Skip to primary navigation The Hungry Guest CART CHECKOUT ARTISAN FOODS GIFT HAMPERS ONLINE STORE CAFÉS WHOLESALE ABOUT CONTACT Proud to be a part of our local West Sussex community OUR COMMUNITY MATTERS TO US The Hungry Guest’s story is profoundly linked to the surrounding area and wholeheartedly invites you to celebrate and share its passion for good food and wine. Obsessed with returning to seasonal, locally available, fresh and artisanal food, The Hungry Guest puts the market back into a market town. We work with carefully selected growers and producers who align with our ethics and values and who help us in our delivery of excellence. LOCAL JOBS We have created local jobs and employed local traders to build, restore and maintain our food shop and cafes. Over the years we have run apprenticeship schemes at the butchery, supporting young, part-time schoolchildren as they become master butchers, helped a barista with a penchant for numbers become a fully qualified accountant and seen a server progress into a cafe manager. We are proud to have recently started our own Management Development Programme where we identify promising young managers and give them the opportunity to spend a year working in each key area of the business, including hands-on experience with our artisan bakers and producers, whose craft and passion symbolise the heart of our business. CHARITABLE WORK The Hungry Guest has supported over 50 different local charities and community projects over the last eight years, including local sports clubs, food banks, hospices, the homeless, kindergartens, community fetes and the Church. In West Malling, our chosen charity for 2019/20 is the Heart of Kent Hospice, and our team is looking forward to working with them on various fundraising events. Our place in heritage communities is important to us and we are proud to support the wonderful Petworth Festival each year. BE THE CHANGE PROGRAMME Education and inspiration are the drivers behind our involvement in the innovative “Be the Change” programme, which offers mentorship to young people in year 9 who have become disengaged at school or lack confidence in their own abilities, but who show real potential once they are engaged and inspired by positive role models. Members of our team are given time out of work to mentor these young people and support them on their journey. ‘Over the last 2 years it has been a pleasure to welcome Market Town Developments and Augustus Brandt Ltd as partners and enabling sponsors of our Be the Change programme for local young people across the Chichester District. Whilst historically our programmes are supported by larger employers it has added an extremely useful dimension to the programme, showcasing smaller local businesses and the associated opportunities that sometimes seem more attainable to students and exist on the very doorstep of their school, Midhurst Rother College. Enabling local businesses to thrive through better engagement with local talent is a big opportunity for future economic success and the fun, personable and engaging interactions, mentoring and workplace visits facilitated by Market Town Development and Augustus Brandt have been extremely well received by the school and their students. We hope to further develop these positive interactions for more collaboration between businesses, schools and next generation talent and very much look forward to continuing our relationship with Market Town Developments, Augustus Brandt and the wider network of employers in Petworth and Midhurst in the future.’ —Paul Scrivens, Commercial Director UKHARVEST UKHarvest is a not-for-profit perishable food rescue operation that collects quality excess food from commercial outlets and delivers it, direct and free of charge, to charities. They provide much needed assistance to vulnerable people, collecting surplus food from all types of food providers, including fruit and vegetable markets, supermarkets, hotels, wholesalers, farmers, stadiums, corporate events, catering companies, shopping centres, delis, cafes, restaurants, film and TV shoots and boardrooms. The Hungry Guest supplies UK Harvest with weekly deliveries of bread, vegetables and ambient goods (such as dried foods). We will also be collaborating with their Educational Programme to help educate and raise awareness about food waste, food rescue, food security and sustainability. Providing hospitality training and mentoring for disadvantaged youth is a core objective and The Hungry Guest look forward to being involved and supporting them in this important educational programme. CHESTNUT TREE HOUSE Chestnut Tree House is a children’s hospice which provides the best quality of life for children, young people and their families, offering practical, social and spiritual support throughout each child’s life, however short it may be. They offer support for the whole family, including psychological and bereavement support, end of life and short break care and sibling support. It currently costs Chestnut Tree House over £4 million each year to provide these care services. And because families are never charged for their care and less than 6p in every pound is funded by the government, they rely heavily on the generosity, help and support of the people of Sussex. In 2019, The Hungry Guest provided a luxury hamper for Chestnut Tree House’s Christmas Raffle, helping them to raise much-needed funds to continue their work, and we look forward to collaborating with them and supporting them in their future projects. HEART OF KENT HOSPICE The Heart of Kent Hospice provides outstanding levels of specialist end-of-life care to patients and their families. To be able to offer not just clinical support but also emotional, spiritual and social care, they need to raise over £4 million each year. In 2019, The Hungry Guest Café in West Malling chose the Heart of Kent Hospice as their Charity of the Year. This included displaying promotional material and collection boxes in the café. In October of 2019, a team of West Malling staff participated in the Moonlit Walk in support of the Heart of Kent Hospice, and raised well over their target. NEWSLETTER SIGN-UP THE HUNGRY GUEST COPYRIGHT 2020 TERMS AND CONDITIONS PRIVACY POLICY design by Sweet Imagery | developed by Mintstone