A feast for the eyes, nourishment for the physique and a optimistic impression on the surroundings – type over substance, this isn’t.

I’m regularly amazed and impressed by small companies that work tirelessly to develop their enterprise and supply distinctive customer support, with a mission to ship this service in a genuinely optimistic and sustainable method. Boconnoc, a magical family-owned nation property in Cornwall, has partnered with FEGO Meals Co., an progressive catering firm that, though up to date and high-end in type, has its toes firmly planted on the bottom.

They’re simply as passionate concerning the provenance of their elements as they’re about how superbly plated they’re. They care about seasonality, air miles, animal welfare, native produce, growers, soil well being and farmers. They’re a real inspiration, and I want extra catering corporations would take a leaf out of their e book.

This characteristic consists of distinctive dishes, vibrant meals styling and a mouth-watering menu… you might have been warned!

Right here at Boconnoc, we select our companions and suppliers very fastidiously. We try to work with companies that align with our ideas and ethos of ‘treading evenly on the earth’ whereas offering the very best high quality service and expertise.

Based mostly in Falmouth, Cornwall, FEGO Meals Co. is a thriving wedding ceremony catering enterprise with storytelling at its coronary heart. FEGO are keen about meals provenance, sourcing native and creating scrumptious meals with which means.

They perceive that while meals should be scrumptious, there’s much more to it than style. They imagine folks ought to be impressed earlier than a single morsel enters their mouth. It ought to be vibrant and thrilling: folks ought to really feel excited for what’s to come back and nonetheless be capable to conjure the picture lengthy after the meal. However it’s not simply what’s on the essential plate; it’s the way it obtained there. They work carefully with their suppliers and small native corporations supporting native West Nation producers.

“Our dishes are far more than simply the sum of their components. We don’t simply provide a alternative of meats and greens however a alternative of favor. Collectively, we are able to create menus which have a which means that may inform tales of enchanted woodlands, alpine mountains or rolling seas.” – Fego Meals Co.

At Boconnoc, we consistently have a look at how you can enhance and the way our enterprise impacts the surroundings. Lowering single-use merchandise and carbon emissions has been on our agenda for a number of years now, and our focus has now turned to soil well being and the biodiversity of vegetation and wildlife, in search of out producers utilizing regenerative and natural strategies that assist sequester carbon within the soil and transfer away from mass mono-crops.

Nevertheless it’s tough; getting massive portions of the best stuff on the proper time from many small producers is just not a simple feat… but we all the time strive our greatest. When sourcing our elements, we strive to ensure they fulfil as lots of the following standards as attainable:

• Regeneratively farmed
• Natural
• Native
• Seasonal
• Not flown
• Fairtrade
• Free vary
• Line-caught

Native and seasonal produce has all the time been on the coronary heart of our meals sourcing plan, however we’re on a little bit of a studying journey about finest farming practices and soil well being. Sourcing recent produce from small-scale farms in massive portions on the proper time is just not easy. Nonetheless, we now have discovered inspiring corporations, equivalent to Wildfarmed, that produce huge quantities of flour by sustainable and regenerative strategies.

Residence-grown produce

At a current wedding ceremony planning occasion right here at Boconnoc, FEGO showcased a choice of their gorgeous meals, together with a recipe utilizing venison from the Boconnoc property and produce from the kitchen backyard. Our friends revered their scrumptious and superbly offered canapés as a number of the finest that they had tasted.

Why select Boconnoc venison in your wedding ceremony feast?

Fallow deer have roamed the Boconnoc deer park because the seventeenth century and are an important a part of the historical past of the property. Right now, the 140-strong herd are managed by our Deer Ranger and Environmental Advisor, Ian Berry.

Utilizing our venison for occasions and weddings means zero meals miles and helps moral deer administration. Ian explains why consuming UK-produced, humanely managed venison is important; “Left unmanaged, deer within the UK may cause financial and environmental injury to our valuable woodlands. By humanely controlling the variety of deer and selling venison as a wholesome and versatile various, we hope to impression our surroundings positively.”