Qoot restaurants offer free meals for school children in London


Restaurant group, Qoot has today announced that it will be helping London’s most vulnerable children during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Jeddah-based Qoot operates several leading food and drink brands across London, and its portfolio includes:

- By Chloe. – the plant-based restaurants for anyone & everyone
- The Lebanese Bakery – famed for their ‘Lebanese Pizza’ – The Manousheh
- Dominque Ansel Bakery (pictured) – baker extraordinaire and creator of the Cronut®
- Dominique Ansel Treehouse – Chef Dominique’s latest creation in Covent Garden
- The Gentlemen Baristas – London’s most well-mannered coffee houses

With school closures coming into effect as of today (Friday 20 March), Qoot will be utilising its resources and offering complimentary meals to all school children currently legible to free meals but unable to benefit during this time.

On display of benefits documentation every lunchbox (compromising of a sandwich, drink and a snack) can be collected from any of the currently open Qoot outlets, all of which are listed below.

Qoot’s COO Simon Wright commented, “Covid-19 is an existential threat to the UK’s most vulnerable families, if we at Qoot can go some way in relieving that threat then at least there will be some positive to rise from this tragic time for the hospitality industry and our nation as a whole”

Where to redeem lunchboxes:
By Chloe (Covent Garden), 34-43 Russell St, Holborn, London WC2B 5HA
By Chloe (Tower Bridge), One Tower Bridge, 6 Duchess Walk, London SE1 2SD
By Chloe (Oxford Circus), 4-5 Langham Pl, Marylebone, London W1B 3DG
The Lebanese Bakery (Covent Garden), Russell St, Holborn, London WC2B 5HA
Dominique Ansel Bakery (Belgravia), 7-21 Elizabeth St, London SW1W 9RP
Dominique Ansel Treehouse (Covent Garden), 24 Floral St, London WC2E 9DP
The Gentlemen Baristas (Borough), 63 Union St, London SE1 1SG
The Gentlemen Baristas (London Bridge), 11 Park St, London SE1 9AB
The Gentlemen Baristas (East India Dock), Import Building, 2 Clove Cres, London E14 2BE
The Gentlemen Baristas (Hammersmith), 3 Shortlands, Hammersmith, London W6 8DA
The Gentlemen Baristas (Holborn), Unit 3, No, 1 New Oxford Street
The Gentlemen Baristas (Vinegar Yard), Vinegar Yard, Bermondsey, London SE1 3QU