Local Harvest: local taste makers with character

Who's behind it

Local Harvest is Machiel Laumans' network. He used to work in the kitchen of a bar in Amsterdam's Pijp. He then went looking for small makers who work the old way and brought their bar snacks under one roof. Today he works with about twenty producers across the Netherlands. He tastes everything himself before it goes out. The products are organic and made sustainably where possible, with traditional recipes and techniques.

Why these bar snacks

The beef croquette is filled with meat from Dutch makers. Alongside it is a full vegetarian and vegan line: oyster mushroom, truffle with celeriac, rendang, aubergine with artichoke. That lets you serve your vegetarian and vegan guests as well as your meat eaters.

For your whole bar menu you have one supplier, with one contact and one invoice. The formats range from 16 to 30g bites to full 95g croquettes, so you cover the bar menu and the lunch menu from the same address.

In your kitchen

Combine the classic beef croquette with the aged cheese crisp and one of the vegan bites on one board. For groups with vegetarians or vegans the same menu works: the oyster mushroom croquette and the rendang fritters match the meat on flavor. You can name the origin on your menu.