Traiteur
We cater from our lovely Blackheath village shop - runner up at Time Out eating awards. We pride ourselves in being a living business which supports sustainable, local farming (by buying from these sources), the community by training and supporting young chefs and recycling by using fully compostable take away tubs and no plastic bags !
"An exuberant outfit, with chefs working at the back in a semi open kitchen.Dishes of the day – maybe roast pork with sage or Valencia rice with seafood – are displayed in a cabinet at the front and packed to order by caring staff." Time out Eating and drinking awards 2008.
Shop
The chefs prepare fresh dishes for the shop everyday.We always have hot specials -Please see our menus- as well as three or four fresh salads. Our farmhouse cheeses are from Neals yard and other artisan cheesemakers. We have a fine selection of chutneys and jams made by Sky and Kai of Englands Preserves, organic chocolate from Montezuma ( Brighton) Tuscan flat breads and olive oils from Seggiano, a superb collection of balsamic vinegars and oils from Europe Aldercarr Farm Icecream made just with fruit and cream, Panetone and the legendary Konditor and Cook cakes. As well as serving Monmouth coffee in the cafe, we sell it ready ground or beans.
Café
“A lovely place to sit and observe chefs at work and see all the wonderful food that comes out of this tiny shop and the best coffee and cakes for miles around”.
Hand Made Food hearty Sunday brunches are famous – large portions all with organic free range bacon, sausages and eggs. Served with a selection of teas and the famous Monmouth coffee ( fans of Borough Market will know that this is the best coffee in London) We have seating for 16 upstairs and outside.
Kitchen
In our kitchen we have a vast repertoire of dishes - we use traditional recipes from diverse cultures specializing in the basic principles of European cookery.
Quality ingredients give our staff the opportunity to improve and learn new skills, enriching their day to day routine and keeping craft cookery skills in the community and more importantly in our kitchen. Our food really is hand made !! This is in contrast to caterers in industrial units who bring in agency chefs to assemble their menus.
We don’t buy frozen ingredients. 60 % of our fresh produce is from the south of England, 80% of our food purchases are from UK producers, 35% of these are certified organicsome of our suppliers are _http://www.chegworthvalley.com/,http://www.thefishmongerltd.com
The shop, café, office and kitchen are in the same building so the staff get an insight into the business as a whole making HMF a great place to learn about different aspects of the catering industry. We have a very low staff turnover because of these principals. We can be found on a number of other great organic london sites such as The organic london caterer http://www.organic-london.co.uk
Upstairs room for hire
The Osokool gallery and dining room
We have turned our upstairs flat into a small private dining room and gallery .– catering for up to 16 people.
Intimate dining for a small family gathering, birthday or Christmas party. Often the chefs are working late so you can enjoy the buzz of a restaurant and take coffee downstairs in the deli. The upstairs room is next to a small kichen so you can have table service or a buffet.
Prices start at £35 per person inc food.
Ring to discuss rates and the menu.
