Student
tours
We curate the tour that fits the age range of the pupils. From university, college, secondary or primary students, all can be catered for on one of our experiences.
Big groups and small. From abroad, from the UK and from just around the corner. We run food tours for them all.
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We've done tours themed around:
- celebratory food
- food from around the world
- traditional British food
- sweets and treats
and we're always happy to design something new.
Or if you just want to give your group a treat, we'll design a tour to give them a great day out.
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Our big thing is making these tours as affordable and accessible as possible.
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If English isn't their first language, not to worry. For an extra fee we can get in an interpreter.
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We run student tours on all three of our tours. Please click here to see all three tours.
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Prices will vary depending on the size of the group. All teachers eat for free too.
Numbers
For groups of 25 or fewer, we can tour as one group. With more than 25, we split into smaller groups and add more guides.
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We tend to tour in the City and Shoreditch with these groups.
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We can cater for halal and vegetarian students and anyone with a nut allergy.
Logistics
Whether you're coming by coach, tube or on foot, we can offer advice on the best way to reach us.
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We have public liability insurance for £5m and DBS-checked guides who are used to (and like) working with young people.
A taste of a tour
Here's an example of a tour we did with 30 school children and three staff members for a duration of around 3 hours.
Prices vary on the size of the group for example with a group of 30 students, the price per student comes to £28.99p.
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We start in Spitalfields Market and will loop back on ourselves to end up back at the starting spot. The students will get a chance to look around the incredible market and see food from all over the world and of course....taste. Our first stop was started up by twin sisters from Sri Lanka. Here the students will get their own portion of Sri Lankan street food called Kothu Roti. There are three options to choose from (vegan incl).
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After seeing some super-sized street art (Banksy) we make our way into Banglatown and pick up a savoury snack from one of the first Bangladeshi deli's to start up in the area that dates back to 1979. Choose from many of their handmade snacks such as: fresh pakora, paneer roll, bhaji, samosa, the list goes on.
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We will walk into the old ruins of the Truman's Brewery, which was the largest Brewery in the world at one point in time and talk about its fascinating past, present and future. As we walk slightly up the road we will pop into a shop that I think no child will turn away from; Dark Sugars. Here we will learn about Nyanga's story and get to try her delicious (made in-house) chocolate truffles coupled with a mouth watering mini hot chocolate plus chocolate shavings on top.
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Making our way down Brick Lane we will then go and pick up either a salted beef, salmon and cream cheese or just cream cheese bagel from the very famous Beigel Bake; one of the oldest still family run Jewish bakeries in London - plus we get to share stories about the old Jewish East End. We will also learn about what makes this stop so special that even got the royals in recently (William & Kate) to try their hand at baking.
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We will either pick up a pre-ordered selection of gourmet doughnuts from a special little doughnutry on Brick Lane or a stone baked oven suprise from an Italian restaurant that has a very unique sweet and savoury taste. We'll eat our surprises in what was London's worst slum (it's nice now) in the Victorian era.
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The idea is to give our groups a taste of the area: the street food trends, the staple dishes that locals have been eating for years and the food that reflects the communities that have passed through this part of town.
As with all our tours we share loads of history about the area - the stuff you don't find in the guidebooks.