Eat Street IOW

09/01/2025

What a fantastic night fundraising for at , .
We had a great time and so did all the customers by all accounts. Lots of great comments and more importantly tonnes of conversations about mental health and how we can improve. Little touches like Mr. Megaro himself helping in the kitchen and being there all night are what inspires respect and happiness within a hospitality team. Its so inspiring to see such a humble and welcoming team environment. And what a huge gesture from the hotel, closing the busy restaurant for a whole night for this event ❤️

We sponsored our course of the 'snacks' and the additional macarons and with the generosity of some of our suppliers - thank you to /Zanetti for kindly donating the aged parmesan and beautiful black olives, organised by . Thank you to for the goat meat which we stuffed inside the olives. We also used gin from and rapeseed oil from , showcasing some great local produce.

The other chefs were a pleasure to work with and all did an incredible job, a menu to be really proud of. Big shout out to , .kaced , .reci and of course .

Can't wait for the next fundraiser.

05/01/2025

We'll be exhibiting here with the horsebox next weekend 😊

Is it time to start planning your big day? Make sure you get your free tickets to the Northwood House Wedding Fair Weekend in January and get some inspiration!
Book tickets and find out more here:
https://northwoodhouse.org/event/northwood-house-wedding-fair-weekend-2025/

04/01/2025

Calling all newly engaged couples! Congratulations!

We love catering weddings, not only because we get to know our clients over several months and sometimes years, but because every single one is different, unique to that couple.
We believe the catering should be as well. Food on a wedding day is incredibly important – whether you’re having a sit-down meal, buffet, or street food, it’s something that guests will remember and talk about for years to come.

What do you get when you book Eat Street for your wedding catering?
• Bespoke menu, written for you. All requirements are considered – for example, we can do a completely gluten-free or vegan menu
• Always Isle of Wight beef, pork, lamb, and goat
• Always chalk stream trout from Romsey
• Always fresh bread, baked on the day
• Always prepared from scratch, by Alex at our HQ in Cowes
• Complimentary menu tasting for up to 4 people, additional tastings available to ensure your menu is perfect!
• If appropriate to the menu, complimentary service from our horsebox
• No additional charges – what you see is what you pay. Always!
• Personal communication via a channel of your choice
• Complimentary unlimited meetings – via Zoom, phone, at HQ, or on-site
• Combined wedding experience of over 20 years
• Personalised touches – including bespoke chocolate work, colour scheme matching
• Bespoke ‘thank you’ gift from an Island producer
• We, Alex & Laurel, will always be working at your wedding!

We only have limited available dates in 2025 and are looking forward to another busy year. Taking bookings for 2026 and onwards

Please get in touch to discuss your dream day with us

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22/12/2024

Nice little article about The Burnt Chef Project fundraiser we are taking part in at The Megaro in January.
Not too late to book tickets.

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/theburntchefproject/1486318

An Island chef is taking part in a gala dinner in London, at a fund-raiser for The Burnt Chef Project. Alex Wibberley, who owns Eat Street IoW, based in Cowes, with wife, Laurel, will be cooking

21/12/2024

As 2024 comes to a close, we’re closing for a couple of weeks to enjoy some much-needed family time after a busy old year!

We started the year as a two, we’re ending it as a three! What a crazy time this adventure as working parents has been.

After returning back to work following 3 months off, it was straight into a mad summer season of weddings and events, whilst also juggling a newborn, our relationship, and our own identities. It’s been tough, but we’ve made it and are continuously improving things to create more of a balance

Our 2024 roundup
- 1400 people fed
- 7 weddings
- Almost 4000 portions of cake for Lagom
- Launch of our ‘pay what you want’ evenings
- Launch of our new horsebox
- Exclusive takeaway nights returned
- Hundreds of supportive customers

This year has been a huge adjustment for us, and not without it’s struggles; the transition to parenthood wasn’t the magical time everyone promised it would be, the heat during the summer turned HQ into an actual oven – unpleasant for us, unbearable for a newborn, sleepless nights and early mornings took their toll, and the jealousy for the other took over. Alex wanted to spend more time with Mabel and less time working, Laurel the opposite!

The joys of running your own business mean that when something isn’t working, you can change it without hoop jumping – we’ve each gone down to a 3.5 day working week over winter and continue to take our Friday afternoons off, as a couple, without Mabel.

We continue to be so proud of our little business and all it’s achieving, but we wouldn’t be able to do any of it with your support; either through attending our evenings, ordering takeaway, leaving reviews, recommending us on social media, or even looking after Mabel at short notice (Huge thanks to Rosie’s childcare & ChilliWinter !)

Here’s to 2025, we hope you continue to join us on our journey

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Alex, Laurel & Mabel 🎅

20/12/2024

Have you seen our article in the latest issue? It's all about Alex taking part in The Burnt Chef Project charity dinner in January.

Tickets still available - https://www.tickettailor.com/events/theburntchefproject/1486318

IW Observer issue 308 – – Happy Christmas to everybody

In this, our Christmas edition, there’s lots of festive news. Darren Everest looks back on the year in the garden (p5) and Tilly reviews 2024’s front pages (ps 14 & 15). Read how an empty shop in Newport has been transformed into a lively café (p7) and another empty premises has also been put to good use (p19). There’s a warning from the fire service on page 22 and an update on the two dogs we featured on last year’s Christmas edition (p23). And on page 25 Rev Chris Bradish finds love in the Christmas story, while Holmsey has an alternative take on it!

We wish all our readers, stockists and advertisers the merriest Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous 2025.

We are taking a short break over the festive period and will be back on January 3rd.

Click here to read it >
https://iwobserver.co.uk/i308
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15/12/2024

Another really successful Pay What You Want night last night with 8 happy guests.
If you are interested in getting the chance to come to one of these nights you need to register via our bio. We draw 4 email addresses every month for each to bring a guest....pay what you feel the food is worth as you leave.

Dates are on the website until May

Last night's menu -

Snacks
Breaded Gordal olive, Isle of Wight goat meat, whipped feta
Coxinha
Porcini mushroom doughnut, mascarpone

Smoked Isle of Wight brisket and Isle of Wight Blue pastille

Eat Street corn beetroot taco, teriyaki chalk stream trout, Asian slaw

Phaldari kofta, makhari sauce

Korean chicken slider peanut butter slaw

Persian Isle of Wight ox cheek, walnut and pomegranate sauce, cumin roasted carrots with goat’s cheese, pistachio labneh, spiced parsnip cakes

Chocolate and salted caramel delice, roasted orange jam, Jasper’s coffee ice cream

Dark chocolate and passion fruit macaron

Drinks from , , , , , .hip.pop ,

04/12/2024

Alex is taking part in this fabulous charity dinner!

Tickets are limited, get yours now

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/theburntchefproject/1486318?fbclid=IwY2xjawG9ePZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRl_MC_ntwHHXBC8RcoXWyxV_W6SsRSzzwaWUZq8AkSXtBW_o2VjweudWQ_aem_oTCCD350eerjp8P4A8qKgQ

03/12/2024

Our youngest Eat Street team member is up for baby of the month. Captured beautifully by the talented .
Please vote for Mabel here -
https://www.babyphotographers.co.uk/publicvote/?fbclid=IwY2xjawG7gONleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHaSvEl0AywQAdjkmC0rt0xnwt2bX8Y4CNR9a5vznb3aZcfRRN6lsWQzAPw_aem_hJHH5Chb3evOw7L0YCG80w

13/11/2024

Takeaway is here....
Orders only open for 24 hours - until 9pm tomorrow.
Don't miss out.

Check out the menu via our bio or the link below

www.eatstreetiow.co.uk/menu

That's all

05/11/2024

Let's talk canapes.

The perfect bite-sized dish for any celebration. As with all our food, our canapes are slightly different from the usual smoked salmon blini. Our favourites include beetroot baji, smoked trout mousse with oatcake and caper berry, and Alex's signature savoury 'oreo'.

We love using local produce for then, to really showcase the wonderful flavours of our Island producers!

They are great for drinks receptions, where a full meal is too much, or to really kick off a wedding with flavour. We can even create your own bespoke ones!

02/11/2024

Our first Pay What You Want night was a huge success!
8 happy diners 🥰 that's all we wanted!
The menu was kept secret until the guests arrived and they were given a QR code to pay at the end, putting in the amount on their own phone for discretion.

Bar included drinks from

and , soft drinks from .hip.pop

As the menu is no longer secret, see below and get an idea of the kind of menu format you can expect. Sometimes it will be themed with a cuisine and sometimes it will be varied as this one was. Lots of great feedback to work with and keep building on this concept.

Bacon and eggs
Pain de mie, hot honey cured egg yolks, bacon jam, whipped butter

Samosa chaat, coriander chutney, date chutney, coriander cress, sev, pomegranate

Japanese Celeriac, miso roasted beetroot, pecan, crispy noodles, Thai basil

Caribbean curried chicken slider, pineapple and chilli slaw

Mexican Isle of Wight pig cheek, Peruvian cabbage, polenta

Camembert gougere, Isle of Wight fig chutney, Grana Padano

Pumpkin pie, pumpkin seed tuille, chocolate creameaux, brown butter powder, cinnamon ice cream

Dark chocolate and passion fruit macaron

4 email addresses drawn once a month, 8 tickets given.
Register interest via our bio or stories.

Next PWYW 14th Dec. Email addresses drawn on 14th Nov

15/10/2024

To celebrate 6 months of Mabel, I've written my first blog about the highs and lows of parenthood.

Contains raw honesty, which some might find uncomfortable, but as I was taught when I was a child 'honesty is the best policy'

Link in bio

Laurel 💜

12/10/2024

Our new concept starts in November

A popular Isle of Wight food events company is launching a new ‘pay what you want’ event at its Cowes HQ next month.