Community
Giving back to the community and wider industry is really important to us at Henley Bridge and we’re thrilled to be supporting a range of local and national causes.
Charity support
The Burnt Chef Project
We're thrilled to be supporting The Burnt Chef Project as our national charity of the year!
Launched in May 2019 The Burnt Chef Project was setup with the sole intention of eradicating mental health stigma within hospitality.
Hospitality staff should be able to discuss the state of their mental health and gain support from their peers and employers. It's important that although mental health can't be seen it is regularly discussed and policies reviewed. This should be the new definition of 'badge of honour'.
Together we can burn away mental health stigma within hospitality once and for all.
Below are some of the amazing support services The Burnt Chef Project offers.
The Burnt Chef academy
Free online training and resource center offering hospitality specific mental health knowledge and training.
The Burnt Chef support service
Text BURNTCHEF to 85258
A free text based service available 24/7 to anyone involved in hospitality who wishes to talk about their mental health, bullying, relationship problems and more.
The Burnt Chef journal
The Burnt Chef Podcast. Fighting mental health stigma one guest at a time.
Local community
Raystede
We’re delighted to be supporting Raystede animal charity as our local charity of the year!
The centre was founded in 1952 and based in its founder's (Miss M. Raymonde-Hawkins) cottage and back garden. Fast forward to today and the site has expanded across 43 acres where the dedicated team care for over 2,000 unwanted or abandoned animals a year, rehoming over 1,000 and providing sanctuary to even more.
Uckfield Grasshoppers
We’re the proud sponsors of the Uckfield Grasshoppers two under 11 football teams, the Rockets and Shooting Stars! This grassroots club offers football to boys and girls from ages 5 all the way up to 18.
Competition & awards sponsorships
International Salon Culinaire - Plated dessert competition
Monday 21 March – 14.00 – 14.30
30 minute competition
We’re delighted to be championing culinary excellence as a sponsor of International Salon Culinaire’s plated dessert competition.
Regarded as one of the world’s top competitions for chefs for over a century. The competition offers a platform for chefs of all levels to highlight the fantastic and exciting gastronomic skills that the hospitality industry has to offer.
Pastry chef of
the year
Tuesday 10th May – Live final at Hotel Café Royal.
Henley Bridge will also be sponsoring another fantastic award, pastry chef of the year.
This award is given to a talented student in full time education in a UK catering course.
The entry must be multi textured, be presented and packaged in a way that can be taken anywhere to eat any time and be served in 12 equal portions.