16 the World Of Hospitality
OXO Tower
OXO Tower Restaurant, Bar And Brasserie:
Championing Sustainability
In The Hospitality Industry
Restaurants
Iconic landmark on London’s South Bank, OXO
Tower Restaurant, Bar and Brasserie, known
for its fine dining food and panoramic skyline
views, has been presented The Sustainability
Award at the National Restaurant Awards in
London.
they became a regular affair, with guests from
Ogilvy, Pact Coffee, Kings College London,
Coin Street Community Builders and the
Mandarin Oriental, coming together to help.
Joining the Sustainable Restaurant
Association in 2010 as a founding member,
OXO Tower strived to find ways to work
collaboratively with external partners to
become a better sustainable business. As well
as finding ways to do this, OXO also wanted
to innovatively help reduce waste, work with
local producers and help its surrounding
community. OXO also took on an intern from Roehampton
University studying nutrition, to help build a
Food Waste Workshop on how a sustainable
diet can have an impact on the planet. The
workshop was presented to Harvey Nichols
and Aromatherapy Associates head office’s, as
well Roehampton University. The workshop
was to help educate on commonly wasted
food items, the extent of food waste in the UK
and the world, the impact on global warming
and what to do to reduce food waste.
In 2018, OXO partnered with catering
independent, Vacherin and London’s premier
recycling and waste management company,
Bywaters, to host a ‘Beach Clean’ for World
Environment Day. Gathering staff, SRA
members and community groups, OXO
organised a ‘litter pick’ along South Bank.
Following the success of the first meet up, This year OXO teamed up with Eco-Chef,
Food Writer and Sustainability Consultant
Tom Hunt, to launch a Root to Fruit menu
made with local, seasonal and sustainable
ingredients for World Earth Day. The
collaboration saw Tom Hunt work closely with
OXO’s Head Chef, Jeremy Bloor, to create
planet-friendly dishes that hero organic and
ethically sourced ingredients, from agro-
ecological farms and local communities.
Most recently, OXO supported HUBBUB,
an environmental charity, with filming for
#AirWeShare, a campaign raising awareness
about the impact of poor air quality.
“We are thrilled to be awarded The Sustainability
Award at the National Restaurant Awards. For
years we have been working closely with the
Sustainable Restaurant Association to constantly
find ways to become a better sustainable business
by working with external partners to help raise
awareness, reduce food waste and support our
local community. The next phase will include
working with SRA on their ‘Food Waste Bad Taste’
initiative to target, measure and act on reducing
food waste, to help shape future changes within
our business.”
Nick Jarman, General Manager at OXO Tower
Restaurant, Bar and Brasserie
Website: www.harveynichols.com/restaurant/the-oxo-tower