Forest City Cookbook Studio Partners
This announcement is long overdue, so we'll just cut to the chase. We're incredibly excited to announce that McKaskell Haindl, in cahoots with Cardinal Fine Cabinetry, is the Official Studio Partner for the Forest City Cookbook!!
We've been searching for a studio space for months. Looked at a handful and tried negotiating what we needed with numerous. All of those fell through for various reasons. Frankly, we felt pretty defeated and were starting to wonder if we'd ever find a spot to do our final recipe photo shoots. Then, one of our team members randomly remembered a place he'd first seen years ago and recalled that he very quickly fell in love with it back then.We met with Chris and Chris shortly after that, and pretty quickly, we knew we found the space and people we wanted to partner with. Suffice to say, the "Chris's" are precisely what we were looking for in studio partners. A business that thinks about the future and treats its people, environment, ideas, product, suppliers and clients on a sustainable, human level.
A little background story about McKaskell and Haindl
Chris Haindl has enjoyed a variety of work experiences growing up in the Forest City, including farming, road construction, catering and painting, before finding his true passion, one that combines many aspects of his previous journeys more creatively. Much of his work is motivated by a desire for honesty in materials and craft. And a longing for simple, well- thought out solutions.The other half, Chris McKaskell spent many years building stage sets and working behind the scenes on the theatre's technical side. Not satisfied with this work's short-lived nature, he sought a greater sense of longevity through craft. He spent many years working as a carpenter, which evolved into woodcarving, antique restoration and custom cabinet/architectural woodworking - his specialty!
Together, they are the perfect team; creative, problem solvers, experienced and very skilled. They don't just make furniture and cabinets. They create meaningful relationships with their customers, source the best materials, design, build, deliver, dust and install everything themselves (with the help of a small team of dedicated craftspeople). They make things that last, and they make it exclusively for you!
Moving in!
We were in love! So soon after our first meeting, we got the keys to their lovely showroom on Talbot St. in Downtown London. Two days later, we began to move in all of the props and surfaces that we have been collecting since early May. A lot of prop washing, surface cleaning and shelve organizing has happened during week one, but we couldn't be happier to have everything set up and ready to start the photoshoots with the local chefs very soon!
More great news! Because we have a fantastic and accessible Downtown location, you're invited to witness some of the action as it happens! Come by the studio, say hello, taste some of the recipes and brag about it with your friends! The doors will be open! And if you haven't pre-ordered your copy of the cookbook, you'll be able to right there on-site! Can't get better than that!
