Hook & Cook Streetfood

After 15 years working in hotels, events and award winning restaurants the streets were calling my name. Hook & Cook was born after being at a festival and hearing traders talking about local produce, ethical and sustainable measures but seeing fish being really underrepresented. So I set about a few dishes that I knew would get people excited about eating fish, spoke with a fishmonger I'd known for years about getting fish only from day boats so it would support local communities and eventually settled on slinging out great fish finger sandwiches to the Great British public. Hook & Cook mainly are a streetfood, parties, events and pop up restaurant offering with the ability to do small private dinner parties as a tasting menu. As a business we have only 3 rules "is the fish seasonal?", "has it been caught ethically and by a day boat?" & "do people want to eat it?". If the answer to all 3 is yes, we go for it. Early in menu planning we noticed we were actually naturally dairy free using things like coconut milks for depth of flavour and took the decision to use gluten free breadcrumbs so we could easily cater for Coeliacs and other Gluten-Free dietary requirements by switching out the bun as they presented themselves. We are really passionate about using local produce, bold flavours and keeping the menu seasonal, so you'll see the fish we use change throughout the year, this helps us prevent overfishing and also help support the British fishing communities. We have great suppliers we work with who help us do this.