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Wahaca voted Sustainable Restaurant Group of the Year

On Monday we went along to the Sustainable Restaurant Association’s first ever awards ceremony and picked up the Sustainable Restaurant Group of the year trophy.

We are over the moon to have received this award, not only in recognition of all the hard work we put into sustainability across the board, but also when there are so many other great restaurants working hard in this area too. Have a look at the article from this Sunday’s Independent to read about the other restaurants that took home awards.

We think the SRA’s awards are going to be a great annual event for shouting about what restaurants are doing, and can achieve, with all things green and want to thank the SRA for voting for us. Ever since we opened, sustainability has been a vital part of how we run our restaurant. It’s not always easy and it’s often quite a bit more expensive, but we think it’s worthwhile and when we receive awards like this one, it shows that work has paid off.

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Wahaca at the Sustainable City Awards

Last week, we went along to meet the Lord Mayor at the Sustainable City Awards, and were delighted to come away with an award in the Sustainable Food category, and be shortlisted in the slightly less glamorous (but no less important) Sustainable Waste Management category.

Thank you very much to all of the judges who thought that our work to refurbish our new Wardour Street restaurant was worthy of a mention amongst all of the top companies who were also shortlisted.

Since joining the Sustainable Restaurant Association we have become more and more committed to running a sustainable restaurant, which as Lucy Siegle says in the latest edition of OLA London, isn’t so easy. It’s recognition like this that keeps us motivated to make sure our business is minimising the impact it has on the environment around us – A bit like the market stalls that originally inspired us. Which we think is kindda nice.

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We love the London Restaurant Festival

We’ve been loving the London Restaurant Festival this week. It’s such a great celebration of the amazing restaurants we are lucky enough to have on our doorstep in this fair city. Today we sent some of the team out to sample one of the highlights of the festival – The Street Kitchen caravan in Covent Garden.

They returned with glowing reports of the braised beef with carrot and celeriac, and the hot smoked salmon salmon with beetroot and horseradish, which looks amazing from the photos.  It’s so exciting to see such brilliantly turned out food, coming from an airstream caravan in the middle of Covent Garden. Our hats are well and truly doffed.

Last year we won the Discovery Award for the food we served at the festival and you might remember  we were delighted to be presented our award by Giles Coren. This year we are back with a menu offering a selection of our favourite street food for 2 people to share – That’s pork pibil and chicken mole tacos, broad bean quesadillas, black bean tostadas, and new potato taquitos all served with green rice and black beans.  And if all that’s making you thirsty, then at lunch there’s a Hibiscus agua fresca to go with it, and at dinner a choice of Hibiscus or Tamarind Margaritas. The special London Restaurant Festival price is £20 for 2 people for lunch, and £30 for 2 people at dinner. A total steal.

So if you fancy getting into the festival spirit, come along and discover our award winning selection for yourself. The London Restaurant Festival is running from Monday 4th October to Monday 18th October, please ask our staff for more details about our special menu.

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Wahaca wins award at the London Restaurant Festival

Last night Mark and Tommi accepted on behalf of Wahaca the award for Discovery – for a restaurant pushing the boundaries in its style of cuisine. The 6 awards were judged and chosen by a foodie panel including Fay Maschler, Giles Coren, Tom Parker Bowles and Charles Campion. We were really excited to be part of this inaugural festival and look forward to doing more and more with it over the next few years. Thanks to everyone who voted for us.

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Cool Brands Award

We’re delighted to be in the 2009 Cool Brands list! This is fantastic news. But rather than listen to us, this is what they said:

“Vibrant, imaginative and affordable, Wahaca brings the spirit of Mexican market eating to the UK, with an approach that’s as fresh as the irresistible street food on its menu…

Hibiscus margaritas served in recycled glass; soft corn tacos rolled around fresh seafood; street art on the walls. Enter Wahaca and you would be forgiven for thinking that you had stepped into a Mexican street market. Founded by Mark Selby and Masterchef 2005 winner Thomasina Miers, with branding from London-based BuroCreative, Wahaca introduces real Mexican street food to the UK with a menu as colourful as its style. Queues outside and a coveted Observer Food Monthly Award testify to its winning formula.”

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