Bordeaux Quay - Britain's First Carbon Neutral Restaurant
by Leonora Oppenheim, London, UK on 05.26.06
Hot on the heels of the imminent arrival of Green Green Tea, the first carbon neutral food product, we have news of Britain’s first carbon neutral restaurant. The Independent newspaper recently reported on Barny Haughton’s newest project in Bristol. Haughton, one of the UK's most respected organic chefs, is working on Bordeaux Quay which will be a restaurant, bar, bistro, shop, bakery and cookery school that aims to reduce it’s impact on the environment. Haughton says, "Restaurants are massively unsympathetic to the environment. In almost all restaurants in the developed world, chefs cook vegetables until they are almost done and then stop them cooking using running water or ice. Then they refresh them with boiling water when they're ready to serve. But there's no awareness at all that this wastes lots of energy and water - commodities that are becoming increasingly precious. For years, I've taken my veg out of the pan about 50 seconds before they're done - they carry on cooking and are ready when they get to the table. It's really simple."
Bordeaux Quay aims to be zero-waste and carbon-neutral and to source the vast majority of its produce from within 50 miles. "Overall, we aim to be carbon neutral - in both the construction and the running of the restaurant. We haven't quite achieved that in the building phase, but in a modest way we've achieved enough." We say it’s a great and inspiring start. Bordeaux Quay has won a Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (RSA) award for the development of pioneering and innovative projects to benefit local communities. via: Pecha Kucha :: Bordeaux Quay.
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I'm sorry to say that you are wrong in describing Bordeaux Quays as Britain's first carbon neutral restaurant - my own restaurant, terroir in Cley, north Norfolk, has been carbon neutral now for three years (well before it was anything anyone had ever heard of) and works in partnership with Climate Care. To read our full green manifesto, check out our website at www.terroir.org.uk.
bordeaux quay is nothing like what you say, they do hardly any recycling they ceratinly are not carbon neutral and they treat staff terribly, the whole project goes against everything that people who are trying to create positive change are about it is wrong and the ethics are all lies.
ita a huge pr macine and vanity project
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bordeaux quay is nothing like what you say, they do hardly any recycling they ceratinly are not carbon neutral and they treat staff terribly, the whole project goes against everything that people who are trying to create positive change are about it is wrong and the ethics are all lies.
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good to see TH's journo skills are up to scratch. how do you make the leap of logic from the owner stating "we aim to be carbon neutral" to "Britain's first carbon neutral restaurant". There is no need to overstate efforts from a business like Bordeaux Quay... their efforts are applaudable enough without pretending it is something else.
Having worked in both The Duke of Cambridge in London (the organic pub) & Bordeaux Quay i can safely disagree with the comments by 'bristol eater' and it's duplicate about their treatment of staff. We do not have the highest wage however it makes all the difference with all tips (- tax) being shared between the service staff. there are many perks too which count for a lot when keeping morale high, like being fed well and good discounts if your parents come to town.
I'm sorry to say that you are wrong in describing Bordeaux Quays as Britain's first carbon neutral restaurant - my own restaurant, terroir in Cley, north Norfolk, has been carbon neutral now for three years (well before it was anything anyone had ever heard of) and works in partnership with Climate Care. To read our full green manifesto, check out our website at
bordeaux quay is nothing like what you say, they do hardly any recycling they ceratinly are not carbon neutral and they treat staff terribly, the whole project goes against everything that people who are trying to create positive change are about it is wrong and the ethics are all lies.
ita a huge pr macine and vanity project