London’s first 
breakfast tours

Small-Group Walks Worth Waking Up For

What the fork is a Toast Fork walk?


Not food tours in the classic sense of the word,

but hyperlocal (& edible) histories told through

 stories & the senses.


And as the most important meal of the day,

breakfast is our way in to notice the unnoticed,

find the extraordinary in the ordinary

 and pay our respects to the little things that

other tours may rush past. 


Each walk: 


🍳 is not about ticking off, more about tuning in -

the smell of baking bread, frying eggs or roasting coffee,

the sounds of shutters going up,

visions of a street

stretching

into the light,

communing over tea, toast & important topics

like whether beans really have a place on the Full English

 (answer: yes, and I will die on that hill)

🍳 supports totally independent small local businesses

 in places you might not have thought to go 

🍳 includes four food stops, carefully chosen to tell tales in every nook and cranny of our most interesting neighbourhoods.

Less than most food tours maybe, but we linger longer in these lovely spots, and I am quietly confident you won't leave hungry. 

🍳 donates two weeks of breakfasts to a child in the UK who might otherwise have gone without through a partnership with

the wonderful Magic Breakfast for every guest booked.   


Not gourmet. Not glamorous. 


Just London, its communities and

how we begin again, and again... and again.


Is a Toast Fork

walk for you?

01

While a vegetarian diet can be catered to, others can be a little more challenging due to the historical context of these walks,  However please do reach out and we can see what we can rustle up OR I can point you in the direction of other bigger companies which are more set up to feed a wider array of dietary needs. Shameless promotion: I also run private food (de)tours which can be tailored.


02

Toast Fork's London breakfast walks only visit independent businesses and ask for no discounts or deals from our cherished partners - you can rest assured that you really are supporting local with every bite.

03

Not classic food tours, these are more hyperlocal history walks in fascinating neighbourhoods, punctuated by a handful of breakfast tastes that spin tales about people, place & purpose. These are not Insta-hyped spots and like our breakfast traditions themselves, there's really nothing gourmet or glamorous about my tours 😆

04

With London's 185 seasons in a day, it is true to our nature that our breakfast walks go ahead come rain or shine and much of the walk is outside with limited shelter.

Bring:

* Umbrellas (aka brollies)

* Warm coats/suntan lotion as weather dictates.

* Comfy shoes that can walk happily on old cobbled streets for around 60 minutes in total

* Water bottles for responsible hydration situations

But who the

fork is running

this show?


Hi, I’m Shabby…

  • Londoner & Tour Guide
  • Food History Nerd & Early Riser
  • Dickens Fan Girl & Indian-Trained Yogi
  • Marmite Lover & Coffee Guzzler


I thought it was about time that somebody shone a spotlight on the unsung heroes who have brewed, baked & blended at first light for centuries so that the rest of us might stoke the digestive fire of another day. And as somebody who bloody loves breakfast, social histories, walking with no destination in mind, and finding the ‘extraordinary in the ordinary’, I figured that somebody should probably be me.


For the past 8 years I’ve had this idea percolating in my head like a gently bubbling Moka pot. The result? Toast Fork, where all these things comes home and for whom I am the founder, the guide, the tour designer, the researcher, the web girl, the marketing team & I’m proud to say, the most likely to consume an entire loaf of rye sourdough in one sitting if the situation were ever to call for it.


Come for an amble, a natter, some carbs & a cuppa


- with love from your new London pal x



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morning person?

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