Great British Bake Off star Steven Carter-Bailey created a ‘showstopper’ cake, shaped like a box of vegetables (including aubergines, carrots, potatoes and broccoli), to help celebrate FoodCycle’s 15th birthday.
As part of our partnership with kitchenware brand, ProCook, Steven visited FoodCycle in Luton where he created the delicious dessert which was then shared with almost 70 guests and volunteers. Before dessert was served, guests also enjoyed a winter vegetable soup and baked potatoes with vegetable chilli con carne and cheese, all made from food donations.
Steven said: “I really enjoyed my visit to FoodCycle Luton, it was great to meet all the amazing volunteers who do such a brilliant job of turning surplus food in to such tasty, nutritious meals. Baking the cake was a pleasure and it certainly seemed to go down well with the guests and volunteers – there wasn’t a crumb left!”
“It really is remarkable what FoodCycle are achieving and this wouldn’t be possible without the kindness and dedication of their volunteers. Their weekly community meals are a huge boost for the health and wellbeing of thousands of people each week, and I encourage anyone to get involved.”
Steven rose to fame as a finalist in Channel 4’s GBBO series in 2017, later returning to win a 2019 New Year’s Day Special. Since then he has continued to be one of the most popular bakers ever to compete in the Bake Off tent, and has become cake baker for celebrities such as Russell Tovey, Nicola Coughlan and Sir Ian McKellen. Also, a successful businessman, he regularly tours food events as senior content creator and food expert for kitchenware brand ProCook, which earlier this year launched a partnership with FoodCycle.
