The second half of September is British Food Fortnight, and the event's parent organisation Love British Food is running with a theme of "stand with us".
Ahead of the event, Love British Food said: "This autumn everyone is standing together in support of British food and British producers during British Food Fortnight. Politicians, top chefs and national institutions are all getting behind the campaign. Will you stand with us?"
For restaurateurs though, the more appropriate question might be "will you sit with us?" as the event offers a great opportunity to fill cafe furniture with eager customers and the promise of local ingredients used in classic British recipes.
Consumers are being urged to undertake several activities during the fortnight - such as seeking out a dairy farmer and buying their milk direct, or buying in-season ingredients that are much more likely to be British.
But it's a very good opportunity for restaurateurs to do the same, for example by offering meet-and-greet sessions with ingredient suppliers, or by stressing the Britishness of some dishes on the menu.
Environment secretary Elizabeth Truss said: "Food and drink is at the heart of British life - the seafood from our beautiful coast, cheese from lush pastures and innovative gin building on centuries of London heritage.
"British Food Fortnight is a fantastic opportunity to celebrate the diversity, quality and tradition of our great food and drink across the country."
Although the event is focused particularly on British food, many of the principles it upholds - supporting farmers and the agricultural industry, and buying fresh produce in-season - have much wider reach in terms of economic use of ingredients, community spirit and commitment to minimising the carbon footprint of food.
Restaurateurs might want to make sure they continue to highlight these issues, and any positive steps you take towards them in your ingredient-sourcing procedures and so on, even once the fortnight is over and October is underway.
In the meantime, you could support your eatery's Great British persona by equipping it with wooden cafe furniture - a natural material from the heart of the domestic British timber trade, whose own environmental credentials are enhanced further through sustainable forestry practices.