Lazy or raucous, casual or fancy, at home or out-and-about – it’s really up to you. A Seasonal Sunday Lunch can be held any month or week – and even any day. The important thing is creating your feast with local, seasonal food, and spending quality time with friends!
Hosting a lunch is easy:
Sow: Set the date
We’ll be holding our lunch around the middle of each season. Check out the latest announcement for the upcoming dates, we’d love for you to join us. But if our date doesn’t work for you, simply set your own!
Tend: Invite your guests
Sunday lunch is about kicking back and enjoying yourself, work out your guest list and send out the invites. If you have the time you can even go old-school with a special printed version. Make it as formal or casual as you wish.
Harvest: Plan your menu
This is where the fun starts! 3 courses or 12 courses, 12pm or 3pm, a bbq, formal sit-down, family style platters or even a huge brunch spread – do what makes you comfortable and happy.
Are you someone who makes lists and plans for weeks in advance, or are you the person who heads to the market on Saturday to pick up whatever looks best and makes up a menu on the spot? Either way we’ve got you covered with seasonal recipes and great menu ideas.
It’s worth mentioning, some hosts assign a course or a dish to each person they invite, others make the entire menu themselves, it’s really up to you.
Cooking and hosting just not your thing? Book a Seasonal Sunday Lunch at a restaurant.
Savour: Share the seasonal love
Share your ideas with the Seasonal Sunday Lunch community! You can submit recipes and menus for posting on the site and if you have other great ideas around events, decorations or anything else we want to hear those too!
Share your event on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and even Pinterest. Use the hashtag #seasonalsundaylunch and follow along with what others are doing.
Or let someone else do the cooking:
There are some wonderful chefs embracing seasonal and sustainable food, so if cooking isn’t for you, you can still enjoy a Seasonal Sunday Lunch! Don’t see a participating restaurant in your area? We are always looking for great chefs and restaurants to partner with, recommend a restaurant and we’ll get right on it.
Sow: Set the date
All of our participating restaurants have created menus specifically for their Seasonal Sunday Lunch events.
Tend: Invite your guests
Booking for a group of friends? Want to be surprised by your table-mates once you arrive? Check to see if there is a restaurant or cafe in your area that is part of the Seasonal Sunday Lunch community.
Harvest: Check out what is on the menu
Or simply be surprised when you get to lunch!
Savour: Share the seasonal love
Share your ideas with the Seasonal Sunday Lunch community. Even if you aren’t hosting a lunch you can still submit recipes and menus for posting on the site, as well as other great ideas around events, decorations or anything else!
Share your event on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and even Pinterest. Use the hashtag #seasonalsundaylunch and follow along with what others are doing.
Keep the cycle going!
Each season brings another wonderful opportunity to explore new produce and recipes. Spread the word about Seasonal Sunday Lunch and before the plates are scraped clean and the table cloth is put away, book-in the next lunch!
