Inside Our One-Day Bone Broth Café Event in Shoreditch
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Last month, we opened the doors to our one-day Bone Broth Café in Shoreditch, a space built to celebrate real food, community, and creativity. For one day only, we brought bone broth into the heart of East London and transformed it into an experience you could taste, see, and be part of.
What unfolded was a lively mix of movement, good food, thoughtful conversation, and music, a day that felt bigger than the walls it lived in.
Here’s a look inside.
Table of Content
Why We Brought a Bone Broth Café to Shoreditch Kicking Off the Day With a Run Club and Electrolytes Our Best Sellers The Bone Broth Drinks Bar: Lattes, Hot Chocolate & More Real-Food Bakes From Sow & Arrow Our Collagen A Panel Conversation Led by Julia Bradbury Lunchtime at the Bone Broth Café Afternoon Music & Community What This Day Meant for Us Final Thoughts Frequently Asked Questions Products Featured In This Blog Related Readings
Why We Brought a Bone Broth Café to Shoreditch
Bone broth has long been a kitchen staple, but this event was about showing what it can become outside the home: warm, comforting, versatile, and surprisingly modern.
Our goal was simple:
To bring people together, share real-food experiences, and showcase bone broth in ways people hadn’t tried before, from innovative drinks to grain-free baked goods and a lunch menu built entirely around broth.
Shoreditch, with its energy and creativity, was the perfect neighbourhood for it.
Kicking Off the Day With a Run Club and Electrolytes
We started the morning bright and early with a community run club, gathering at the café before heading out into the streets of Shoreditch. The energy was high, trainers laced, sleeves rolled up, and a group ready to move.
When everyone returned, they were welcomed with electrolytes, a refreshing way to start the day and set the tone for everything that came next.
It was the perfect beginning: active, connected, and full of momentum.
Our Best Sellers
The Bone Broth Drinks Bar: Lattes, Hot Chocolate & More
One of the biggest highlights of the day was our Bone Broth Drinks Bar, where every drink on the menu started with broth.
Visitors enjoyed:
Bone Broth Latte
Bone Broth Hot Chocolate
Classic Sipping Broth
It was a chance for people to taste broth in ways they hadn’t before, comforting, creative, and full of flavour. Warm cups in hand, everyone gathered around the café’s counter space, chatting, trying new combinations, and discovering new favourites.
The drinks alone became a talking point of the day.
Further Readings
→ Bovine Collagen vs Marine Collagen: Which Is Better For You?
Real-Food Bakes From Sow & Arrow
To accompany the broth drinks served throughout the day, we partnered with Sow & Arrow, a real-food bakery and wellness brand known for its commitment to grain-free, refined-sugar-free, and nutrient-focused ingredients.
Founded by Pauline Cox, Sow & Arrow has become a trusted name in the real-food space. Pauline’s background in nutritional science and her long-standing passion for natural ingredients shape everything she creates, from her bestselling books to the artisanal bakes crafted in her kitchen. She champions a back-to-basics approach to food, focusing on quality ingredients prepared simply and intentionally, a philosophy that fits seamlessly with the ethos of our Bone Broth Café.
For the event, Sow & Arrow provided a selection of keto-friendly, real-food baked goods, all made with wholesome ingredients and free from refined sugars, sweeteners, and seed oils. Guests enjoyed:
Bone Broth and Cheese Muffin
Wagon Wheels
Carrot Cakes
These bakes paired effortlessly with the Bone Broth Latte and Hot Chocolate, adding a comforting, café-style element to the experience. The collaboration brought an elevated feel to the menu, and for many visitors, it was their first introduction to Sow & Arrow’s real-food creations.
Our Collagen
A Panel Conversation Led by Julia Bradbury
Mid-morning, the café shifted into an intimate seated gathering for a panel talk led by Julia Bradbury, broadcaster, author, and one of our valued Hunter & Gather ambassadors.
Julia has long championed real-food living, and having her host the conversation brought both warmth and credibility to the room. She was joined by a thoughtful and diverse panel including Jeff, co-founder of Hunter & Gather; Pauline Cox, nutritionist and founder of Sow & Arrow; and Melissa Hemsley, cook, author, and long-time advocate for simple, nourishing home cooking.
Together, they explored:
Bone broth’s place in modern food culture
How people incorporate broth into everyday meals
The growing movement toward simple, real-food cooking
The creativity and accessibility behind broth-based dishes
Each speaker brought a unique perspective, Jeff sharing insights from building the brand, Pauline discussing real-food principles through the lens of her nutritional background, and Melissa offered her experience developing recipes such as the Tinolang Manok served at lunch.
The discussion was open, grounded, and engaging, giving attendees a deeper appreciation for how bone broth fits into today’s food landscape. It quickly became one of the standout moments of the entire café, creating a genuine sense of connection and shared purpose.
Lunchtime at the Bone Broth Café
From midday onward, the café opened fully to the public, serving a lunch menu built entirely around bone broth, each dish created to show just how flavourful, comforting, and versatile broth can be.
The menu featured three hero dishes:
Beef Massaman Curry — slow-cooked, deeply aromatic, and gently spiced
Beef Bourguignon — rich, savoury, and beautifully tender
Tinolang Manok — a nourishing Filipino-inspired chicken dish, created from a recipe kindly provided by panelist and cook, Melissa Hemsley
These dishes offered a global take on broth-based cooking: bold, warming plates that drew people in throughout the afternoon.
As the lunchtime crowd moved through Shoreditch, the café grew busier, full of conversation, steaming bowls, and guests discovering the event as they walked past. Some stayed for a quick bowl; others settled in, lingering over lunch and exploring the drink menu alongside the food.
It became exactly what we hoped it would be: a welcoming place people wanted to gather, taste, and stay awhile.
Afternoon Music & Community
By late afternoon, music filled the space, softening the edges of the day and turning the café into a relaxed, welcoming hangout.
People came in after work, others drifted back from the morning events, and some stayed for hours, enjoying a drink, chatting with friends, and soaking in the atmosphere.
It was the kind of afternoon where time moves slowly and easily, the perfect close to a full day.
What This Day Meant for Us
The Bone Broth Café wasn’t just about serving broth; it was about creating an experience that brought real food to life.
It showed what can happen when:
community steps into a shared space
food & nutrition are both simple and imaginative
people gather around something meaningful
an ingredient becomes a moment
We’re incredibly grateful to everyone who joined us, from the run club in the morning to the last conversations in the afternoon.
This was our first café event of its kind, and it won’t be the last. There is so much more to come.
Final Thoughts
Our one-day Bone Broth Café was more than an event, it was a celebration of real food, community, and creativity. From the early-morning run club and steaming broth lattes to the panel conversation led by our ambassador Julia Bradbury and a globally inspired broth lunch, the day brought people together in a way that felt both grounding and energising.
It reminded us how powerful simple ingredients can be when shared with others, and how experiences built around real food have a way of sparking conversations, curiosity, and connection.
To everyone who joined us, whether you came for the run, stayed for lunch, or dropped in for an afternoon drink, thank you. You helped bring the Bone Broth Café to life, and this is only the beginning. There is so much more we can’t wait to share with you.
Hunter & Gather
Hunter & Gather are an ancestrally-inspired lifestyle brand that fuses ancestral wisdom and modern innovation to guide your journey to better health. Our mission is to give you the tools to thrive for life. We create real food and supplements that are free from refined sugar, grains and inflammatory seed oils, while championing premium quality and taste.
Frequently Asked Questions
What was the Bone Broth Café event in Shoreditch?
The Bone Broth Café was a one-day real-food event in Shoreditch featuring bone broth drinks, broth-based dishes, a run club, grain-free bakes, and a live wellness panel. It showcased modern ways to enjoy bone broth through food, drinks, and conversation.
What bone broth drinks were served at the Bone Broth Café?
Guests could try a range of broth-based drinks, including a Bone Broth Latte, Bone Broth Hot Chocolate, and classic warm broth cups. These drinks highlighted how versatile bone broth can be in everyday café-style beverages.
What dishes were on the bone broth lunch menu?
The café served three globally inspired dishes: Beef Massaman Curry, Beef Bourguignon, and Tinolang Manok (a recipe contributed by Melissa Hemsley). Each dish used bone broth as a base to demonstrate flavourful, real-food cooking.
Who hosted the wellness panel at the Bone Broth Café?
The discussion was hosted by broadcaster and Hunter & Gather ambassador Julia Bradbury, who led a conversation on real-food living and modern broth culture. She was joined by guests including Melissa Hemsley, who also provided a dish for the lunch menu.
Will there be more bone broth events like the Shoreditch café?
While this one-day Bone Broth Café was our first, the response from guests was overwhelmingly positive. We plan to explore more bone broth events, community experiences, and real-food gatherings in the future.
