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Ethical guidelines for catering at Bellbunya
Self-caterers and third party caterers are asked to meet Bellbunya's ethical considerations for food in the kitchen.
Food is to be sourced from ethical, sustainable sources. For example
Free range eggs, not caged eggs.
Where meat is served it should be ethically sourced, for example free range chicken, fish from sustainable fisheries.
Buying local wherever practical
Buying organically grown foods wherever practical
Care not to buy from unethical companies, for example Nestle (who cause thousands of babies to die through their unethical conduct with powdered milk in the majority world); Proctor and Gamble, etc
Care to not purchase products that destroy habitats; such as palm oil
Low food packaging is preferred to reduce waste and consumption.
All organic waste can be composted or fed to Bellbunya's chickens or through our worm farms.
External caterers will need to take non-organic, non-recyclable waste off-site.
Practical information for external caterers
Caterers must have a person with a current food safety supervisor certificate supervising the kitchen operations. Bellbunya staff can perform this function for a fee of $25-50/day (depending on group size).
The kitchen must be left clean each evening.
A $200 bond is payable for the kitchen
The kitchen will be clean when caterers arrive, and left in a clean condition.
Caterers are welcome to use table-cloths supplied, but will pay for commercial cleaning for items used.
Breakages are to be paid by the caterer.