Notting Hill’s Westbourne Park Road saw the opening of London’s first organic, vegetarian, zero waste restaurant. Tiny Leaf’s concept turns excess food donated by local food suppliers into a guilt-free gastronomic experience. The menus change daily depending on would-be-waste deliveries from partners including Planet Organic and the UK’s largest wholesales of local and seasonal organic produce Langridge.
Chef and Food activist Justin Horne, believes one way to tackle the 18 million tonnes of food ending up in landfills each year is to change people’s perception of what waste is. Spanning four floors, including a ground-floor bistro and juice bar, zero waste fine-dining restaurant, cinema and events space and botanical cocktail bar; Tiny Leaf brings a conscious yet fun eating experience to West London.
The Dark Room on the top floor features a regular roster of like-minded guest speakers with food-conscious film and documentary screenings Highlights from the Tiny Leaf events calendar include a talk on organic farming & soil health from organic pioneer Craig Sams, a screening of documentary Just Eat It with a Q&A from food waste guru Hugh Nott and a talk on biodynamic wines from sommelier Tom Harrow.
Tiny Leaf will donate 20p per litre from alkaline bottled water to Whole World Water, it is an organisation that aims to improve water supplies to some of the one billion people that are still in need of clean water. That’s not all, Tiny Leaf will also match fund each £1 voluntary donation to be added to each bill. Diners can even do their bit, by taking leftovers home in free ‘bio-boxes’ made from biodegradable vegetable polymers.
Would you happily wine and dine here? Would you like to see a Tiny Leaf open up on your local high street?
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