Our News
04/01/2008
Our new look website is launched making it easier than ever to find out about us
10/03/2008
Vegan Menus have been added to include complete buffet options.
 

Newsletter - Keep up to date with our latest menu additions and special occasion offers.

Enter your email address below and click Submit.
Tamarinds Lunch Bags, delivered FREE to your place of work Looking for a healthy lunch at work?

Tamarinds delivers Lunch Bags to work places from 12 noon onwards. Click Here to print the order form.
   
 

We offer seasonally available produce therefore our menus are regularly updated to reflect the seasons.

We offer exclusively Vegetarian Catering for all occasions and events, large & small, throughout Warwickshire and the West Midlands. We have a range of catering options to suit a variety of requirements. For example:

Children's/Grown Up's Party Buffet
Weddings & Christenings
Business Lunches & Light Bites

We are dedicated to ensuring that your experience with us is pleasurable and your chosen menu as delicious as possible.

We have 2 service options: Standard and Premium. Food quality remains excellent with both however Premium orders include:

Crockery Plates
Silverware
Table Decorations
Collection of service-ware after your event

 

 

Light BitesLunchesLate Buffets

 
We also offer a range of more specific food packages that can be added into your buffet order or ordered individually. For example we have an Afternoon Tea Selection which includes scones, jams, cream teas and savoury bites.

HomeAbout UsMenu OptionsContact Us

Copyright 2007-2008© Tamarinds Vegetarian Catering. All rights reserved.

Email: info@tamarinds.biz    Tel: 0845 257 9800 or 07502 033982   Fax: 0845 257 9800

Our vegetarian and vegan catering service is available throughout Warwickshire, Leicestershire, West Midlands: Birmingham, Coventry, Leicester, Hinckley, Barwell, Nuneaton, Bedworth, Warwick & Leamington Spa.

 FreeIndex - Business Directory UK

Tamarinds is part of IndigoJack Ltd. Company registered in England 5683040. Unit 13 Centenary Business Centre, Hammond Close, Nuneaton CV11 6RY

Back to Top

*Definitions

A vegetarian is someone living on a diet of grains, pulses, nuts, seeds, vegetables and fruits with the use of dairy products and eggs.

A vegetarian does not eat any meat, poultry, game, fish, shellfish or crustacea, or slaughter by-products.

Types of Vegetarian

Lacto-ovo-vegetarian: Eats both dairy products and eggs. This is the most common type of vegetarian diet.

Lacto-vegetarian: Eats dairy products but not eggs.

Vegan: Does not eat dairy products, eggs, or any other animal product - this includes honey.

Stumbling Blocks

Many foods contain ingredients derived from the slaughter of animals. Gelatine is made from animal ligaments, tendons, bones etc which have been boiled in water. It is often found in confectionery, low fat spreads and desserts, and other dairy products. The term animal fat refers to carcass fat and may be present in a wide range of foods, including biscuits, cakes, and margarines. Suet and lard are types of animal fats. Certain food additives (E numbers) may be derived from animal sources.

Cheese is often made with rennet extracted from the stomach lining of slaughtered calves. Vegetarian cheese is made with rennet from a microbial source.

The Vegetarian Society has an information sheet listing ingredients which may be unsuitable for vegetarians.

Many vegetarians that eat eggs will eat only free-range eggs. This is due to moral objections to the battery farming of hens. The Vegetarian Society only endorses products containing eggs if the eggs are certified as free-range.

Practices in catering

Vegetarians dining out will expect work surfaces and chopping boards, utensils and all other kitchen equipment and facilities to be either kept separate from those used for non-vegetarian food preparation, or cleaned thoroughly before vegetarian food preparation.

Caterers should also ensure that fryers, grills and griddles used for preparing non-vegetarian products are thoroughly cleaned. Fryers must be filled with fresh, uncontaminated oil before vegetarian food is cooked.

The Vegetarian Society recommend that caterers keep a separate set of utensils for the preparation and serving of vegetarian meals.

*The definitions above are those of the Vegetarian Society. Further information is available from their website.

Tamarinds

The reasons for becoming a vegetarian or a vegan are many fold. 'Each to their own' is our ethos. We are not campaigners or bang the drum enthusiasts, we simply wish to provide a catering service that fellow vegetarians and vegans can trust.

Back to Top