About us

Situ represents a love for environment, creating spaces, conscious sourcing and cafe culture.

Produce • Prep • Plate • Serve
Situ X Phantasm.studio

Hire Sham as your Private Chef - bringing Modern Indian Cuisine to your home, gathering, event or wedding with a fully curated dining experience. Our bespoke service covers everything from menu creation, dining experience and even event planning over at Situ Weddings.

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The Situ Team

  • The founder of all things Situ… a creative and collaborative soul - Sham brings all his hospitality experience, conservation passion and energy for connecting people together over speciality food & drink, whilst honouring his heritage and culture. Our head chef & co-owner, he curates our menus, speciality coffee offering and cultural events.

    You’ll be sure to meet him on your Situ journey & get in touch if you'd like Sham as your private chef...

  • Not only one half of Situ but an independent Wedding & Events planner, building on her career and passions to deliver intimate, bespoke & personal service.

    Our space wouldn’t be half as great without Alexa - she brings calm, positive energy, compassion with guests & team and delicate attention to detail. Alexa offers flexible, bespoke planning packages with a mission to create memorable experiences.

    Get to know Alexa more over at Situ Weddings & Events.

Our Suppliers

Using conscious sourcing, we use the best of local, seasonal and sustainable ingredients where possible. With produce led cooking, we continually adapt our menus to use the best of our local growers and farms faire. From Ex-Dairy Cornish beef to direct trade M.V. Spices from Jodhpur, India, as well as small scale growers based right here in Penryn - we take pride in partnering with like minded speciality suppliers.

Suppliers
Coffee
Coffee

Origin Coffee Roasters & feature roasters for hand brew and retail

Our house coffee, roasted in Porthleven, Cornwall - ‘in pursuit of coffee excellence’.

As well as feature speciality roasters from around the UK for retail and handbrew.

Rio Nuevo Chocolate
Rio Nuevo Chocolate

Single origin, ethical, direct trade Ecuadorian chocolate that gives back to the farmers of the Amazon Rainforest and Cloud Forest.

Traditional Masala Chai & Spices
Traditional Masala Chai & Spices

M.V. Spices, Jodhpur, India

An all female family spice company, now led by seven sisters of their late father MV. Using traditional methods of milling & blending authentic Indian spices. Direct-trade to us following our 2020 sourcing trip, supporting the local economy of Jodhpur.

Homage to the Bovine
Homage to the Bovine

Grass fed, retired ex-dairy beef from Stithians, Cornwall.

Soul Farm & Pasha's Patch
Soul Farm & Pasha's Patch

A market farm in Falmouth with an agroecological approach to cultivating seasonal leaves and vegetables from living soil. Pasha is a local grower, offering us some exotic and seasonal ingredients from her small holding in Penryn, with a circular economy approach.