On the first day food was served at a new cafe in Bingham, chef Rik de Raynor was taken aback by how many customers walked through the door. Serving what he considers to be a 'niche' plant-based menu at The Sustainable Kitchen he expected uptake to be slow but instead it was a sell-out success.
"I did three days worth of prep which is standard but it went the same day. I've spent a lot of time opening places and having seen the footfall for the first two weeks when we were only open for drinks, I really thought we might do double or triple the amount of people if we were lucky but it's been crazy, exceeding our greatest hopes."
Rik creates the recipes while his fiancé Tim Novak is behind the counter at the business located in Church Street, in what was once The Chesterfield. Back in 2020 it was looking like the boarded up pub - with an interesting history - would be converted into apartments, but it never happened.
