada Place and Cabot Place respectively,

is a flavour of that leaner, healthier Wharf, open to more sustainable forms of consumption.

For Camille though, the changing face of the malls is simply the story of change and adaptation to the needs of their users.

“It’s all part of an evolution,” she said.”When we first started, all we could get were independent shops who thought they’d give it a go. None of the chains wanted to be here.

“In 2000, we opened up Canada Place when people said: ‘Please just give us some high street retailers’. We would put

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Years since Canada Place opened its doors in a Pret A Manger and they wanted a second and then they wanted another Starbucks.

“All that started to change when people wanted more independent coffee shops and sandwich shops. Again, we changed that to what we were asked for.

“But there’s still a need for high street retailing and a need to move with the trends.

“So that’s what we did with Crossrail Place – more independent, more niche operators and we’re really pleased with the

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I love Canary Wharf as much as the first day I walked onto the construction site. I just want to shout about it all the time Camille Waxer, Canary Wharf Group

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mix. It’s a thrill walking around the estate right now.”

It’s nothing, however, to the prospect of what Camille describes as “closing the circle” – the metamorphosis of Canary Wharf into a place to truly live and work when its Wood Wharf project becomes home to the estate’s first residents.

“We’re blurring lines,” she said. “It’s not Canary Wharf here and Wood Wharf there.

“To me it’s so important people say they live at Canary Wharf. This is all Canary Wharf.

“Wood Wharf is residential-led, the taller buildings are homes and the offices are lower-rise.

“The design of the latter are very different to the existing estate – some are in brick, some are in black metal.

“All of the retail is at street level or even in the basement. It will work beautifully with what we have now.

“You can get your high street retail offer in our existing malls and then go to Wood Wharf for some of the independents.

“We’re not going to repeat any tenants other than Boots – they just have such a good offer.

Camille says Wood Wharf will have a nice vibe when completed and will complement the existing estate while delivering something fresh to the area

We’re going to have an indoor market. It’ll be a food market, but may also have some clothing or stalls for makers to sell their products.

“It’s trying to do something that complements what we are.”

Part of that agenda involves a clear ambition to deliver more activities for Wharfers.

“We’re working on a lot of things behind the scenes, a lot more leisure,” said Camille.

“We’d like more dwell time. That might be related to golf, for example, and we’d also like another music venue – we’re definitely going to have that over at Wood Wharf.

“There are also a few names I can’t tell you right now but they’ll all add something unique.”

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amille would love a Uniqlo – “They’d fit 100% with our profile here, but we just don’t have the space” – and she’s always on the lookout for ways to develop and improve the estate’s retail, leisure and amenities.

“Another great one to have would be & Other Stories. They’re just the perfect fit for us.

“We’re also pretty much 100% let. We only have a couple of vacant units we’re working on – we are lucky, it’s a difficult time right now.

“The toughest market is fashion. Online shopping has made an impact.

“Click and collect is very successful at Canary Wharf. We’ve even looked at click and collect stores and will continue to do that. All of this is going on behind the scenes but it’s never as fast as you’d like it to be.”

For Camille, who considers her role to be the “job of a lifetime,” the greatest excitement of 2019 will be the work she and her team embark on for Wood Wharf, overseeing the next stage in Canary Wharf’s evolution. There will be

Main image by Matt Grayson – find his work at graysonphotos.co.uk or @mattgrayson_photo on Insta

more public art, outdoor gym equipment and a boardwalk closer to the water than any other part of the estate to look forward to.

That’s in addition to a new branch of Third Space that will cater for residents as well as its standard membership model (see Page 14 for more details).

“We’ll have offices, rental apartments, serviced apartments as well and then there’s NoCo Hotel by Ennismore, which is a fabulous offer,” said Camille.

“It’s going to be a nice vibe at Wood Wharf but it won’t be chalk and cheese to the existing estate, they will complement each other.”

And it’s that blurring of lines that brings us back to her passion.

“I love Canary Wharf

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Sliver of soul: Camille wants to make both visitors to the estate and the people that work in Canary Wharf equally happy

as much as the first day I walked onto the construction site,” she said. “I just want to shout about it all the time.

“I don’t like to force the love of Canary Wharf, I just want more people to come and experience it.

“My goal is never to hear the words ‘soulless’ and ‘Canary Wharf’ together.

“My job is to manage the estate – but really it is about making people happy.

“Whether it’s in an office building or walking along the streets, attending a concert, Winter Lights or just going to Yoga.

“I’m proud of everybody who’s a part of it. It’s people that have made Canary Wharf and people that make it now.”

Go to canarywharf.com for more information.

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virtual viewpoint

by Chris Ezekiel

how Helpful is using incentives to tackle plastic waste and alter Wharfers’ habits

Time flies: Creative Virtual is celebrating 15 years

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s we celebrate our 15-year anniversary, I wanted to share with you some of my thoughts on founding and running a local technology company.

Creative Virtual provides chatbot technology that automates customer service. It’s a testament to our amazing team that we have become a global leader in that field.

For me it’s all about the people – more than the technology. Colleagues come and go within organisations of course. However, there becomes a core backbone of people that make up the fabric – the culture – of what a company stands for. For Creative Virtual, teamwork, passion, innovation and quirkiness are at the heart of everything we do. We’ve certainly had our bumps along the way.

People ask me how I make tough decisions and how I relax?

For me it’s a recipe of spending time with friends and loved ones, running, watching West Ham, physics and snowboarding.

Canary Wharf and the Isle Of Dogs are great environments to Canary Wharf and the grow a company and to Isle Of Dogs are great relax. There are lovely runs along the river environments to grow a and docks, and great restaurants and bars. company and to relax, Being in good shape with lovely runs, great physically makes a big difference mentally. bars and restaurants Running also allows me Chris Ezekiel, Creative Virtual to contemplate things and to think about things differently. Doing completely different things, like painting (which I’m useless at), also really helps me to switch off from business.

We’ve been fortunate over the years to win many awards and in 2017 we were honoured with The Queen’s Award For Innovation, which was incredible and as it has a five-year lifespan, we celebrate our anniversary in its continuing glow.

Being an optimist by nature, I always keep in mind the words of the late Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman who said: “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.”

Here’s to the next 15 years and the new challenges that lie ahead.

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Chris Ezekiel is founder and CEO of customer engagement solutions specialist Creative Virtual based at Cannon Workshops on West India Quay Go tocreativevirtual.com or follow @creativevirtual and @chrisezekiel on Twitter

Helpful uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to constantly get better at recognising products

By Jon Massey

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hat if recycling your coffee cups and water bottles or (better) simply purchasing your beverage in a reusable container was rewarded not just by the intangible satisfaction of helping the planet but with something concrete?

Evan Michaels and his business partner William Nordh wondered the same thing. On January 10, the pair launched their Helpful app in partnership with Canary Wharf Group to assist and reward the 120,000 people working on the estate for either recycling plastic or making use of sustainable alternatives.

The core idea is simple. A user downloads the app for free, scans their coffee cup or plastic bottle and gets feedback on what it is and where they can recycle it. Once dropped into the appropriate bin, the user scans a code and receives a Helpful Coin for their trouble.

Collect 50 and these are redeemable against a number of products produced by ocean cleaning charity Surfers Against Sewage, typically worth £20.

A month after launch and Evan, 51, appears buoyant when we meet in Canary Wharf.

The app has around 10,000 users and it’s being downloaded around 500 times a week. It’s an important step towards its goal.

“We hope,

Helpful app co-founder Evan Michaels wants to make single use plastic a thing of the past

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reuse not refuse

cup ? what’s this worth

Helpful have signed up a large number of retailers on the estate who will reward users for reusing Apostrophe Bad Brownie Birleys Black Sheep Coffee Cafe Brera Caffe Nero Carluccio’s Chai Ki Chop’d COL Dry Cleaning Costa Pronto CPRESS Crussh EAT Giant Robot Krispy Kreme Le Pain Quotidien Leon Lola’s Cupcakes Notes Coffee Obica Ole And Steen Paul Bakery Pret A Manger Scribbler Starbucks Coffee Ted Baker The Breakfast Club The Pearson Room Coffee cups and water bottles from a wide range of suppliers are catered for by the app including: Bottles Buxton, Evian, Pret A Manger, Highland Spring, Volvic, Harrogate Water, Drench and Perrier.

Coffee Cups Leon, Bagel Factory, Crussh CPRESS, Birleys, Grateful Kitchen, Taylor St barristas Carluccio’s, Pret, Island Poke and Ole And Steen

eventually, to make single use plastic history and then it’s reusing we will focus on,” said Evan.

“People need to realise every single coffee cup is part of the problem. To tackle this you make a tool that fits in people’s pockets, we’re all addicted to our phones.

You create micro actions.

“Every morning the user scans their coffee cup, recycles it and they get a reward. Then they find they get the same reward for reusing. In six weeks, they’re reusing daily and have discovered it’s not difficult to live a sustainable life. They break the plastic habit – exactly what Canary Wharf is trying to do.”

The estate has provided the ideal

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People have great ideas but you need a partner to give you the playground and then support you Evan Michaels, Helpful

test bed for the app – a controlled environment where Helpful has been able to see users’ behaviour and to plan for the next stage of development.

Evan said: “The most difficult part is to get users on board and

that’s where Canary Wharf gave us this opportunity to not only do it here but to incentivise people through their partnership with Surfers Against Sewage.

“People have great ideas but you need a partner to give you the playground and then support you – that’s the turning point from having a few thousand users to having 10,000. The average person uses the app three times in Canary Wharf, which shows people are really engaged.”

While rewards at present are limited to the likes of reusable water bottles and bags made from ocean plastics, Evan has plans.

“There are a couple of options for development,” he said. One is

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Users recylcing and reusing products via the Helpful app with an average of 500 downloads per week since it went live in Canary Wharf

for retailers in Canary Wharf to get on board and sponsor the recycling of their cups – for instance Costa.

Maybe every time you recycle 10 cups, you get a free coffee.

“The next thing for us to do is to launch the app into the businesses because a big percentage of the coffee cups and plastic go there.

“You’re part of the Wharf community but you work for a specific business and it could give you specific rewards. They might give you a free membership of a gym for six months. That way you realise recycling is not worthless.”

Go to helpful.world for more about the app or breakingtheplastichabit.co.uk for more on Canary Wharf’s efforts to rid the estate of single use plastics

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By Jon Massey

28 days later

plan your life from Mar 14-Apr 11 where?

Troxy Limehouse

CLUB | Gatecrasher Classical Clubbers are promised live vocalists, musicians and some of the biggest dance tracks of all time from the likes of Faithless, DJ Tiesto and Energy 52.

Mar 16, 7pm, from £38.50, troxy.co.uk where?

Wilton’s Music Hall Wapping

STAGE | The Shape Of Pain Presented by China Plate, this play sees one woman attempt to articulate her experience of physical pain. Pain with no apparent cause.

Mar 19-23, various times, from £12.50, wiltons.org.uk where?

Half Moon Theatre Limehouse (0-18 months)

BABIES | Glisten This interactive performance for babies and their parents promises 20 minutes of gentle and immersive time spent exploring reflective materials.

Apr -6, 7, various times, £7, halfmoon.org.uk

to do before Mar 14

From February 16-24 pop to the Tower Of London at Tower Hill for daily historical re-enactment. Kids of all ages are invited to help defend the palace from invaders. Event is included in price of admission (from £22.70) hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/

spot check somewhere to try Visit the Yurt Cafe in Limehouse (open 9am-5pm) for craft coffee and tasty bites @yurtcafelondon on Twitter want more? @wharflifelive

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amboree: noun. A large celebration or party, typically a lavish and boisterous one. But where to find this in east London? Up until early 2018, the answer was simple. Rena Beck, originally from Liechtenstein, had spent nearly 10 years running such bashes out of a venue in Cable Street until her landlord decided she and her Bohemian troupe might pose a threat to its development plans.

The Irish folk, Italian tarantellas, the wild gypsy tunes all fell silent.

At least they did until December 2018 when, in partnership with Bob Hickey, DJ and former general manager of The Florist Arms in Bethnal Green, it popped up at 5B Urban Bar in Three Colt Street.

The brand’s renaissance was a success with gigs through December and January. When I caught up with the pair, they were all set to embark on half a year’s programme having signed a six month lease of the pub. Neither was optimistic about their first viewing of the boozer, formerly known as the Five Bells And Blade Bone.

“Bob and me had talked for a few years about opening something, so in the time after it closed we went to see a few spaces,” said Rena, 44. “Owners of 5B Urban Bar Mark and Lorraine Slankard got in touch with us and we came to have a look. I wasn’t expecting much, neither was Bob.” “I was tired of pubs, having run The Florist for years,” said Bob. “We dithered a little on the idea of the pop-up. But I was into it.

I walked in and the size of the bar and the layout made me miss being in a pub, much to my surprise.”

“I didn’t want to be a pub landlady,” added Rena. “There’s something really appalling about that thought.”

Consequently a process of adaptation was necessary as Jamboree was re-tooled for a smaller stage and a different role.

“It feels slightly different to what it was as well, although a lot of the musicians are still the same,” said Rena. “I feel it’s more a pub and more a part of the community.”

“I think it’s a bit of a new model – a lot of pubs are shutting down or becoming really homogenised,” said Bob, 48.

“In east London it feels like they just get a battered sofa and a DJ – it’s all quite generic and this is different from that. We’re trying to get live music functioning in a pub space.”

Atmosphere is what they’re promising. Tucked away, about 10

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Months (at least) that Jamboree will be calling 27 Three Colt Street home

Rena Beck and Bob Hickey have adapted Jamboree for its new surroundings blending pub and live music venue tucked away in Limehouse

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There’s a lot of Eastern European folk, but then there’s also the New Orleans jazz and some blues coming in Rena Beck, Jamboree

The old pub sign is proudly displayed as part of the decor

minutes’ walk from Canary Wharf, Jamboree’s walls are lined with curiosities and treasure. Muffin The Mule dances in one tableau, while accordions adorn the walls at the room’s far end. But all the ephemera, much of it brought out of storage after Cable Street’s closure, is merely a backdrop to the world music on offer.

Rena said: “There’s a lot of Eastern European folk, but then there’s also the New Orleans jazz and some blues coming in.

“It’s very rootsy, generally,

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having successfully re-birthed Jamboree in Limehouse, Rena Beck and Bob Hickey are looking forward to six months of live music tucked away at 27 Three Colt Street

coming up There’s a great deal of good stuff in the pipeline at Jamboree. Here are our top selections

Celtic Sessions With Ali Caplin Expect Scottish and Irish tunes at this weekly cockle-warming session.

Feb 19, 7pm, donations

The Second Line: The Gator Dog Snappers New Orleans jazz is the flavour of this group’s regular residency.

Feb 24, 1.30pm, from £4

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with modern influences on some of the styles. It’s a Bohemian atmosphere.”

Visitors can expect absinthe served on the bar, cocktails and spirits appropriate to the music on offer as well as suitable tipples for all occasions. The other crucial component to Jamboree, however, is dance.

“I think you could come here every night of the week whether you’re into Greek music, jazz, blues, flamenco, whatever.

“You’ll enjoy the experience.

Jamboree membership is full. However, in an exclusive for Wharf Life readers – membership (reduced entry and other benefits) will be granted to the first 50 people to email membership@ jamboreevenue.co.uk

“What I’ve noticed working here is it doesn’t matter what the music is. There’s dancing and amazing musicians and you’re really close to them. Most nights there are

people bopping around.

Whether you join in or not, it’s the dancing that’s really vital.”

With the most expensive nights priced at £8 and some sessions free (with donations in the hat), where else can you find a place that puts on Cretan, Bulgarian and Spanish flamenco for less than the cost of two pints?

For bookings and more information go to jamboreevenue.co.uk

Intimate Flamenco with El Trio Flamenco Jasmine Villalobos, Lourdes Fernandez and Adrian Solo Bio perform high drama.

Mar 3, 7pm, from £5

Fred Snow And The Bootleg Trio The Wodka Wednesday regulars promise ‘gnarly old barrel house tunes’.

Mar 6, 7pm, free (pre 8pm) Treasure and odd curiosities pack every shelf at Jamboree

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riverside recipes Images by Matt Grayson

by Matt Colk

room board &

we road test the vital components of Lincoln Plaza London to establish whether the Isle Of Dogs' newest hotel measures up

Cod with roast leeks and new potatoes

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or my first recipe in Wharf Life I’ve chosen pan fried cod with roasted leeks, new potatoes and lemon parsley cream. Leeks are in season right now and this is a great way to eat them.

Ingredients 2 Cod supreme 180g (each) Vegetable oil 15g Lemon juice 2tsp Salt 14g White pepper ½ tsp Onion 250g Butter 100g Double cream 200ml Breadcrumbs 40g Leek 200g New potato 250g Parsley 2 sprigs Method Before you do anything else, pre-heat the oven to 180C. Then start by making an onion puree, slice the onions then cook slowly in a pan getting no colour.

Add a pinch of salt and pepper then blitz. You can add a dash of water if needed (I would add a cube of butter at this point).

Part-boil your potatoes then leave to one side.

Slice the leek in half lengthways and cut into pieces around an inch and a half thick. Place them on an oiled tray face down then cook in the oven for 15 minutes.

While all this is cooking, pan fry the cod portion skin side down in a drop of vegetable oil. Season the fish with a pinch of salt, after three or four minutes turn the cod then cook for a further three or four minutes.

Add a drop of double cream to the pan with the potatoes and simmer for two minutes. Then add the lemon juice and chopped parsley.

To finish, quickly pan fry some bread crumbs to add a bit of crunch to your dish, served on top of the fish.

Matt Colk is head chef at The Gun in Coldharbour, Blackwall. Owned and operated by Fuller’s it offers dining, drinking and relaxation by the Thames Go to thegundocklands.com or follow the @thegundocklands on Instagram and Twitter

By Jon Massey

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here's an elephant in the room as my companion and I sit down to dinner at Mr Todiwala's. The large, wooden pachyderm on wheels is an impressive beast but even his timber heft cannot fill the vast vertical space of the main dining room at Lincoln Plaza London. Perhaps after acknowledgement, that's why we don't mention him again. There are plenty of other distractions.

The hotel, part of Hilton's Curio Collection, opened in December about halfway down the Isle Of Dogs. With building work still going on around its entrance, visitors may be forgiven for wondering quite how ready it is to receive guests.

A quick sortie to the basement reveals a labyrinth of corridors with makeshift signs to its health club. The pool isn't finished yet but the gym is raring to go, fully equipped with all manner of weights and machines to hone guests' bodies.

Our chief interest lies in two areas, however – our accommodation and the dining options on offer. the room Zipping up to the 11th floor, we found our bed for the night framed by an interior filled with curious accents.

A free G&T kit awaits on a side table, complete with fresh and dried citrus fruits, star anise and cardamom pods to crush in our eager fingers. The complimentary minibar (a chilled drawer in this case) is a welcome treat and allows time for consideration of our opulent surroundings.

There's a deal of metalwork suspending a TV, a plush recliner and a fine selection of mirrors, certain Don't mention it to delight the

Samosas filled with scarlet beetroot and spice atop the tricky crockery narcissist in your life. It's comfortable, if you don't mind sharing your pad with a life-size bronze bust of a swimmer in goggles, and makes for a great night's sleep.

I can't help but wonder, though, why there's only space for one person to sit and, in such close proximity to Canary Wharf, why there's no obvious work space for the travelling businessperson.

The decision to have doors to the toilet and bathroom with identical hardware but swinging and sliding mechanisms respectively is also baffling. I spend some minutes patiently attempting to force my door into

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Isle Of Dogs - Poplar - Blackwall | presented in association with Bennison Brown

28 days later

to do before Mar 14

plan your life from Mar 14-Apr 11 where?

The Space Isle Of Dogs

STAGE | Love And Information Non-pro theatre company SpaceWorks promises a “fast-moving kaleidoscope” of a show where 100-plus characters reveal what they know.

Mar 14-16, 7.30pm, £12, space.org.uk where?

Poplar Union Poplar Dried limes: Among the garnishes supplied with the free G&T kit we found waiting for us in our room the wall before realising a gentle push is all that's required to create freedom. Room service, however, is exemplary – a bucket of ice appearing rapidly after request.

Images by Jon Massey

the board Having escaped the facilities, next on the agenda is dinner. Chef Cyrus Todiwala has form on the Island – most recently in evidence in support of rare breeds at Mudchute Farm. Now E14 boasts a restaurant to which he's lent his name.

It's big and will need to work hard to drum up the kind of following to pack it out with Islanders topping up the guests.

With minimal encouragement we embark on the extended tasting menu (£70), which turns out to be an onslaught of dishes offering a comprehensive sample of starters, mains and desserts.

It defeats us at 12 courses, although there's a sense the staff are disappointed not to be expanding our waistlines further.

Generally the food is good. Rich and spiced, as expected, but delivered with a delicacy commensurate with the cost.

A handsome, reasonably priced malbec (£27) slips down with the heat that builds through a range of grilled meats via a great crescendo of curries. My one gripe – the unstable, crazed crockery on which the majority of the food comes is too easy to tip with mild pressure. Not everything need come with a side of imperilled clothing.

After we can eat no more, we try out the cocktail bar and late night destination Jack Speak. Named for Navy slang, it appears to have little of the sea lords about it and certainly no sailors in evidence.

Right now Lincoln Plaza London is an still hidden gem. It lacks the height of Novotel and, perhaps, the culinary brilliance of Bokan, but there's unmistakably a fresh game in town. For those unconcerned about a breathtaking view, it's a warm duvet winner. Room prices start at around £150 based on a single night's stay for two on Feb 16. A main course in Mr Todiwala's Kitchen is around £20.

Go to curiocollection3.hilton.com for more information or to make a booking

Book into Jazzgir on the Isle Of Dogs for Feb 23 and hear the vocal stylings of Chloe Porter. Expect classics and songs from the shows from the Elle And The Pocket Belles performer as she entertains diners. jazzgir.co.uk

spot check somewhere to try GIG | Ms Maurice The London based trumpeter, vocalist and visual artist delivers 1970s-infused tones and to West African-inspired grooves to Jazz Herstory.

Mar 21, 7.30pm, £7, poplarunion.com

Stop by Cafe Destiny on Limeharbour for excellent Mediterranean kofte cafedestiny.co.uk want more? @wharflifelive

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the World Of Zing founder and entrepreneur talks favoured flavours, business growth and relocating down to Deptford

28 days later

plan your life from Mar 14-Apr 11 where?

Canada Water Theatre Canada Water

GIG | Femi And The InRythms Join Nigerian bassist Femi Sofela as he leads 10 other musicians to perform all the tracks on the band’s debut album Pressure To Pleasure.

Mar 22, 7.30pm, £15, canadawatertheatre.org.uk where?

The Albany Deptford

where?

Printworks Rotherhithe

CLUB | Printworks & Unleash Present Solomun Boss of the renowned Diynamic label, Solomun makes his Printworks debut with a three-hour set, plus special guests Moscoman and Madjo.

Apr 5, 7pm, from £42.50, printworkslondon.co.uk

to do before Mar 14

Slip down to The Tapas Room at Deptford Market Yard on a Saturday, noon-4pm, for its bottomless brunch, which allows diners spending £10 on food to drink unlimited Cava (responsibly) for 60 minutes for £15 thetapasroom.co.uk

spot check somewhere to try

want more? @wharflifelive

mody taste à la

By Jon Massey

STAGE | Glory Faded star Jim “Glorious” Glory attempts to resurrect his name and decaying gym through three hopefuls in this new play by Nick Ahad.

Mar 19-20, various times, £14, thealbany.org.uk

Named after an exceptional folk artist, Leadbelly’s is our Rotherhithe selection leadbellysbar.co.uk

Years since Pritesh founded World Of Zing in a semiderelict building in Poplar

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hy should we care about the exploits of Pritesh Mody? I found the answer by travelling deep into an industrial estate on the edge of Deptford.

There it came not from the World Of Zing founder’s lips, but from a small jar handed to me by one of his assistants.

The mauve liquid within was frothy and chilled by an ice cube. It delivered an intense burst of flavour to my tongue that stayed with me for days – as close as anyone need get to creating a fluid, alcoholic version of Barratt’s Refreshers. There was glee in Pritesh’s eyes as I sipped.

“We’ve created the world’s first vegan-friendly sours,” he said.

“Typically bartenders use egg white that they need to shake up.

“We have our own secret recipe to get a lovely foam. It comes in a jar – you just add ice and drink it.

“Keep an eye out on Deliveroo for our partnership with a famous restaurant business – this is one of the drinks that will be available.”

A single sip was enough for me to seriously contemplate spending the rest of my life lolling around on a sofa, my sours addiction ministered to by an army of gig economy cyclists. But before surrendering to that temptation, there’s more to say about Pritesh and the potent products he purveys. start me up Founded in 2014, World Of Zing began life in a semi-derelict warehouse on the Limehouse Cut in Poplar with “no electricity” and a roof that was barely there.

Fast forward through a furious montage of cocktail and hot sauce

creation (seasoned with Pritesh’s twin passions – drink and spices) and you have a company dedicated to putting unusual and interesting things in the mouths of its customers.

“We just kind of scavenged our way into this little business,” said the 38-year-old entrepreneur.

“As we grew, things started to get a bit more serious. My background is in the drinks industry. I was marketing director of loads of really nice spirits brands for many years.

“My family owns one of the oldest spice merchants in the country. So I’ve basically got a dual background – one on the drinks side of things and one on the food with really intriguing ingredients.

Table Sauce, 250ml, £4.50 Jalapeno, apple, cucumber “Our hot sauces are incredible,” said Pritesh.

“They’re great to eat but at the same time they are products you can really explore and enjoy.”

“As a marketing director, it was my job to spot and understand trends.

“So I thought I’d put my money where my mouth was and set up essentially a food and drink innovation company.

“I spotted a trend in the world’s best bars while I was travelling.

Many were not making drinks fresh.

“They were pre-made in the same way chefs prepare parts of the dishes they create in the afternoon before putting them together just before service.

“I thought we could do something to expand on that concept, so we launched an aged and bottled cocktail business to start with.”

a matter of taste Determined to do something fresh, Pritesh set about finding new ways to generate familiar flavours.

“A lot of the backbone to the business is using interesting ingredients from my food background – spices and herbs.

“Most traditional cocktails use citrus fruit for acidity. From an environmental point of view, you import limes from Mexico or South America but you only use a third of their volume by weight.

“Then, of that third, you only need 5% or 6%, which is the acid. So 90% plus of that environmental footprint is pointless.”

Appalled at such waste, World Of Zing sought alternative sources of bite for its drinks and found solutions with benefits.

“We really understand how acids work,” said Pritesh. “The ones we use may come from apples, mushrooms or vinegars.

“From a sustainable point of view we’re creating drinks that no longer require all this citrus fruit to be flown all over the world.

“On a molecular level they’re the same as using a lemon, a lime or other citrus acids. We did a spiced rum punch using tamarind, for example.

“It also means we have no shelflife issues. A lemon or citrus-based drink will typically start to oxidise within three days. Ours will last for years.

“We can also control the flavour better with these ingredients. For example, we use seaweed in our Margarita – so instead of having a salt rim you have a gentle saltiness within the liquid itself.

“Or a mixture of peppercorns in our Manhattan. The classic cocktail

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is quite a heavy drink so you’ve got your Vermouth and your bourbon so we create a szechuan brandy from four different peppercorns and it flips the flavour in your mouth, delivering a multi-sensory experience. It’s really interesting and exciting.” expanding fortunes Such innovations have won the Hackney-born “flavour guru” much attention both in the trade and beyond, with appearances on Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch and on the BBC. A move to fresh premises has seen a dedicated flavour lab created and a valuation of £4million for his firm in a recent round of private investment. He’s also started supplying the likes of Rosa’s Thai Cafe and Carluccio’s with pre-mixed cocktails.

“Where the real growth has happened is the drinks,” said Pritesh.

“Despite having all the spices I’ve veered back into the drinks industry.

“We now produce cocktails for more than 150 restaurants. and we’re the only facility in Europe that is able to pre-make cocktails that you’d find in the world’s best bars and scale it up.

“We will double in business again in the next three to four months.”

Eventually though, a

Pritesh uses the likes of Tanqueray gin and Julio tequila to create his pre-bottled cocktails

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I’m really passionate about food and drink. I want to spread that knowledge Pritesh Mody, World Of Zing

the power of the story “We’re all storytellers from the day we’re born,” said Pritesh. “That’s how you succeed at life. World Of Zing’s original tagline was pioneers of flavour since 1968 and that took on the heritage of my family. It gave people

an excuse to ask me about it – I didn’t look 70. It gave me the opportunity to talk to people about why the company exists.

“I’m really passionate about food and drink, growing up with great flavours and great drinks. I want to spread that knowledge.

“For me the business was an answer to the question: ‘If I was hosting a dinner party, what would that include?

“As host, you’re telling a story through food and drink and it’s the best feeling when people stop the conversation and want to know about something they’ve tasted.”

ready for uncorking

World Of Zing cocktails Negroni, 25ml, £14 Bordeaux barrel-aged “You’ve got to try a Negroni,” said Pritesh. “It’s the very first product I designed. It’s smooth, rich, aromatic and elegant.”

Served at 27% ABV Margarita, 25ml, £14 Persian limes, nori “This transformed our business from a scale-up point of view,” said Pritesh.

“We use the limes for acid and the nori for the salt flavour.”

Served at 24% ABV

chance to take a step back beckons, with Pritesh keen to enjoy the fruits of his labours.

“I come from an entrepreneurial background, he said. “My father could have retired a long time ago – he’s 64. He still works seven days a week, from 7am to 7pm.

“That is not my aspiration.

Growing up, I never saw my father and I don’t want to be that person.

I’m in this, I love what I do and I always want to have an involvement in the food and drink industry so I don’t envisage a full exit.

“But, I’ll sell out and then I want to spend time with my one-year-old daughter. I don’t want to be the absent father. There’s no point having money if you don’t enjoy it.

You make hay while you can.” discovery channel Until then, he remains focussed on helping those around him find excitement in the things they consume.

“It’s discovery,” said Pritesh. “As Londoners we’re the best discoverers on Earth. We’re always looking for something exciting and new.

“We define ourselves by the trainers we wear or the places we eat. Food is the new fashion.

“I think World Of Zing is there to give people something more to discover. Our latest tagline is Flavour Beyond Ordinary. We’re not trying to revolutionise everything. We’re just saying if you’re going to have a drink, we’ll give you something really exciting.”

Go to worldofzing.com or call 020 7987 8888 to find out more

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