Bagpacking fundraiser coming up!
Could you spare some time on Saturday 25th or Sunday 26th of May? We’re on the lookout for keen volunteers to represent FoodCycle and fundraise for our work by bag packing at Tesco on Morning Lane in Hackney. If you’d like to be involved and could give at least 2 hours from 10am-6pm Saturday or [...]
FoodCycle and Switchback Partnership
The FoodCycle Pie in the Sky Community Cafe has been working with the amazing organisation Switchback (an intensive mentoring programme that helps 18-24 year old offenders make real, long-lasting change after release) for nearly a year now, placing recently released young offenders into a kitchen space and working with them to improve confidence, self-esteem, experience [...]
FoodCycle Recipe: The Ultimate Dessert!
This dish was served at our Feaster pop-up fundraiser with Love Food Hate Waste and was cooked by the FoodCycle Pie in the Sky Community Cafe team, Helena Chouchani and Nicola Corney. Enjoy! Chocolate Dipped Poached Pears with Apricot and Pecan Stuffing served with Chilli and vanilla sabayon Serves 6 Ingredients Poached Pears -1 bottle [...]
Don’t be a fossil fool…!
We’re delighted to announce a partnership with the green energy folks at Ecotricity, who use customers’ energy bills to build new sources of green energy – ‘bills into mills’ if you like! If you switch to them HERE then they’ll donate up to £60 to FoodCycle to help us serve more meals for people at risk from [...]
FoodCycle Recipe: Puy lentil salad
This dish was served at our Feaster event with Love Food Hate Waste and was cooked by the FoodCycle Pie in the Sky Community Cafe team, Helena Chouchani and Nicola Corney. Enjoy! Puy Lentil Salad with Bell Pepper, Lemon and Parsley Serves 6 Ingredients -500g puy lentils, rinsed well and cooked until just soft -1 [...]
FoodCycle Recipe: Roasted stuffed onions
This dish was served at our Feaster event with Love Food Hate Waste and was cooked by the FoodCycle Pie in the Sky Community Cafe team, Helena Chouchani and Nicola Corney. Roasted Stuffed Onions Serves 6 Ingredients -6 medium-large onions (red, yellow, white, or sweet) -1 medium sized courgette -2 leeks -250g mushrooms (any kind [...]
We’re expanding! Could you be involved…?
Hold on tight folks – FoodCycle’s set to get a whole lot bigger! Earlier this year we received Cabinet Office funding through Nesta’s Innovation in Giving fund to support the expansion of our model to towns and cities across the UK. As part of this, we’ll be piloting growing new Hubs across the UK through a [...]
Kelvin on tour… Bath Hub!
By Kelvin Cheung, founder and CEO of FoodCycle Just before Easter break I had the opportunity to journey to Bath to visit our team at FoodCycle there. They’ve been excellent on Facebook posting their wins and also their challenges for the world to see … and from all the yummy stuff they had been cooking [...]
Feaster: A Guest Blog!
This blogpost is by Megan Owen, who volunteered with us at the event. It was originally published here. Thanks Megan! Event: FoodCycle and Love Food Hate Waste Feaster Food waste is a global issue, and in the UK alone it has been reported that we throw away one third of all of the food that [...]
Valentine Warner in support of FoodCycle!
“I like working with FoodCycle because they make sense, they’re thoughtful & using food that we have no right to waste sends out a clear message while at the same time giving joy to people” Valentine Warner, cook, author and broadcaster.
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