Whilst I normally use fresh produce as the highlight ingredient for the Isle of wight flavours blog, this time I’ve taken a slightly different route. My partner first discovered Medham Farm when she was searching for some local honey to improve her hay fever symptoms. We soon realised that the owners of the farm; Ruth […]
The never ending journey Achieving circular economy is a journey, an idyllic economic system which seems so far beyond our reach. Perhaps it needs to be, in order for us to continually strive, to be challenged and avoid complacency. So what is a circular economy and is it really achievable? “A framework for an economy
Before this venture I was working happily for Cunard as the pastry development chef. I was travelling the world and training the crew online as well as leading the development of all things dessert onboard the vessels. I, like everyone else was oblivious to the pandemic and chaos that was about to ensue. I was
Wastage at Halloween Approximately 13 million pumpkins are used in the UK for Halloween. Unfortunately most of these are only used for carving and then the flesh is discarded. What a waste! Sadly most of it goes into general waste instead of being used for compost. With a little thought the flesh can go a
You have goat to be kidding me! We took a trip to Kingston Smallholding on the Isle of Wight to find out more about the goats that were to provide the meat for our new dish. We arrived at Kingston Smallholding a little before 9am on the Sunday. We were blocked from getting up the
This is something that is really close to our hearts at Eat Street and we are certainly very aware of our food loss and waste. Eat Street requires a lot of day to day planning and organisation and this is with food waste at the forefront of our minds. It starts from the first design
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Arc Consultancy and Biodiversity – with Ian Boyd and Claire Hector “Biodiversity is the name we give to the variety of all life on Earth. Bacteria to baboons, plants to people – the range of life on our planet is incredible.” Katie Pavid, National History Museum A few weeks ago I met the guys from
Andy came over to the house with the new Eat Street sausage and we tried the dish. We also had a great chat about, dry aging and local produce. Don’t miss the moment where I got a butcher to agree the vegan sausage tastes good!! https://youtu.be/NVs-1rBQRuU
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Compostable Packaging – Lot’s of companies will say they offer compostable packaging and it’s a great selling point. But what do they actually mean? Does that mean you can put it on your compost heap? In most cases, sadly no. It was really important to me that we found packaging that was home compostable and
Street food is highly emotive. It conjures nostalgia of travel and food markets around the world. It is rustic and gives the most authentic feel of the region. Street food is what locals eat. It is not designed for tourists, run by large corporations. It is what it says on the tin, relaxed, hearty, no