Social Impact

Luxury Chocolate with Pump Street Chocolate

Luxury Chocolate with Pump Street Chocolate

Why spend £7 on a bar of chocolate when you could buy a bar for less than half that price in your local supermarket – even one that appears top of the range and promises luxury and indulgence with seductive marketing and deluxe packaging? Not all chocolate is created equal, and it turns out that

Introducing Luxury Without Excess

Introducing Luxury Without Excess

This Christmas, Social Pantry will be offering our take on “luxury without excess”. Think zero-waste recipes and sustainability-focused menu concepts, resourceful styling suggestions and upcycling ideas, ethical gift guides, money-saving tips and other resource-saving tricks to help you enhance your Christmas experience. Join Social Pantry in the countdown to Christmas by following the blog and

Going for our Accreditations: Becoming a B Corp Caterer

Going for our Accreditations: Becoming a B Corp Caterer

Social Pantry is no stranger to social issues. Having been a notable ex-offender employer since 2015, it’s in the company’s DNA to go above and beyond and drive change where it is much needed. This is something I considered deeply when I came on board as their dedicated sustainability consultant in 2021. It’s why I

12 Sustainable Staycation Summer Activities

12 Sustainable Staycation Summer Activities

The post-pandemic trend of staycations is here to stay and with that brings plenty of summer activities to add to your bucket list. Staycations became a means of escape and survival in the face of travel restrictions, and in doing so, many people discovered the joys and conveniences of holidaying on home turf. Staycations tend

Sustainable Coffee: How to Make Each Cup Count

Sustainable Coffee: How to Make Each Cup Count

As the saying goes, what you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while, and with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed daily worldwide, it’s important that we make each cup count. Whilst Social Pantry specialises in helping people celebrate once-in-a-life-time events in sustainable style, our journey to becoming

Seasonal Eating with William Dee, chef and author of The Food Year

Seasonal Eating with William Dee, chef and author of The Food Year

Seasonality is at the heart of what we do at Social Pantry. We take a zero-waste, root-to-leaf approach to cooking, working exclusively with the best seasonal, local and sustainably sourced produce whilst forming long-lasting relationships with growers and makers that practice regenerative agriculture. Social Pantry forms part of a new wave of chefs looking beyond

Press: Time Out, Hounslow’s Offender-Run Prison Cafe

Press: Time Out, Hounslow’s Offender-Run Prison Cafe

We are absolutely delighted to have been featured in Time Out as part of their Love Local campaign highlighting the independent businesses that make London such an exciting, dynamic, progressive and inspiring city. In this article, Social Pantry founder Alex Head spoke about what led her to work with offenders and tackles the stigma surrounding

Social Pantry chef Amy heads to zero-waste restaurant Silo

Social Pantry chef Amy heads to zero-waste restaurant Silo

Our chef Amy has just returned from a stage at the world’s first zero-waste restaurant, Silo. If you’re not familiar with the term, a stage is an internship that a chef takes to experience different kitchen environments and be exposed to new techniques. We invest in our chef’s long-term growth and development and support them

What are meal deals costing the planet?

What are meal deals costing the planet?

10.7 billion items of packaging waste Our ‘grab and go’ lunch habits generate 10.7 billion items of packaging waste every year according to research by environmental charity Hubbub. That’s 276 items per person. The average lunch purchase results in upwards of 6 items of packaging. From sandwich and salad containers to crisp packets, dessert pots,