Scarf Dinners 2021

After COVID put a stop to seasonal programs and Scarf Dinners in 2020, we're quietly making optimistic plans to get back to partnering with restaurants soon! We're running two very special Scarf Dinners in partnership with Anchovy and Merchant Road Events, as part of our Tasting Plate for Women program.

Pending the findings from an evaluation project we're currently undertaking, we hope to move back to regular, seasonal Scarf Dinners from July. The pandemic means there's lots to consider, especially in creating a safe training/work environment for our trainees, volunteer mentors and staff, and ensuring a safe dining experience for customers.

Of course, we're conscious of working sensitively and sustainably with partner restaurants after the hospitality industry has endured such a destabilising year, and continues to face challenges as it rebuilds. But we are hopeful and as soon as we can share some concrete updates about Scarf Dinners, we will!

We'd love you to stay in touch during this time, as we have lots of other news to share and plenty of ways you can help us deliver our mission and aims during this strange time. Sign up to our e-newsletter here or follow us on Instagram or Facebook.

Update 1 July 2021

Excitingly, we're finally about to re-launch our 10-week Seasonal Programs with Winter Scarf '21 at Stomping Ground Brewery & Beer Hall. Find out about this season of Scarf Dinners, running on Wednesdays from 14 July - 1 September, and book yourself in.

Keen to join us for a Scarf Dinner?

Grab yourself (or someone else!) a Scarf Dinners gift card from the Scarf Shop and get ready to dine with us. Bookings for Winter Scarf '21 at Stomping Ground Brewery & Beer Hall are now open.

Cover image: Autumn Scarf '19 trainees setting the dining room at The Rochey. Photo: Linsey Rendell

Inset image: Spring Scarf '19 dinner at Garden State Hotel. Photo: Gilbert House.

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