Sustainable Catering Solutions
Creative menus for every occasion, mindful of the planet.
Our Philosophy
At Mindful Dining, we believe in creating memorable culinary experiences that resonate with every guest. Our approach focuses on sustainability and mindfulness, ensuring that each dish is not only delicious but also environmentally conscious.
The believers and the partners
The Believers
Piotr Czerwinski's career spans over the last 30 years. He has worked in some of the finest culinary establishments, within restaurants, hotels and director dining environments. Cooking for celebrities, politicians and royalty has given him the opportunity to learn how to adapt personal approach to each individual experience.
During his career he has had opportunities to learn and develop a flexible hospitality style where the customer comes first. This idea comes not only from his classical education and training, but also from his family upbringing, where the hospitality spirit was cherished, a regular, large family and friends’ gatherings were celebrated.
Piotr and the team thrive in an ever-changing hospitality environment, in which constant research and learning is necessary. This attitude has led them to learn and develop a new sustainable approach, where reduce, reuse and recycle is not an empty statement. It is not only ingredients sourcing and virgin plastic use, but also water and energy usage and social responsibility that they are focussed on. With this ethos the team is now ready to share their knowledge with a wider audience and transfer all the findings to the household kitchens, communities and corporate environment.
The Partners
We call our suppliers The Partners as we believe that the sustainability starts at the beginning of the food journey, and we collaborate at every stage of food production and delivery.
The Partners are vital to delivering not only the best ingredients but also their values and believes. We engage with local, small vendors as well as larger companies with communal objective, best, sustainable ingredient.
We are proud to name our founding partners:
Lake District Farmers, one of the best British meat suppliers, whose sustainability work with the farmers is backed by Lancaster University. Their pragmatic approach is a key to long-term plan on achieving carbon neutral meat production.
Lake District Farmers Farm Project
Ren’s Pantry, small business, spice and speciality dry store supplier, where packaging and delivery methods are second to none. Where small batch production is at the centre of their ethos.
Isle of Wight Tomatoes, the farm that prioritizes sustainability in its operations, employing eco-friendly practices such as natural pollination with native bumblebees, recycling crop waste, harvesting rainwater, and using excess heat and CO2 from local power generators. This approach helps reduce environmental impact while maintaining high-quality tomato production.
If you are like minded, would like to make the change and be our partner please get in touch!.
Our Approach
Mindful eating
Mindful eating
Mindful eating
A way of eating that involves being aware of your hunger and fullness cues, and focusing on the experience of eating. It can help you to eat less while still feeling satisfied. Some of the basic points are reconnecting with ones needs and addressing those through sensory experience.
The steps
- Eliminate distractions: Put away your phone and turn off the TV.
- Appreciate your food: Consider how the food was grown, transported, and prepared.
- Eat slowly: Taste your food, savour the flavours and textures.
- Be aware of your hunger: Pay attention to when you're hungry and when you're full.
- Choose nourishing foods: Pick foods that are full of nutrients.
- Socialize over food: Share meals with friends and family
Planning
Mindful eating
Mindful eating
Customer needs/ costing/ energy use
At this level we listen to the client needs, analyse the requirements and suggestions. Use the information to create a bespoke experience with a menu that will cover dietary needs, allergies and food preferences. We will consider budgets as well as energy use to reduce carbon footprint.
Menu writing/ seasonality/ foraging
We produce tailored menus to achieve the best possible experience, the clients are asked to take part in the menu writing process to create a bespoke experience. We will design the menu with seasonal, local ingredients,and foraged items. We will not offer strawberries in winter!
Choosing partners/ mindful shopping, social governance
We work with small, established partners to ensure that our values of social responsibility are futured on all menus and highlighted throughout the experience. All our suppliers provide the best available seasonal ingredients, which will be ordered in quantities that will accommodate a ZERO WASTE policy from the point of production.
Production
Transport/ storage and packaging
All of our and our suppliers packaging is reusable or compostable, we always take a great amount of care to reduce virgin plastic consumption. As all of our menus are bespoke our storage is minimal; we promote a “buy fresh, serve fresh” approach to all functions, and collaboration with our clients is a key to our success. Also, our delivery vehicles do not produce any tail pipe emissions, and are maintained for full projected life cycle to reduce environmental impact.
Preparation and cooking, energy consumption
At the menu planning stage, we identify the needs for energy and resource use and minimize them through investing in modern technologies and sustainable awareness. Through this, we can ensure that we will not waste any of the resources.
Serving
We aim to reduce all consumables, virgin plastic and unnecessary paper to a minimum. Through long research, we have created a portfolio of resources that can elevate any function, without compromising the environment. As our journey continues, we grow and change as we discover new ways of serving food.
After
Reusing and storing food/ water reuse
Although all our menus are tailored to particular functions and reducing food production, we always provide guidance on how best to preserve the food so it all can be utilised. At our headquarters, we reduce our water use, whilst still going above and beyond Food Safety management standards. We promote reclamation of water, always looking at best possible solutions, for example our water from soaking rice is used to feed our plants.
Cleaning/ washing up.
We ensure that all of our cleaning products are environmentally friendly and at no point can present a danger to the wildlife, fish stock or soil contamination.
Our Services
Timeless Taste, Mindful Moments
· Bespoke catering for every event.
· Hands on experience working with some of the best ingredients.
· Functions tailored to individual needs.
· Sustainability workshops in person and online.
· Social 46- our sustainable, ultra seasonal, weekly Supper Club
· Advise on sustainability, Food Safety and Health and Safety within catering environment.
· Social and community talks.
Please get in touch for more information..
Menu Samples
As no two functions are the same, we provide the pricing upon enquiry.
Rest assured that along our social governance approach we do not charge an arm and a leg.
Rest assured that along our social governance approach we do not charge an arm and a leg.
Rest assured that along our social governance approach we do not charge an arm and a leg.
Rest assured that along our social governance approach we do not charge an arm and a leg.
Rest assured that along our social governance approach we do not charge an arm and a leg.
Menu samples from events we delivered
Rest assured that along our social governance approach we do not charge an arm and a leg.
Garden Social
Garden Social
£10 per person
The snacks
Bruschetta, olive tapenade, Isle of Wight tomatoes, sage crisps
Courgette and wild garlic carpaccio, grilled aubergine
Salad pasta primavera, tomato dressing
Roasted peach Meringue, mint mascarpone, almonds
The beverages
Thyme and melon water
Foraged elderflower lemonade
Simple Fair
Garden Social
Spring Brunch
£25 per person
The ambient
Salad- Isle of Wight tomatoes, wild rocket salad, lemon dressing
Coleslaw-Essex Spring greens, carrots, red onion
Classic Caesar Salad- English baby gem, aged cheddar
The hot
Beef Burger- Lake District beef, roasted onions, salad, BBQ sauce, brioche
Chicken Satay- Cob chicken, sunflower seed satay sauce, noodles, pickles
Pasta bake- Potato gnocchi, heritage florets, vegan cheese sauce
The sweet
Artisan cupcakes: Strawberry and cream, Apple and cinnamon custard, Milk chocolate and caramel
Seasonal fruit salad, mango and coconut dressing
Spring Brunch
Garden Social
Spring Brunch
£35 per person
Savouries
Pea and mint hummus, seasonal crudites, flatbreads
Wye Valley asparagus tart, pea shoots, “dandelion honey” vinegar
Bantam egg benedict, hollandaise, maple belly of pork
Glamorgan sausage rolls, sriracha and raspberry ketchup
Smoked Chalk Stream trout, heritage radishes, preserved lemons
Salads
Spring tabbouleh salad, garden greens, cracked barley
Isle of Wight tomatoes, nasturtium, aged balsamic
Afters
Selection of British artisan cheese, fig chutney, piccalilli, bread crackers
Black forest, macerated cherries, white chocolate mousse
Spring berries, virgin elderflower Pimm’s, lemon balm
Winter Wonderland
Summer Tasting Dinner
Summer Tasting Dinner
£35 per person
Sides
Curried parsnips, pickled pear, roasted chestnuts
Baked heritage potatoes, leeks, mushrooms, grilled cheddar cheese
Winter BBQ
Selection of artisan sausages, sauerkraut, potato bread
Grilled Crown Prince pumpkin, salted tofu, shichimi crumble
Mole glazed beef short rib, taco, apple salsa
Dessert
Sticky toffee pudding, vanilla whip
Mulled apple and cranberry juice
Chocolate cookie s’mores
Summer Tasting Dinner
Summer Tasting Dinner
Summer Tasting Dinner
£ 65 per person
Rye sourdough
Nut brown butter
Cured channel mackerel
Cucumber kimchi, puffed rice
Kentish cobnut cheese
Isle of Wight tomatoes, garden herbs
Creedy Carver duck
Apricots, sunflower dukkha
Lake District beef
Watercress, potato terrine, ox cheek sauce
Annabel strawberries
Lemon verbena, sorbet, meringue
Chocolate bon bons
Malden salt toffee, Raspberry and whisky
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