Flexitarian Restaurant Award: Application Form

Name of restaurant/café/eatery:

Main contact name(s):

Main contact role:

Contact phone:

Contact email:

Website/Social media page:

Please indicate if you know which level of award you would like to achieve (this is just an indication and doesn’t commit you to achieving a particular level):

-Gold

-Silver

-Bronze

-Green (for vegetarian and vegan eateries only)

How did you hear about the Flexitarian Restaurant Award?

Why are you hoping to achieve a Flexitarian Restaurant Award?

Assessment 1: More meat free and fish free mains(all award levels except Green)

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Assessment 2: Price incentives on plant based dishes(all award levels except Green)

Please attach a copy of your main meals menus for all services ensuring that prices are visible. Where possible, please highlight main dishes that contain no meat or fish and dishes which contain no animal products at all.

Where menus vary regularly, please attach one week of menus (ie. from the last week of service) for all services, ensuring that prices are visible.

Assessment 3: Welfare

All award levels must meet our Core Welfare Standards. Silver, Gold and Green applicants can go on to gain additional points by using higher welfare products, as detailed in our Restaurant Standards guide.

Core Welfare Standards

Meat: Meat and poultry products meet minimum UK animal welfare standards and are farm assured by a Flexitarian Restaurant Award recognised scheme (see Restaurant Standards)*

Fish: Wild fish is MSC certified*

Milk: Milk is from organic systems or RSPCA Assured*

Eggs: Eggs are from free range or organic systems (see Restaurant Standards for details)

Bronze: Please complete the table below, detailing the supply of your meat, fish, milk and eggs.

Silver, Gold and Green: Please complete the Welfare Points Calculator (separate Excel tool and Restaurant Standards) in addition to the table below for all meat, fish, dairy and eggs.

Animal product
Inc. meat, fish, dairy & eggs / Supplier / Assurance scheme or supplier assurance*

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Animal product
Inc. meat, fish, dairy & eggs / Supplier / Assurance scheme or supplier assurance*

*Approved Assurance Schemes are listed in FRA Standards Guidance document. So as not to exclude small-scale, local farming and fishing, meat, fish and dairy bought through local supply chains that uphold the same principles of welfare and sustainability as the recognised accreditation schemes are accepted under the award, subject to the discretion of the Flexitarian Restaurant Award team.

Declaration

Please sign and date the following declaration:

I (name) ______on behalf of (name of eatery)

______declare that to the best of my knowledge and intentions, the supply of the above listed animal products to this eatery is to the level of assurance stated above.

Signed______Dated ______

What next?

Please return this form and the associated evidence to or by post to Flexitarian Bristol, Old Market Manor, Barton Manor, Bristol, BS2 0RL and a member of the team will be in touch with you as soon as possible to discuss your award.

If possible, please include your eatery’s logo (preferably in high resolution jpeg) and 2 or 3 photos of your restaurant and the food you serve which could be used in promotional material.

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