Sarah Turner joins us on Thursday to open our weekend of vegetarian and vegan feasting at The Wilderness Kitchen

Following the immense success of last year’s dinner by Social Pantry’s Sarah Turner, and with Sarah having recently ascended to the role of Head of Development, this year sees Sarah take centre stage to host Thursday evening at Wilderness Kitchen. Social Pantry is an established sustainability trailblazer and caterer of choice for high-profile trend-setting clientele and exciting luxury events, with a forward-thinking approach to both social and environmental responsibility as a hospitality industry leader in ex-offender employment and plans to become the UK’s first and only zero-waste caterer.

Sarah’s role at Social Pantry focuses on developing innovative, closed-loop menus at the forefront of emerging food trends and sustainability. Sarah has completed stages at Silo – London’s first zero-waste restaurant – and zero-waste restaurant Nolla in Helsinki which have informed the high-end approach to zero-waste dining that Social Pantry is best known for. Sarah’s dinner at Wilderness Kitchen will exhibit her distinctive, vibrant style of cooking that combines impeccable sourcing with an emphasis on foraging, fermentation and root-to-leaf dishes. Expect high-impact gastronomy with minimal environmental impact.

Menu

Starter

Seaweed and confit garlic focaccia, whipped South Downs brown butter
Neals Yard Ogleshield beignet, chives (v)
Nutbourne tomato, nectarine, two fields olive oil, waste bread and linseed crumb (vg)

Main

Whole roasted carrots, carrot butter sauce, crispy peelings, ricotta salata (v)
Hispi cabbage, burnt shallot and horseradish butter, Scottish dulse (v)
Pink fir potatoes, carrot top salt, pickled white asparagus (vg)
Labneh, nasturtium and chervil, courgette, peas, preserved lemon (v)

Dessert

Choux Eton Mess, whey caramel, blueberry Estate Dairy cream, basil, cocoa husk crumble (v)

Menu subject to change