located in milan italy restaurant information established 2011 current owner s electrolux chef varies food type varies city milan and brussels 2011 london and stockholm 2012 seating capacity 18 reservations reservations only website www.electrolux.co.uk cube the cube on royal swedish opera . the cube is a pop up restaurant created by electrolux . since 2011 two versions of the restaurant have been located in different cities in europe where a number of guest celebrity chefs have brought teams and dishes from their own restaurants to cook in the spaces . contents 1 description 2 reception 3 references 4 external links description edit claude bosi at the cube in london the cube was designed by park associati design studio in milan and the construction covers a space of 140 m2 . it has an outside balcony allowing for a 360 degree field of vision . the exterior shell is made of aluminium and has hexagonal shapes cut into the shell by laser in order to allow light into the interior . the pop up restaurant acts as a promotional device for home appliance manufacturer electrolux and the restaurant is fitted out with their equipment . 1 two copies of the cube were made and they both tour europe in a different city each year . during 2011 versions of the restaurant visited milan and brussels 2 while in 2012 they are in london and stockholm . the restaurant proved so popular in london that it was announced in september 2012 that the restaurant would stay in the city until 31 january 2013 . 3 there are further plans for the restaurant to visit switzerland and russia . 4 in each city the restaurant is placed on top of a monument ; in brussels it was on top of the triumphal arch at the parc du cinquantenaire 5 in milan by the galleria vittorio emanuele ii in london it is located on top of the southbank centre . 3 celebrity chefs from those countries have been brought into the spaces in order to demonstrate the cooking they normally produce at their own restaurants . 2 these have included michelin star chefs such as two starred bart de pooter from pastorale 6 claude bosi from hibiscus and daniel clifford from midsummer house . 7 8 reception edit during its stay in london john o ceallaigh of the daily telegraph ate at the cube while daniel clifford was in residence . he thought that as a promotional vehicle it makes much more impact than a display stand in currys but at the end of his meal he departed reluctantly saying i m not usually a fan of corporate pop ups but for those who can afford it electrolux has created something special . 1 lisa markwell for the independent whilst sat bains was cooking and described the space as dazzling and gave the location a score of eight out of ten . 9 references edit a b o ceallaigh john 17 july 2012 . restaurant review the cube by electrolux royal festival hall . the daily telegraph . retrieved 16 september 2012 . a b electrolux the cube cuando la cocina se hace pop up . evento plus in spanish . 7 june 2011 . retrieved 16 september 2012 . a b electrolux extends cube s london run . appliance magazine . 13 september 2012 . retrieved 16 september 2012 . the cube . gastronom.ru in russian . 25 march 2011 . retrieved 16 september 2012 . the cube trekt naar milaan . de standaard in dutch . 25 august 2011 . retrieved 16 september 2012 . van boxem koen 8 january 2012 . het boerenjaar van chef van het jaar bart de pooter . de tijd in dutch . retrieved 16 september 2012 . karpel ari 27 august 2012 . electrolux takes pop up dining to new heights . co.create . retrieved 10 september 2012 . luxury london meal from sat bains sparks new look at food . nottingham post . 5 june 2012 . retrieved 9 june 2012 . markwell lisa 1 july 2012 . the cube by electrolux the royal festival hall london se1 . the independent . retrieved 16 september 2012 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to the cube restaurant . official website v t e electrolux brands divisions and subsidiaries current aeg electrolux electrolux laundry systems eureka frigidaire gibson appliance kelvinator lehel parkinson cowan philco rosenlew simpson tappan white westinghouse zanussi former diamant boart1 husqvarna1 white consolidated industries2 products electrolux trilobite people keith mcloughlin marcus wallenberg other electrolux v awu the cube 1sold or demerged 2now integrated into other electrolux divisions or subsidiaries category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the cube restaurant & oldid 723478973 categories restaurants in londonrestaurants in stockholmrestaurants in brusselsrestaurants in italyelectrolux2012 in london2012 in sweden2012 in belgium2012 in italyrestaurants established in 2011hidden categories cs1 spanish language sources es cs1 russian language sources ru cs1 dutch language sources nl use dmy dates from july 2014commons category with local link same as on wikidataitaly articles missing geocoordinate dataall articles needing coordinates navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages italiano edit links this page was last modified on 3 june 2016 at 08 15 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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