The End of an Era
Meal Kits to End at the end of 2024.
END OF AN ERA
Big Announcement
After 4 wonderful years, We’re closing our Leyton kitchen and this Christmas will be the last opportunity to buy a Decatur meal-kit to eat at home (!!!).
What started as a simple idea to bring some joy to the table during a global pandemic wound up taking on a life of its own - feeding over 30 thousand (!!) of you at since 2020 and helping us open a kitchen and throw some amazing parties in Leyton’s dodgiest alleyway. Feeding you all and bringing some normality and happiness during such an uncertain time will remain one of the greatest achievements of my life.
But life evolves - and businesses change, so with our lease coming to an end, Decatur is moving onto a new chapter. Sadly, this also does mean the end of our Arch Parties too.
First and foremost - a massive thanks has to go out to all of you who bought a kit, shared a table of seafood or braved a queue the past 4 years. Getting to know so many of you, in person and online has been amazing.
And another enormous thank you has to go out to all of those chefs that passed through our doors to help pack kits or cook our food - but most of all to Callum, who's been there for every moment of this era of Decatur - and pretty much hand-dispatched every kit for 2 years. Love you, brother.
What Next?
Kits:
Your last opportunity to order kits will be from now until this Christmas/NYE Period. We haven't uploaded our December dates yet as we work out delivery patterns with our couriers - but we will be announcing this early next week - so watch this space. We expect to have a Reveillon Feast as in previous years.
In person:
Our residency at Dina is pretty well booked out - but there are a few slots left at www.dinawines.com. We may have another pop up before the end of the year but this is currently TBC.
The future:
This is not a goodbye as such, however, just a see you soon.
I (@tomzahir) be taking a little break after 4 years of constant hustle - but will still be cooking and in the meantime, will have some content to share with some of my favourite recipes on our Instagram and YouTube. In the short term there may be the odd event and collab too. By being signed up to the newsletter, at the bottom of this page, you'll be the first to know. We also have a few (backordered) new bits of merch dropping before Christmas.
In the meantime - support local businesses - whether thats the restaurant up the road, the high-street DIY store or the clothing brand online. We all need it right now!
Until next time <3 Decatur
ps. We will be reaching out to any of you who've purchased a gift card ASAP, but now is a good time to spend it, or encourage the person you bought it for to!