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The EcoCafé
At the heart of The Fold is The ecoCafé, a place to meet in a warm and welcoming atmosphere, eat local, seasonal, organic whole foods, browse through interesting eco goods, magazines and second hand books or simply have a chat, exchange views and relax.
Opening times
Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm. Sunday 11am - 4pm
Service times
From 11.00am till 4.00pm Tapas and salads
12.30pm till 2.30pm Hot lunches and soup.
All day teas, coffees, cakes and more.
Mothers Day at the Fold
- Traditional Roast Lamb, mint sauce and all the trimmings
- Vegetable Filo Parcel
- Chocolate & Raspberry Torte with Creme Anglaise
FREE dessert for all Mum's.
We will also be serving a Mother's Day Cream Tea special from 3pm
Locally Sourced World Food
We source our ingredients as locally as we can and whilst we do use ingredients from further a field, such as spices, grains and pulses, we source these from Europe where possible and work with our suppliers to ensure our ingredients have not been flown in. We are a supporter of Slow food and the Slow Food movement; see www.slowfoodworcestershire.org.uk for more information.
David McCaw our head chef is the Slow Food chef for Worcestershire
Our buffet style menu is based on fresh, seasonal, local, organic and fair trade ingredients with a health conscious bias, lovingly prepared under the guidance of Shamanic Chef David with support from Monica and the team in our theatre Kitchen. See www.theshamanskitchen.com
Cooking with Love, Healing through Food.
At any one time we aim to have a small but choice selection available. You can see the type of food we offer by viewing an example menu.
We are happy to cater for special dietary requirements where practical – please ask.
Join us on Sundays for organic Sunday roast. We are licensed and have available a delightful selection of local beers, ciders, perry's and wines.
Have a look at an example menu for a taster of what we offer.
Outside Catering, Private Parties and Events
The Fold is happy to offer an outside catering service for both business and private functions. In addition the ecoCafé is available at certain times for hire for Private Parties, Wedding Parties and Special Events. Do enquire for further details.
Eco Goods and Information
The ecoCafé also stocks an exciting range of ecologically sound and locally produced products. We have green goods such as wrought iron work, cosmetics, wooden toys, gently used books, some of Europe's most environmentally friendly paints from Auro (see below) and more, as well as information about how to make real changes to reduce our impact on the earth. If you have any suggestions of green products that you think we might like to stock, particularly if locally made, then please let us know.
ecoCafé products and where they come from
If you decide you'd rather go direct to any of our suppliers below, please help us out by mentioning the Fold when doing so.
All distances taken from multimap.
Dragonfly Soap Handmade soaps using mostly Fair Trade ingredients. 21.55 miles away near Redditch.
Solar Trader Toys and gadgets that run on sunshine and people power! 53.79 miles away in Swindon.
Rotaire Dryline Innovative solution to the problems of drying laundry outside and the environmental impact & cost of tumble drying. 7.3 miles away in Malvern.
Remarkable Pencils Ltd Pens, pencils, rulers and more made from recycled materials. 4.95 miles away in Worcester.
Herbfarmacy Organic herbal cosmetics, grown and produced 37.85 miles away in Eardisley.
Woodend Toymakers Beautiful handmade wooden toys. 5.64 miles away in Cradley
Flights of Fancy Heritage and nature inspired toys and gifts. 47.81 miles away in Leamington Spa.
Hempgarden Cosmetics range using the based around the amazing properties of hemp. 206.86 miles away in Hastings.
Bubblehouse Worms Wormeries and Bokashi composting systems, as used for the ecoCafé's waste. Not sold here but you can pop in and see them just up road! 0.96 miles away in Bransford.
Auro paints at The Fold®
The Fold® is your local regional distributor for Auro paints. Auro paints are manufactured to some of the highest environmental standards in the industry; for bonding agents, vegetable raw materials are used exclusively. All paints are water based and where products, such as wood preservatives, require solvent, orange oil is used.
Even their production is managed in an ecologically sound manner at the certified carbon neutral factory. Where possible Auro collect rainwater for use in manufacture and one of the main ingredients in the range, linseed oil, is all produced within 30km of the factory, from predominately organic sources.
None of this comes at a cost to performance however and they still provide excellent quality, as well as a safe, chemical free environment. Most of the painting, oiling and waxing in the ecoCafé and WholeHealth have been done with Auro products, so why not come down and see them in action.
