Green Gown Awards 2019 - King’s College London - Finalist

In September 2018, King’s Food, King’s College London’s internal catering provider, opened a fully plant-based café in the newly refurbished Bush House.  

Since joining the Sustainable Restaurant Association in 2016, King’s Food have gradually introduced sustainability initiatives into their business. They encouraged staff to think about sustainable practices, and to propose radical ideas to reduce their carbon footprint – and it was an idea from a staff member that led to the opening of the plant-based café.  

The plant-based café has already brought a number of benefits to King’s. It makes plant-based food and drinks readily available, making it easy for everyone to make positive changes. It shows commitment to sustainability and has raised awareness of plant-based diets at King’s. Finally, it has enabled our chefs to change the way they think about food, and to challenge themselves and each other to develop new plant-based dishes that can be served at the University. 

Top 3 learnings 

• Give chefs formal plant-based food training so they are knowledgeable and prepared for creating dishes.  
• Shout about being a 100% plant-based café on social media, so everyone knows you’re there! 
• Make sure front-of-house staff are briefed to answer questions on ingredients and plant-based food.  

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