Join us for our fifth SERVICE PLEASE ! at SET SOCIAL - Sunday August 16th !!!
This event includes a wool felting workshop followed by a 3-course communal meal:
– 2PM: 2-hour communal wool felting workshop led by Imogen Cripps. We’ll be making felted wool sheets for the Set Community Garden, using wool from the sheep neighbouring Imogen’s market garden. Wool can be an amazing, biodegradable mulch for gardens, helping to keep weeds down and moisture in the soil whilst also deterring pests. We’ll be using wet-felting techniques - a magical process which turns raw wool into pieces of fabric - to create beautiful lengths of matting to use in the garden over the next growing season.
– 4:30PM: 3-course meal served in the main hall, prepared by the SP! team and volunteers. The meal is a set menu designed by us to make the most of available seasonal food, including surplus and locally-grown produce where possible (see menu below!). Food will be served to share across tables so expect to be seated with other people!
We expect the event to wrap up by 6:30-7pm.
TICKET PRICING:
All Service Please ! events are priced on a pay-what-you-can model with tickets starting at £5. At checkout, there are 5 ticket options to choose from depending on your ability to pay, with a standard ticket price of £20 which helps us cover the cost of food and the workshop. There are pay-it-forward options for those who can afford to, which fund the cheaper tickets and make this project sustainable long-term. Our events are 100% non-profit, any money made on top of that will go towards funding future events. Please only buy £5 and £10 if you can't afford the other tickets, this helps make the event accessible to as many people as possible.
We believe the joys of communal eating should be accessible to all, and that food systems should be built on solidarity rather than exclusivity, and the pay-what-you-can model helps us achieve that.
MENU + DIETARY REQUIREMENTS:
Below is the planned menu for the event, although we might be making a few last-minute tweaks depending on available seasonal + surplus produce. The sharing menu is designed to cater for vegetarian and vegan guests, but unfortunately, we're unable to guarantee gluten-free alternatives. Please let us know of any dietary requirements by email, just to help us plan quantities etc, thank you!
STARTERS:
Bead, anchovy butter
Trio of pickles
Tomato, fennel, mustard seed oil, fresh ricotta
MAINS:
Crispy courgette fritter, burnt pineapple yoghurt, jalapeno
BBQ chicken kofta
Charred sugar snap and apricot tabbouleh
DESSERT:
Choux bun, dulce de leche, lime sherbet
ABOUT SERVICE PLEASE !
Service Please ! is a pay-what- you-can communal dining initiative based in south-east London. We host affordable supper clubs, aiming to bring together our local community and help people explore and develop new skills while having a delicious meal. Our events offer a restaurant-quality three-course meal at an accessible price alongside a workshop taught in a welcoming, friendly environment. We’re 100% non-profit and run by volunteers.
Our vision is to provide an accessible dining experience which challenges the inequalities in access to eating out. In the face of increasing social isolation, communal eating can be an incredibly powerful way of bringing people together and strengthening the local community. We also aim to work in collaboration with local community growing spaces and gardens, food organisations, as well as using as much surplus and locally-grown food as possible for our events.
In the spirit of community-building, the supper clubs will include a workshop where we can learn from each other, developing skills that are usually less accessible, whether they be crafts, DIY, or life skills (just to name a few examples). Above all we hope to create events that welcome people from as many different backgrounds as possible, and contribute to the growing network of alternative food models in southeast London, placing community and accessibility above profit margins.