Finally a bit of warmth & shoots are sprouting, buds are bursting & nature is bringing forth her bounty.

Spring has arrived and it’s prime foraging season – a great opportunity to really get in touch with the food that you eat & have an amazing day out while you do it.

We’re huge fans of seasonal wild foods here at The Modern Pantry & are lucky to work with some great people who bring us their delicious finds to use on our menus.


One of them is John Rentsen, founder of Forage London who as well as leading foraging walks around London parks also organises trips further afield – to the beautiful Dorset coast for instance,which is where a group of our chefs went with him a couple of weeks ago.

A full day of foraging resulted in some great finds which made their way back to London & onto our menu – wild garlic, watercress, sea beets & sea kale were all put to good use & they’ll be continuing to appear on the menu while they’re in season so take the chance to come along & enjoy something a little different.

As part of our commitment to sustainability and @the_SRA we work with suppliers that we know and whose methods we trust.

At Easter our head chef Rob took his family to stay with our major fish supplier down in St Martin near Trecoose near Helford in Cornwall to see how they fish with respect for fish stocks & minimum environmental harm.

As well as Rob & family, fellow chef Peter Weeden from @Newman St Tavern took his family along for the fishing & foraging with Dylan Bean@kernowsashimi.