08/10/2026
When we say we cook with surplus food, what do you imagine?
Last week we received these incredible oyster mushrooms from the Oxford Food Hub , our main supplier. They collect surplus food donated by supermarkets and food distributors such as Fresh Direct and Abel & Cole, who sometimes stock more than they end up needing.
Surplus food is not old, blemished or past its best, it's as fresh and delicious as anything you buy in the shops.
All wealthy countries like ours hoard food, importing more than we actually need and shipping it in from all around the world. This has an impact on the environment, on areas where the food is grown only for export, on the people who grow the food we eat but can't afford to buy it for themselves and their families.
We have a duty to use these ingredients responsibly, not letting them go to waste at the distribution level, and not letting them go off in our fridges and be binned.
This was Waste2Taste's initial mission, the reason it was created 9 years ago, and ever since we have been able to feed the people in our community who struggled through food insecurity with beautiful ingredients like these oyster mushrooms.
If you order catering from us, these are the kind of ingredients you'll see in your meal. At the same time, you'll be supporting the work of a local, small food charity many people rely on.
Do you have a work event coming up? A meeting, a conference that needs catered lunch?
Are you organising a birthday party or a wedding?
We can cater for all kinds of events, accommodate all dietary requirements and send everything in compostable containers via bike delivery thanks to our friends and partners at Velocity Cycle Couriers
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