Dining and catering

Quality and sustainability are at the heart of our food and drink offer, which is delivered in partnership with Restaurant Associates. A wide range of options include plant-forward dishes, and ethical tea and coffee.  Our menus have been designed by Restaurant Associates to complement the style of events at Hinxton Hall Conference Centre. We can, of course, cater for any special dietary requirements your delegates may have.

An overview of our menus

Breakfast – Full breakfast in the Dining Room, working breakfast platter, working breakfast rolls, breakfast pots
Lunch – Hot buffet lunch, finger buffet, sandwich lunch, sharing platters
Dinner – Hot buffet dinner, fine dining, bowl food
Other – Refreshments, canapés, BBQs, afternoon teas, Christmas fine dining

We can cater for up to 300 delegates in our dining room, and up to 500 in a marquee outdoors on the lawns.

Sustainability

Our partners Restaurant Associates have the highest Food Made Good accreditation by the Sustainable Restaurant Association, which covers sourcing, society and environment. They are also committed to Net Zero by 2030.

Our plant-forward menus have a 70/30 ratio of plants to meat. Plant-forward is a style of cooking and eating that emphasises plant-based foods but is not strictly limited to them. Meat consumption has many detrimental effects on the environment so we are focussing on our contribution to that, whilst not eliminating it completely.

These are the Restaurant Association sustainability pledges that apply to all the food and drink we serve at Hinxton Hall:

• Over 90% of our fresh produce is sourced locally in the UK. We have a British-first sourcing policy on all fresh produce and we are proud to have invested in many longer-term partnerships
• All our fresh eggs are British free-range or organic
• All our meat, dairy and poultry is Red Tractor farm assured
• 100% of our milk is sourced in the UK and is either certified organic or British Red Tractor farm assured
• We only use fish that is Marine Conservation Society certified 1-3 and avoid all fish that is caught illegally and by environmentally-damaging fishing methods.
• We only use pole and line-caught tuna, which is a sustainable fishing method used to catch tuna, one fish at a time
• All our fresh and frozen prawns are Marine Stewardship Council certified
• All of our berries are UK grown, fresh in season or frozen
• We only use British-harvested rapeseed oil in cooking
• All our cooking chocolate is Fairtrade and Rainforest Alliance-certified
• We adhere to responsible soy certification standards as laid out by Round Table for Responsible Soy (RTRS)
• Our tea is ethically and responsibly sourced and plastic free
• We audit all of our suppliers regularly and prioritise suppliers who have carbon-neutral accreditation
• Our canned water is Life who fund clean water projects across the globe through every drink sold
• We have eradicated the use of many single-use plastics such as straws, stirrers and cutlery

Read more about Restaurant Associates’ sustainability pledges.