Faircatch Expands Putney Connections

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Putney fish eaters can now collect their 'fish box' from three local sites

Faircatch works a bit like a veg box scheme but with fish: members sign up online for a minimum of 4 weeks and collect fish on their chosen weekends from a variety of other local businesses like pubs, cafes and butchers. In Putney you can collect at; Putney Canteen, The Dukes Head and Cat’s Back – there are 10 collection points in total across south-west London.

Members don’t choose which species they’ll receive (it’s whatever has been caught that day) and the aim is to encourage people to eat seasonally, a wider range of locally-caught species.

Founder & Wandsworth resident Guy Dorrell told this website: "The fish we provide each week depends on what has been caught that day, so you can’t choose what species you will receive. However we provide a wide variety over the course of your order including dover sole, pollock, mackerel, brill, john dory, cod, huss, bream and even octopus!".

He continued: "Interestingly, our customers include a high proportion of Europeans from countries with a strong culinary seafood culture like France, Spain, Italy and Portugal, as well as people from Asia who make sashimi from the catch. Faircatch is on a mission to get Brits trying new things (Octopus or smooth-hound anyone?) and persuade us that cooking fish isn’t as difficult as many people think. There are lots of recipes and videos on the website to help and will be offering fish preparation workshops in the autumn, where foodies can hone their gutting, skinning and filleting skills to perfection".

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