Ethical Eating Out
It's been splashed all over the media for years and now ethical food is making its mark in the hospitality industries.
Suddenly we all care about weather or not our chicken was able to wander freely through wild grasses with its friends - before it was butchered and basted for our roast dinner.
Eating ethically is not just about happy meat though; it's protecting the environment by sourcing food locally and using suitable or recyclable packaging. Certain supermarkets sell this food, and have been doing so for a while now. The Ethical Food Company are an online website that provide a huge selection of this type of produce and deliver it straight to your door.
When you’re eating out, it's often difficult to spot a restaurant that will serve you this high-quality and often high-cost food on your plate. We have had a look around London and found a few restaurants that do...
World Food Cafe, Covent Garden
Neal's Yard in Covent Garden is home to a few alternative eateries and this one we can assure you is fantastic. It is a vegetarian restaurant, but the selection of dishes ranging from £5 to £10 are mouth watering enough to turn the head of even the most avid carnivore.
The Bombay Bicycle Club, Canonbury
This really is curry with a conscience! They use free-range chickens, and mainly locally-sourced produce. The down side to this is that it won't be the cheapest curry you get, but the quality of the dishes makes up for it.
VitaOrganic, Soho
Another vegitarian heaven that serves a selection of dishes made of organic, locally produced foods.The dishes are charged by the scoop with choices changing daily which makes this a great spot to stop by if you grabbing lunch out.
Konstam At The Prince Albert, Kings Cross
Not all these ethical eateries are vegetarian and if you're looking for proper English food that will keep your conscience clear then this is the place. It strives to get as much of it's ingredients from within the M25 and they serve seafood, duck, vegetables and wine!
Water House, Dalston
This cute little brassiere in East London prides itself on not having a carbon footprint. They will only use renewable hydro electric power at the location and are owned by the Shoreditch Trust, which offers organic food with the environment in mind.