Horizon Edible Insects - Edible insect shop, events and hands-on workshops

Food products supplier · Ealing

Horizon Edible Insects - Edible insect shop, events and hands-on workshops

Food products supplier · Ealing

9 Queen Anne's Grove, London W5 3XP, United Kingdom

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Learn about edible insects, tour farm, cook & eat meal

9 Queen Anne's Grove, London W5 3XP, United Kingdom Get directions

horizoninsects.co.uk

@horizoninsects

@atlasobscura

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"You’ve heard the statistics: Insects can provide three times more protein and 30 times as much vitamin B12 as beef, using a fraction of the arable land and water. Futurists are as tired of saying it as you’re reluctant to take their advice: The human diet of tomorrow should pivot to bugs if we’re to stymie the worst effects of climate change. If the future of food lies in the insect kingdom, then that future depends, in part, on school science projects and supportive parents. A young Laurence Mohan began working with insect farms for a Duke of Edinburgh Award project. After his mother, Tiziana Di Costanzo, began aiding him in his work, the experiment ballooned. An insect lodge built in the family’s backyard now stands as the first edible insect farm in London. Horizon Insects harvests mealworms, crickets, and beetles out of their backyard urban farm. The insects are fed leftover vegetables and bran from nearby grocers for the duration of their six-to-eight-week lifespan, before the family dries and packages 25 kilos (55 pounds) of nutrient-rich, crunchy insects monthly. Monthly tours take visitors through the homemade facilities, where the insects are farmed in space-efficient vertical stacks, after which they can eat a meal comprised of the farm’s products. Dried crickets are available for purchase, a 100-gram bag running at a cool £8.50 (about $11). If visitors are unsure of what to do with all this wriggling produce, Horizon Insects includes an insect cooking class with each tour. Instructors walk you through how to craft Italian-style bruschetta garnished with crickets, curry-and-coriander mealworm fritters, a mealworm-laced beef burger, and crispy chocolate mealworm cupcakes. The farm-to-table crawlies are said to impart a mild earthy, nutty flavor—a small price to pay for a healthy planet." - ATLAS_OBSCURA

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Dan Tear

Google

A really fun and engaging experience. Psychologically really hard to get your head around adding them to your food, but we had such a nice time learning about the benefits of insects, and the cooking part was fun! A quirky, fun, home-run experience!

Beata McInnes

Google

I had the greatest pleasure to be part of this amazing experience of cooking with insects. Tiziana, Tom and Lawrence are delightful hosts, very passionate about cooking and edible insects. I learned many interesting facts about insects. The experience was very well structured. My bruschetta , burger and cookie were very filling and delicious. I highly recommend this experience.

Rob C

Google

well i never thought id be giving edible insects a 5 star review but they absolutely surpassed all expectations. started with the crickets bit of a nutty taste nice with a bit of salt and pepper on. The meal worms on their own were slighty bitter i found. mixed them both with a little piccalilli wich i was having with a salad and they were amazing that extra texture they gave was perfection. i will most definitely be ordering more and adding them to more dishes more for the added texture rather than taste.

Jason Smith

Google

This was a novel and enlightening experience that the whole family enjoyed. The Mohan's shared their home and their passion with us and it's clear they take pride in both, as the enthusiasm was infectious. We may or may not decide to farm our own insects based on this but we'll definitely enjoy sharing the pictures and experience with friends. We learned a lot and thoroughly enjoyed the meal.

Zeyi Li

Google

A very interesting experience, had the pleasure of seeing the insects and how they grow, the owner was very welcoming and introduced everything about insects,made insects food with a friend and they were so tasty and interesting. The place was homely like home.

Louise Ashcroft

Google

Tiziana and Tom hosted a wonderful experience cooking, eating and learning about edible insects. We visited the farm (in a purpose built building in their garden) and met several types of insects at different stages of their development. We learned about the politics around entophagy post-brexit (which has made it very hard for insect farms and businesses, limiting its huge potential environmental and economic impact). We cooked a tasting menu of different foods, such as mealworm burgers, cricket bruschetta (seasoned with Tiziana’s Italian flare), bhajias, and critter cookies and crispie cakes. Then we feasted, and it was delicious. Tiziana and Tom are friendly, fun and passionate; they welcomed us into their home and we felt like family. We laughed and learned, and had a great time. These guys are trailblazers in what I’m convinced is going to be a future food that helps us tackle climate change. As insects are about ten times more efficient to produce than beef, this is an ethical way to get proteins, prebiotics and b12 vitamins. Thanks for a lovely morning and lunch Horizon team. I’d recommend this experience to anyone with curious tastebuds, an interest in sustainability or a love of unique London experiences.

d c

Google

Went driven by desire to explore what may become part of widespread staple diet in the future. This was one of those occasions when lifelong mindsets get changed - the class may well free you from queasy attitude or misconceptions. My daughter, who went with some trepidation, was pleasantly surprised the insects were not at all off-putting because they were not squidgy as she believed, but dry and have barely/ totally discernible taste as an ingredient in the generous number of dishes we prepared - burger, bhaji, buschetta, cookie, chocolates. Tiziana and Tom were very pleasant and attentive hosts, work stations were beautifully set, plentiful fresh ingredients, everything was squeaky clean (they have full marks for food standards certification). Thank you both for a great experience.

Xinwei Tang

Google

I had an amazing experience visiting the insect farm and cooking with insects. I was actually intimidated by the idea of eating insects before coming here but the warm atmosphere and the hygienic insect farm made it seem fun to have insect food! And they definitely tasted very savory!