Responsible Practices & Giving Back

We are proud and committed to supporting local communities and those less fortunate

As part of our wider commitment to giving back, Flemings Mayfair has been working alongside Charity Begins at Home, a UK-registered charity supporting local communities and people experiencing homelessness and hardship across London.

The charity relies on volunteers and donations. Every Friday, the team gathers at the Strand (Agar Street) to distribute warm meals, drinks and essential food items, as well as clothes and sleeping bags, to people in need. Now in its tenth year, Charity Begins at Home was also featured in King Charles’s first Christmas speech in 2022.

Our talented chefs at Ormer Mayfair prepare more than 60 warm meals every Wednesday. These are collected and distributed by the charity’s bike project to people and families in need across London. Through this ongoing support, more than 16,000 meals have been distributed.

The work of Henrik Muehle, Managing Director at Flemings Mayfair, and his involvement with the local community have also been documented in a TV trailer produced by Korvin Production. Over eight weeks, the production followed and interviewed Henrik as he supported the local community, people experiencing homelessness and those less fortunate.

Mr Muehle has also spoken publicly about homelessness and community support through interviews with GB News, BBC One, BBC London News and LBC Radio. In December 2023, he was interviewed by the Jim Diamond Radio Show and filmed as part of the David Roses Art Project, helping to raise awareness of homelessness in London.

In 2026, and for the sixth consecutive year, Henrik joined around 100 business leaders from across London at the CEO Sleepout at Lord’s Cricket Ground, raising more than £120,000 to support people affected by homelessness.

Supporting people in need remains an important part of life at Flemings Mayfair, with our team continuing to find meaningful ways to give back to the local community.

Our Approach to Responsible Practices

With a history dating back to 1851 and more than 40 years of family ownership, Flemings Mayfair takes practical steps across its day-to-day operations, from reducing food waste to sourcing seasonal ingredients from our kitchen garden.

At our Essex grounds, 150,000 bees produce honey for use at Flemings Mayfair, while our apple orchard produces around 1,200 apples each year. The apples are pressed into a small quantity of apple juice served at breakfast. We also work with selected brand partners on sourcing across the hotel.

Through our partnership with Charity Begins at Home, Flemings Mayfair has helped provide more than 16,000 hot meals to people in need, supporting the charity’s work in the wider community.

These practical measures and community initiatives form part of how Flemings Mayfair operates.

Our 2-acre Kitchen Garden

Most of the fruit and vegetables used at Ormer Mayfair are grown in our 2-acre kitchen garden in Essex, providing seasonal ingredients for the restaurant.

Alongside its Michelin Star and four AA Rosettes, Ormer Mayfair works with produce from our Essex kitchen garden and beehives, where more than 150,000 bees produce honey used at the restaurant.

The kitchen garden provides Ormer Mayfair with fresh seasonal produce grown specifically for the restaurant, including fruit, vegetables and herbs.

Reducing Food Waste

We have introduced simpler tasting menus to reflect the seasonality of our ingredients, with food ordered based on confirmed reservations. Any surplus food is used for staff meals and, importantly, in meals prepared for Charity Begins at Home, supporting people in need across the city.

We have introduced simpler tasting menus to reflect the seasonality of our ingredients, with food ordered based on confirmed reservations. Any surplus food is used for staff meals and, where possible, in meals prepared through our partnership with Charity Begins at Home, supporting people in need in the local community.

Supporting The Local Community

Flemings Mayfair supports charities working with people in need across London. The hotel has an ongoing partnership with Charity Begins at Home, a UK-registered charity that provides food and other essential items through volunteer-led initiatives and donations.

Our Managing Director, Henrik Muehle, supports the charity's work alongside other volunteers, helping to distribute warm meals, drinks and essential food items, as well as clothing and sleeping bags, at Strand (Agar Street) in central London.

Every Wednesday, our talented chefs at Ormer Mayfair prepare more than 60 warm meals for distribution to people and families in need across London. The meals are collected through Charity Begins at Home's bike project and distributed in local communities.

To date, more than 16,000 meals have been distributed through the partnership.

Flemings Mayfair also supports CEO Sleepout, with Henrik Muehle having raised more than £120,000 since 2021 to support efforts addressing homelessness across the city in London.

Our Awareness

These practices form part of our approach to operating Flemings Mayfair and help us focus on the following areas:

Complying with applicable legal requirements
Working with Fairtrade products and principles where applicable
Raising awareness among our team and guests
Reducing food waste through our kitchen practices
Making considered use of resources across our operations
Supporting initiatives that benefit the wider community

Featured Article:

Spotlight on: Henrik Muehle, Managing Director, Flemings Mayfair

"Henrik is the unflappable Managing Director of Flemings Mayfair, and an unstoppable force when it comes to raising awareness of some of the stark inequalities faced by people who live, work and stay in London". Click below to read more about the charitable work Henrik and his team are involved in.