Corporate catering in London has become significantly more complex over the past decade. Dietary requirements that were once rare exceptions — halal, vegetar...
Vanda's Kitchen Journal: Healthy Food, Nutrition & Well-Being
Welcome to the Vanda’s Kitchen Journal — your space for trusted insights on healthy eating, nutrition, and well-being. From allergen-free catering and food choices that boost energy to gut health, digestion, and balanced living, we explore how what you eat shapes how you feel. Discover practical tips, expert perspectives, and real stories from inside London’s nut free, halal and gluten free friendly kitchen near St Paul's Cathedral.
Working from home changed the nutritional environment of millions of UK workers overnight in 2020 — and for many of those now working in hybrid patterns, the...
Ramadan is observed by approximately 1.2 million Muslims in London — a significant proportion of the workforce in the City of London, Canary Wharf, and acros...
The connection between food quality and workplace productivity is supported by a growing body of research examining specific mechanisms by which dietary qual...
Hybrid working — the norm for most UK knowledge workers in 2026 — creates nutritional inconsistency that most hybrid workers don't consciously recognise. Hom...
Mental Health Awareness Week 2026 runs from 11 to 17 May, with the theme of 'Action'. For City employers, this week provides the annual prompt to review what...
Dry January — the UK's most popular health behaviour campaign — saw over 9 million UK adults participate in 2025. Combined with Veganuary, new fitness regime...
Perimenopause — the transition period beginning 2-10 years before the final menstrual period, typically starting in the early-to-mid 40s — is the phase where...
The City of London generates an estimated £65 billion in economic output annually from approximately 520,000 workers. If the afternoon cognitive impairment f...
Every office worker knows the 3pm slump — the afternoon drop in energy, focus, and motivation that follows a heavy lunch. What fewer know is that the slump i...
London summers put a specific pressure on office wellbeing. Rising temperatures across the working day affect concentration, hydration, and appetite. Tube co...
Office managers and executive assistants running corporate catering know what the job looks like in practice. Monday morning: email out the lunch poll. Tuesd...