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cookware range. All the utensils you use in the classes are also available in the shop. Its clean and friendly atmosphere makes this a great environment for people who come to learn on their own as well as with friends or colleagues. Their style also makes this the ideal place for either the most skilled person who wants to push their knowledge further, or the beginner who wants to widen their repertoire. I fell into the second category and with the support of chef Daniel, I prepared tom yam soup with bok choi and
A Smilepod longtime Barbican
neighbour has teeth that are not as white as she would like them to be. I suggested that she visit new Chiswell Street dental practice Smilepod - fifth London studio in this successful business - as I met founder Mike Hutter at The CityPoint Club’s Complete Health Clinic launch day in April. Smilepod offers traditional and cosmetic dentistry. The dentists perform all treatments including hygiene and whitening procedures. Mike’s first studio – Covent
prawns, followed by spicy Asian style chicken wings and lamb massaman curry with egg fried rice. The beauty of the classes is that you prepare and learn and then you get to eat what you have just cooked - delicious and great fun! Very popular are the 30-minute ‘Cook, Eat, Run’ lunch classes, and the 2-hour skills sessions and the Saturday Skills Days, where you can learn bread and pastry making, knife skills, along with how to fillet a fish. There are also Children’s Cooking classes for the budding chef. In fact, they all go down
Over the preceding years Mike had seen an increasing opportunity to use his significant retail experience, partnered with highly qualified dentists and backed by private equity partners to create a more customer focused dental business structure. You can also pop in to buy electric brushes, heads and many other items supplied by retail partner Philips Sonicare.
Garden - opened in 2009 as a small concept store leading with walk-in teeth cleaning that could be done between meetings, during lunch breaks or after work. A Fenchurch Street Smilepod followed, then Canary Wharf – in the shopping precinct, with 120,000 people above with teeth to look after but no time to waste. Soho’s Poland Street studio followed.
From the 2009 outset demand has been impressively high. The website is user friendly, bookings and Paypal payments can be done online. Pricing is transparent. Procedure explanations and staff profiles are available where possible. Mike has chosen his locations carefully. In aesthetic terms the Chiswell Street branch has a refreshingly contemporary design and the principle treatment room view is impressive - straight across the HAC grounds to the main building façade. Yes, it does make the visit much more pleasant. With set-up costs of £250k per clinic Mike’s business model has been very thoroughly planned and so far proven a big hit with new and returning customers across all sites. 100 new clients come every week and 70% return. For specialist services, like periodontal care, Mike partners with selected professionals.
My neighbour saw Dentist Dr Ilze van-der Merwe (whose beautiful teeth are testament to the efficacy of home whitening). Ilze did a “Smile on the Run” teeth clean (£49) and At-home Whitening Treatment (£299) - not everyone teeth are suitable for this. At the time of going to press she was 3 days into her
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very well, along with the wine that you can have with your meal. It’s so accessible with over 200 classes a month and available at any time of the day. The classes are also affordable, ranging from £15-£144 and the gift cards prove a very popular present. Visit
www.atelierdeschefs.co.uk L’atelier des Chefs is offering Barbican residents a 10% discount for use in their cookware shop, classes and gift cards. Please mention Discount Code: Barbican and take along your copy of Barbican Life Magazine.
program and was already reporting a slight brightening! Smilepod is offering Barbican Life readers 10% off all dental treatments and £50 off At-home Whitening treatment - normally £299. Please bring your copy of Barbican Life magazine to the Smilepod 24 Chiswell Street EC1Y 4TY to redeem this offer. Open: Mon, Tues, Fri 10.30am-6.30pm, Wed 8.30am- 6.30pm, Thurs 10.30am-7.30pm and Saturday 10am to 2pm.
www.smilepod.co.uk Tel: 0207 836 6866.
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