Keeping you safe
New restrictions across England mean that restaurants, bars and pubs now have to close by 10pm. However, the Prime Minister has explicitly said that takeaway services and delivery services can remain available throughout this period, which means our Cook and Collect and delivery services can continue to operate. FoodCycle is here to ensure our communities […]
#WorldFoodDay Meet the Chef: Monica Haldar
As part of our World Food Day Raffle, we’re giving you the chance to win a private cooking masterclass from one of our talented chefs! This week is National Curry Week, and what better chef to introduce first, than the amazing Indian food connoisseur Monica Haldar. A LITTLE ABOUT MONICA Founder of the critically acclaimed […]
#WorldFoodDay Meet the Chef: Melissa Hemsley
To mark World Food Day, we’re giving you a chance to win your own bespoke cooking class from a renowned chef, Melissa Hemsley. To win, just enter our raffle here. Today the spotlight is on the great Melissa Hemsley! A LITTLE ABOUT MELISSA Melissa grew up with her mother’s waste-free approach to cooking, reinventing leftovers […]
#WorldFoodDay Meet the Chef: Danilo Cortellini
As part of our World Food Day raffle, we’re giving you the chance to win a private cooking masterclass from one of our skilled chefs! This week, the spotlight is on the fantastic Danilo Cortellini. A LITTLE ABOUT DANILO Originally from Abruzzo, in central Italy, Danilo valued how combining high quality but humble produce brought […]
#WFD Insta Cookbook
In addition to our amazing raffle this World Food Day, we’re also launching the first Insta Cookbook and we need your help! Whether it’s your warming Japanese ramen or the perfect Jollof rice, we want you to share your favourite dishes from around the world. Upload a picture along with the recipe to your Insta stories tomorrow (Friday 16th […]
Pumpkin recipes
In a poll carried out by charity, Hubbub they predict that 24 million pumpkins carved for Halloween will go to waste. So in true FoodCycle style we asked FoodCycle staff and volunteers to share their favourite recipes to use up any leftovers. Roast butternut squash and red onion with tahini and za’atar from Anne who […]
Danilo Cortellini’s Gnochetti with baked cherry tomatoes and Ricotta
Danilo Cortellini’s Gnochetti with baked cherry tomatoes and Ricotta The name Gnocchetti (small gnocchi) could be quite generic in Italian culinary culture. We have potatoes gnocchi, pumpkin gnocchi, bread gnocchi and pasta dough gnocchi like in our case here. In Sardinia the locals call them ‘Malloreddus’ and if you move to southern Italy they are likely to be called Cavatelli, […]
#BlackLivesMatter
In June we posted the below blog post in response to #blacklivesmatter. Since then we have been working on the points that we outlined and as promised, below you will find where we are, with each of them. Review and update our equality and diversity policy. This is still under review and we will be […]
Check-in and chat in Loneliness Awareness Week
We’re a month on from the launch of our new check-in and chat service, where volunteers call the recipients of our food parcels to check the process ran smoothly and to see how they are, helping to combat feelings of loneliness and social isolation. In that month, we have signed up over 100 new check-in […]
Cook with Cyrus Todiwala
For our next FoodCycle cooking session, we will be joined by renowned chef and TV personality, Cyrus Todiwala. On Tuesday 7th July at 6pm, Cyrus will show you in real-time, how to cook ‘Uppma’, (South-Indian-style porridge) a recipe from his new book, Simple Spice Vegetarian. You’ll also have the opportunity to ask him for his […]
Cook and collect – getting back in the kitchen
Everyone involved with FoodCycle knows how passionate we are about community dining and creating amazing meals out of surplus food. Over the past few months, we haven’t been able to hold our Community meals and in order to continue to provide food for our guests, we have been running a food parcel delivery service. The delivery service was set up as an emergency response, but it […]
Cook with Ben Tish
Join renowned chef and Sicilian food aficionado Ben Tish, as he hosts a special live cooking session to raise money for FoodCycle. Ben will show you in real-time, how to cook stuffed and roasted tomatoes with almonds. An easy and delicious summer dish to share or eat as a starter. Not only will he teach […]
