The Real Junk Food Project in Sheffield has been working to help use surplus food from supermarkets and other sources to provide to people on low incomes through various means. These include a 'supermarket' and two cafes Steeple Corner and Citrus Zest in the city where people can get healthy and nutritious meals on a Pay As You Feel (PAYF) basis.
Yet they know they can do so much more if they had the right facilities and infrastructure around them to be able to accept and use more food that is destined for landfill. That’s why they are currently on an exciting journey to create a permanent site in the heart of Sheffield that will set them up to help even more people and change their name to Food Works. In particular they are looking to
To help with their crowdfunding campaign they organized a great night at The Old Workshop, a converted industrial unit that now houses a bar and event venue in the Kelham Island district of the city. Billed as the Small Plates, Big Impact Fundraiser, they promised a range of small plates expertly put together by their head chef Brez Barwise and his team of talented volunteers. This wonderful selection included Pork & Apple Scotch Egg Mushroom & Pearl Barley Scotch Egg (v) (With homemade brown sauce) Ale-braised lamb shoulder croquettes with anchovy mayo Cauliflower cheese croquettes with hendos ketchup (v) Chicken & Black pudding terrine with piccalilli and toast Roast beetroot & goats cheese terrine with toasted hazelnuts and toast (v) Grilled chicken wings with zero waste hot sauce Buffalo Brassicas (v) Cheese plate with home made chutney, nuts, grapes & biscuits The venue was full yet still with enough room to feel comfortable with some great music and selection of mulled wine or cider on arrival. Between courses, founder and co-director Rene Meijer, explained how the new facilities like having an onsite kitchen facility would allow them to accept more food which they would otherwise have had to turn away. On the night, he mentioned that they recently had to turn away pallets full of cherry tomatoes which, if they had the production facilities in place, they could have accepted and turned them into tomato sauce. With a number of raffle prizes and silent auctions which were baskets and hampers laden with goodies for people with different discerning tastes from tea lovers, whiskey lovers to baking lovers, the evening raised over £1500 towards their target of £50,000. If you want to be involved and support them there is still time as the campaign is open until Christmas Eve – 24 December. To bag a reward from a thank you message via Twitter for £5 to a corporate support package to the value of £10,000 go to https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/food-works-for-sheffield and help them achieve their target. Now wouldn’t that be a lovely Christmas present – not only for them but all of the people they help across Sheffield every day.
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