We sell many charcoals including DEFRA (Department for Environment and Rural Affairs) approved English charcoal made from coppiced woodlands in Kent, using age-old techniques to produce charcoal which is not only end to end traceable, and sensitive to the local environment, but great for your food too.

But not all charcoals are the same. Of course they’re not, as not all trees are the same. Nearly 90% of lump wood charcoal in the UK is imported from either Africa or South America, often from areas under pressure from widespread deforestation. Near endless hectares of trees are cut down and sold at local prices into the global market, our market. It’s happening and it’s impact is notable.

British wood and charcoals have unique flavour and distinctive aromatic notes all their own, so where possible, we encourage our clients to use them. However, we are realistic about sourcing and supplying products, so if we can’t make it here we source the very best from Europe and beyond.

We are the UK’s sole supplier of the quirky but glorious Holm Oak (Encina or Quercus Ilex) charcoal from Spain. Holm Oak acorns (Beautifully named ‘Bellota’ in Spanish) are the amazingly sweet and edible mainstay diet of the Black Iberian Pigs, which go on to make the delicious Jamon Iberico. Everything is done with the land and environment in mind, trees only felled where absolutely necessary (Mostly through damage or disease). In the process, as much of the charcoal is made from pollarding and coppicing the lower branches of the trees, which in turn leads to a higher acorn yield during the maiden year. The charcoal is made on-site using traditional techniques and little mechanical assistance (Bar a tractor or two!), the process is both fascinating and compelling, taking up to five weeks from start to finish, the wood being dense and hard to begin with. It produces an incredibly hard charcoal of rich, earthy, peaty-notes with an underscore of acorn liquor sweetness. It’s a great product, unsurprisingly really, given the heritage and pedigree of the area.

Let us introduce you to the JOY stove: a charming and versatile outdoor stove made from 100% recycled aluminium including, most notably, airplane parts. Most portable stoves on the market are just, at heart, ‘little, fun BBQs’, but not the JOY.

JOY lets you to take elaborate cooking, often confined to the kitchen by necessity, outdoors. Yes, it’s a grill, but the removable rings mean you can use any type of pan imaginable and vary and concentrate the heat when needed.

JOY comes in Small , Medium,  Large , and Jumbo. The latter sizes are featured in some of the best and notable restaurants of this great city, London. See them at Tomos Parry’s Michelin-starred BRAT in Shoreditch. St Leonards and Berber & Q, along with many more.

You can follow the JOY story on Instagram at @joystoveuk.

For restaurant projects please contact Hannah – hannah@londonlogco.co.uk or call 020 7231 1711