Blend Family has partnered with The Black Curriculum to launch a charity cocktail across its food halls throughout October in support of Black History Month.
The partnership will see the Kromanti Mai Tai served at Blend Family venues, with profits divided between The Black Curriculum and the Blend Culinary Foundation.
The cocktail combines Kromanti Plantain Rum, Triple Sec, lime, pineapple, orgeat and hibiscus. It uses plantain rum produced by London-based distillery Kromanti and takes inspiration from Caribbean flavours.
The Black Curriculum is a social enterprise working with schools and education institutions to support the teaching of Black British history and encourage greater engagement with Black history, arts and culture throughout the year.
Under the initiative, 50% of profits from each Kromanti Mai Tai sold will go to the Blend Culinary Foundation, which works to tackle food insecurity, with the remaining 50% donated to The Black Curriculum.
The October collaboration also forms part of Blend Culinary Foundation’s wider Cocktail for Good initiative, through which a different cocktail is offered each month to raise money supporting work to alleviate food insecurity.
Matt and Nina, co-founders at Blend Family, said: “Giving back has always been a big part of what we do at Blend, and through our ongoing cocktail initiative we’re able to support causes that really matter to us. Tackling food insecurity through the Blend Culinary Foundation has always been at the core of this initiative, and we’re really proud to be extending that support to The Black Curriculum, an organisation doing such important work. Black history shouldn’t just be something we talk about in October; it deserves to be recognised, celebrated and taught all year round. We love that we can bring people together over a cocktail while supporting causes that really matter.”
Blend Family operates food halls bringing together independent food businesses and cuisines from a range of cultures and communities.
The company said the partnership with The Black Curriculum marks the beginning of a longer-term commitment to supporting Black history education and celebrating the communities represented across its food halls beyond Black History Month.
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