London Food Link events calendar

Food Events in London for September 2010
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Wed 1	MSC on the menu: Promoting and rewarding sustainable fishing Please RSVP for the event by Friday 28th August to ensure space and catering. This event will run from 2.30pm-6.30pm and will bring together restaurateurs, fisheries, suppliers and processors to explore MSC certification as a route to meeting the demand for sustainable seafood. The activites are as follows; Welcome and introduction to the MSC, Restaurant session which will run concurrently with fishery/supplier session, Tea and Coffee break, Marketing MSC certified fish – getting the most out of your certification, Fish filleting, Buffet and drinks. Location: Ship Shape Cafe, 3 Military Road, Ramsgate, CT11 9LG Contact: Ruth.westcott@msc.org Organisers: Marine Stewardship Council Swiss Cottage Farmers Market Spitalfields City Farm – Grow with us Programme - Get Your Hands Dirty Growing Food
Thu 2	The launch of a new apprenticeship initiative The event will be held at 5.30pm and will be attended by celebrated chef and restaurateur Prue Leith OBE, co-founder of Hoxton Apprentice. Part-funded apprenticeships are available to London kitchens. Find out how your restaurant can benefit from government initiatives to promote apprenticeships. Hear the real experiences of restaurateurs who have taken on apprentices. Hear from Prue Leith about the future for professionals in the industry. Location: Hoxton Apprentice, 16 Hoxton Square, London N1 6NT Contact: 020 7749 2809 /paula@trainingforlife.org Organisers: The Sustainable Restaurant Association and Training for Life Marketing to the Public Sector "Marketing to the public sector" provides you with an action plan and knowledge to help you address the challenges and perceived barriers to entry to the public sector marketplace. The action plan you produce will help you maximise your chances of winning new business. This workshop is aimed at business owners, managers and business development managers within an organisation and is aimed at helping you understand how to find smaller opportunities typically below £100k. This event will take place between 5.30 – 8.00pm (registration from 5.15) Location: City Business Library, EC2V 7HH Contact: 020 3036 0790/Samantha.peart@pera.com/Samantha Peart Organisers: Supply London Website: http://www.supplylondon.com St. Hilda's Community Food Co-op Westminster Community Food Co-op
Fri 3
Sat 4	Farmers markets: Acton, Ealing, Notting Hill, Pimlico Road, Twickenham, Wimbledon Park Stoke Newington's Farmers' Market SunnySide Community Garden Organic Food Market Grow, Pick, Cook and Eat Garden Course The Real Food Festival market
Sun 5	Brockwell Bake @ Lambeth Urban Green Fair Brockwell Bake's third annual friendly real bake off. Entry classes for white, brown, wholemeal, sourdough and non-wheat bread as well as cake and pastry, in pro and home baked categories. Entry form here http://www.brockwell-bake.org.uk/entry.php The day will also include pizza making for kids in our new mobile wood fired oven plus our first public participation threshing, winnowing and milling of Lambeth grown heritage wheat. Many other attractions on the day, see http://www.urbangreenfair.org/ Location: Brockwell Park, Lambeth SE24 9BN Contact: Andrew Forbes 0207 733 3879 atty@area3.net Organisers: The Brockwell Bake Association Website: http://www.brockwell-bake.org.uk/ Specialty and Fine Food Fair 2010 The definitive trade event for local, regional and artisan food and drink. Nowhere else can you find so many NEW products and suppliers to make your shelves or menus unique and delicious. 1-to-1 free expert advice on running a more profitable business. 550+ regional producers and suppliers. 15 top name chefs giving live demos on great food to drive NEW customers. Countless inspiring individuals to meet. Opening times: Sunday 5th Septemeber: 10.00-17.30. Monday 6th September: 09.30-17.00. Tuesday 7th September: 09.30-17.00. Duration: 3 days Location: London Olympia Contact: 020 7886 3093/Toby Wand Organisers: Fresh RM Website: http://www.specialityandfinefoodfairs.co.uk/ Seven Kings and Goodmayes Allotment Garden Festival Essex The whole event is like a country fayre taking place outdoors on a working allotment site with a wildlife area and pond. There will be a programme of Morris Dancing and The Eastbury Concert Band. These can be enjoyed while sitting on the straw bales and sampling some or all of the following! Strawberries and cream, homemade cakes, ice cream (some suitable for vegetarians and vegans). Wander around the various allotments and talk to the plot holders and maybe buy some fresh produce. We are holding apple tasting and sales of early crop English apples supplied by Crapes Farm, Colchester. Browse the stalls supporting The Wildlife Trust, Wildlife Rescue, Bee keeping, Fox Rescue, Self sufficiency gardening to name but a few. For the children there is face painting and Hopefield Animal Sanctuary. Visit the wildlife conservation area which we are developing. Location: Goodmayes Lane Allotments, Goodmayes Lane (juction of Mayesbrook Road), Goodmayes, Essex, IG3 9PS Contact: 02085976685 - susan.grace.1@btinternet.com - Sue Cunningham Organisers: SK&G Allotment Society Website: http://www.skgas.org.uk/ Farmers markets: Blackheath, Clapham, Islington, Marylebone, Queens Park, Walthamstow Weekly Organic Food Stall, Waltham Forest The Chiswick Farmers and Fine Foods Market
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Tue 7	Spitalfields City Farm – Grow with us Programme - Get Your Hands Dirty Growing Food
Wed 8	Swiss Cottage Farmers Market Spitalfields City Farm – Grow with us Programme - Get Your Hands Dirty Growing Food
Thu 9	St. Hilda's Community Food Co-op Westminster Community Food Co-op
Fri 10	A Cheese Masterclass @Cafe Spice Namaste The event will run from 10.30am-2.30pm. Paul Gayler will be accompanied by his specialist cheese supplier who will give a brief but insightful look into cheese courses and boards. There will be an oppportunity to taste and comment on styles and combinations. Paul will then demonstrate a number of dishes and cook with this wonderful, versatile ingredient. The session will be followed by a 3 course gourmet lunch with wine. Tickets are available at £125 + VAT. Location: Cafe Spice Namaste, 16 Prescot St, London, E1 8AZ Contact: 0207 488 9242/Binay@cafespice.co.uk Organisers: Adventure Gourmet
Sat 11	The Mayor's Thames Festival: Feast on the Bridge This one day event brings together the best in sustainable food and drink for a traditional harvest festival on Southwark bridge. music and dancing add to this colourful annual event Location: Southwark Bridge Organisers: Mayor of London Website: www.thamesfestival.org/events Brockwell Bake @ The Feast on the Bridge, Mayor's Thames Festival Brockwell Bake will be present in force at the Feast on the Bridge, the Mayor's Thames Festival. Southwark Bridge is pedestrianised for the day with tables and chairs along its length with free creative food activities from one end to the other http://www.thamesfestival.org/weekend/detail/feast_on_the_bridge3/ . This year this will include Brockwell Bake with Festival visitors of all ages participating in the threshing, winnowing, milling and baking of our first Lambeth grown heritage wheat crops from local allotments, school and community gardens. Three mobile ovens will provide bread baking and kids pizza making. You can also learn about wind and water powered milling and sample their produce with members of the Traditional Cornmillers Guild and the Oxford Bread Group, do some hands on thatching with the Rumpelstiltskin Thatching Company plus corn dolly making and "lip work", including skep making. Real Bread Campaign members very welcome to help with staffing these activities as well as your own stall ! Location: Southwark Bridge Contact: Andrew Forbes 0207 733 3879 atty@area3.net Organisers: The Brockwell Bake Association Website: http://www.brockwell-bake.org.uk/#events Farmers markets: Acton, Ealing, Notting Hill, Pimlico Road, Twickenham, Wimbledon Park Stoke Newington's Farmers' Market SunnySide Community Garden Organic Food Market Grow, Pick, Cook and Eat Garden Course The Real Food Festival market
Sun 12	Farmers markets: Blackheath, Clapham, Islington, Marylebone, Queens Park, Walthamstow Weekly Organic Food Stall, Waltham Forest The Chiswick Farmers and Fine Foods Market
Mon 13
Tue 14	Edible Assets - Securing money for your food initiative. A one day conference to explore some of the possible avenues for food projects and enterprises to become more financially viable. Come along to find out the nitty gritty on • Community Finance- how the community can invest in your venture • Funding- What's out there and how to get it. • Service Delivery and tendering for contracts • Getting Down to business- trading, business planning and marketing • Financial Planning • Governance- an overview of the structure, systems and processes concerned with running a sustainable food enterprise. Experts from funding organisations, service contractors, businesses and community groups will be sharing their experience. Following on from Edible Assets there will be a South West and Bristol focused networking event to hear from local food projects and organisations working to make their local food system more sustainable. Please get in touch with polly@sustainweb.org if you would like to give an informal update on your project. Location: Paintworks, Bath Road, Bristol BS4 3EH Contact: Suzanne@sustainweb.org Organisers: Local Action on Food Website: http://www.sustainweb.org/localactiononfood/local_food_events/ Spitalfields City Farm – Grow with us Programme - Get Your Hands Dirty Growing Food
Wed 15	London Food Link Autumn Network Do Location to be advised soon. Know a great venue for our Network Do? Let me know: 0207 837 1228 Want to speak? Let me know. See previous Spring Network Do details: http://www.sustainweb.org/londonfoodlink/network_do/ Location: TBA Contact: 0207 837 1228 Organisers: London Food Link - Georgie Swiss Cottage Farmers Market Spitalfields City Farm – Grow with us Programme - Get Your Hands Dirty Growing Food
Thu 16	St. Hilda's Community Food Co-op Westminster Community Food Co-op
Fri 17
Sat 18	Farmers markets: Acton, Ealing, Notting Hill, Pimlico Road, Twickenham, Wimbledon Park Stoke Newington's Farmers' Market SunnySide Community Garden Organic Food Market Grow, Pick, Cook and Eat Garden Course The Real Food Festival market
Sun 19	Farmers markets: Blackheath, Clapham, Islington, Marylebone, Queens Park, Walthamstow Weekly Organic Food Stall, Waltham Forest The Chiswick Farmers and Fine Foods Market
Mon 20
Tue 21	Spitalfields City Farm – Grow with us Programme - Get Your Hands Dirty Growing Food
Wed 22	Swiss Cottage Farmers Market Spitalfields City Farm – Grow with us Programme - Get Your Hands Dirty Growing Food
Thu 23	St. Hilda's Community Food Co-op Westminster Community Food Co-op
Fri 24
Sat 25	Farmers markets: Acton, Ealing, Notting Hill, Pimlico Road, Twickenham, Wimbledon Park Stoke Newington's Farmers' Market SunnySide Community Garden Organic Food Market Grow, Pick, Cook and Eat Garden Course The Real Food Festival market
Sun 26	Harvest Festival We will also be cooking up a feast using fresh produce from the garden - in particular we will be teaming up with The Real Bread Campaign to make tasty veggie pizzas. The will also be experts from The Royal Parks Guild on site to answer your horticultural questions. Allotment Garden open 10am – 4pm. Location: The Allotment Garden, Inner Circle, Regent's Park, NW1 4NR Contact: Amy Solomons amy.capitalgrowth@gmail.com Organisers: Capital Growth and the Real Bread Campaign at The Regent's Park Website: www.capitalgrowth.org Farmers markets: Blackheath, Clapham, Islington, Marylebone, Queens Park, Walthamstow Weekly Organic Food Stall, Waltham Forest The Chiswick Farmers and Fine Foods Market
Mon 27
Tue 28	London 2012 Food Vision This event will examine London 2012’s catering strategy and its vision to host a tastier, healthier and greener Olympic Games, whilst delivering on its commitment to support the UK Food, Drinks and Hospitality sector, and ensure access to supply chain opportunities for small and medium sized enterprises. Due to expected high demand, registration for this event is limited to one person per organisation. Location: Central Hall Westminster, Storey’s Gate, London, SW1H 9NH Contact: events@londonbusinessnetwork.com Organisers: London Business Network Website: http://www.londonbusinessnetwork.com/events Restaurant Ramble The Ethical Eats Restaurant Ramble, during British Food Fortnight, will showcase seasonal British ingredients through a dinner of four courses, each course at one of four top venues. Participants will also sample great British wines, beers and ciders that have been expertly matched with each dish. Two sittings - 6:30 or 7:30. Call Kirsty to reserve your seats. Cost is £45 per head, which includes a 4 course meal with matching drinks and Pedicabs. Location: Start at Duke of Cambridge Organic Pub 30 St Peter's St Islington N1 8 JT Contact: Kirsty Balmer, 020 7837 1228, kirsty@sustainweb.org Organisers: Ethical Eats Website: http://www.sustainweb.org/londonfoodlink/ethical_eats_event/ Spitalfields City Farm – Grow with us Programme - Get Your Hands Dirty Growing Food
Wed 29	Swiss Cottage Farmers Market Spitalfields City Farm – Grow with us Programme - Get Your Hands Dirty Growing Food
Thu 30	British Smoothie Championship Britains best mixologist meet at Billingsgate to compete for the coverted best smoothie maker 2010. The competition is part of the Lunch! exibition which is the UK's premier trade show for the food to go industry. Location: Old Billingsgate, London Website: http://www.dbctestsite.co.uk/ St. Hilda's Community Food Co-op Westminster Community Food Co-op