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Frizzante Café

Eddy Ambrosi and his team at the Frizzante Café @ Hackney City Farm are riding the crest of East London’s food revolution. And garnering awards and praise from the food press. A story that began with a catering start-up’s search for premises is now the pioneer of three local cafés, all on city farms, offering good, rustic food with an Italian twist – made from scratch using quality, local and seasonal ingredients. Eddy and his partners took on what was then a small ‘caff’, ten years ago. They slowly extended the menus, using fresh veg and salads from the farm garden when available, began working with local, organic, fruit and veg suppliers like Growing Communities, ordering fresh meat from the farm manager Chris Pounds’ Kent farm, greening the business, and planting a herb garden on a plot in the farm.

During the day families visiting the farm, and locals, tuck into all-day breakfasts, a blackboard menu that changes fortnightly to keep things fresh and seasonal, and home-made cakes. In the evenings the place transforms into a restaurant inspired by the Italian agriturismo model – where diners are invited in for home-cooking using ingredients grown and raised on the farm. If you’d like to cook like them, try the recipes on the website. Bookings for the original Thursday supper nights were so popular the café is now open Wednesday – Friday nights, offering special events like Slow Food-inspired taster menus and selected natural wines and a Q&A with a sommelier and the chefs. And 'attenzione', because Eddy's planning a big party to celebrate their tenth anniversary too. www.frizzanteltd.co.uk

The Jellied Eel would like to thank Frizzante Café and its staff for their continued support.