Second, superimposed on top of food type, is the nature of the production system employed to produce these foods, does this have an effect. The third component relates to travel, in that it is not only food type and the way that it is produced, but where in the world it is produced, and the distance the food has to travel from the producer, to the processor, to the consumer that adds a further level of consideration. Fourth, there is the question of processing and waste, for no matter how sustainably a product is produced if it is processed and consumed in a wasteful way, that proportion of the product that is not consumed is literally wasted, in that its production was pointless. Finally for those involved in the commercial side of the food, hospitality and events industries (and in essence this includes us all) the economic context of these questions is paramount, in that there is a constant juggling of expectations and costs in order to arrive at an ultimate product. These questions and concerns form the basis of this paper, and are shown in Figure 1.