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Pop up / One off Sustainability

Volunteering at Refettorio Felix

Refettorio Felix at St Cuthbert Refettorio Felix is Massimo Bottura’s latest charitable and sustainable effort, part of the project launched at the Milano expo a couple of years ago called Refettorio through the non profit Food for Soul. Massimo combined the fight against food waste with feeding those in needs, with the help of a […]

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Restaurant Review

A meal at H.En, Islington

***this restaurant has since closed down*** Since a fairly shocking TV programme by chef and eco warrior Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall a few years ago, we have stopped buying and eating battery chicken and eggs. It is not that easy to eat out and find out where the chicken comes from and if it is effectively free […]

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Dog Friendly Restaurant Review

A meal at The Green Room, South Bank

***the review pertains to the Green Room previous existence*** A few months ago, on a stroll by the South Bank, we spotted a new restaurant, tucked in a previously unused corner of Upper Ground, right behind the National Theatre’s concrete structure. A single storey, wood and glass space with a bright green neon sign reading […]

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Fundraising Sustainability

Press Release: “Save the Oceans: Feed the World”‏

Occasionally I receive invites to events and dinners, and often these invites are really interesting. Yet nothing would have been as exciting as attending today’s Oceana in San Sebastian at the Basque Culinary Center, especially for someone as keen on marine sustainability as myself. Below is the press release of this fantastic event. Leading chefs […]

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Travel

Travel bites – a weekend in Copenhagen

I had never been to Denmark until January this year, when a business trip became the excuse to stop over for the weekend and enjoy the Danish capital with @bmcboy. Yes it was cold, but we got some beautiful sunshine too which allowed us to explore it on foot walking around for a few hours […]

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