Food events for February 2020
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Winter Fruit Pruning - CarshaltonWinter Fruit Pruning, One day workshop, Saturday 1st February 2020 10am-1pm at The Lodge Victorian Walled Garden, Carshalton Just £35 Learn how to: Prune spur and tip bearing apples and pears Regenerate old trees Improve tree health Encourage fruiting Use and maintain pruning tools Location: The Lodge Contact: 020 8404 1522/food@ecolocal.org.uk Organisers: EcoLocal https://www.ecolocal.org.uk/events/winter-fruit-pruning-one-day-workshop/ | ||||||
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Young Marketeers Winter Sale - LondonFour schools from Southwark are setting up shop in Borough Market on Tuesday 4th Feb, selling their delicious soup made from surplus veg. All the money raised on the day will go to FareShare, a charity which distributes surplus food to local community groups. Our Young Marketeers get the opportunity to develop their sales and marketing skills alongside market traders, and learn to value food more and waste it less at the same time. Join us at Market Hall from 12-2pm! Location: Borough Market, 8 Southwark St, London. SE1 1TL Contact: georgie@schoolfoodmatters.org Organisers: School Food Matters | 5 | 6 | 7
Innovative & Sustainable Tasting Menu in Hackney - LondonMichelin-trained Chef Aidan Brooks, creator of Eleven98 brings you his chef's table concept: an innovative and sustainable fine dining tasting menu. What to expect : • An innovative, sustainable 7-course tasting menu • Welcome drink on arrival + BYOB • In the heart of Hackney, East London's most sought-after borough • 12 guests around one communal table • Former Head Chef at the critically acclaimed Vanilla Black Eleven98's social dining begins with a quirky cocktail on arrival, allowing folks time to gather and mingle. Then everyone will take a pew, sit back and delve into a sequence of seven carefully curated tasting courses, based entirely on Hackney-sourced produce. Everything on Eleven98's menus comes from Hackney, the borough in which chef Aidan Brooks was born and bred. Everything plant-based on his menus has to have been cultivated or foraged in the borough, and everything else has to be Hackney-produced or sourced. Aidan's interactive style of servic Location: 227B Victoria Park Road Contact: aidan@eleven98hackney.com Organisers: Eleven98 | 8
Made In Hackney: Fermentation - LONDONThe class will include: Learning the nutritional benefits of fermented foods Making kombucha and water kefir Learning how to make sauerkraut and kimchi How to make nut cheeses How to make fermented salsa and chutneys to go with the cheeses Delicious organic plant based lunch and recipes to keep Åsa Linéa Simonsson is the author of 'Fermentation - how to make your own sauerkraut, kimchi, brine pickles, kefir, kombucha, vegan dairy, and more' published by Anness Publishing Ltd. Asa grew up making ferments in her native Sweden; a trained nutritionist, naturopath and nurse, she runs a busy natural nutrition and health practice, Linéa Nutrition, in the UK combined with popular workshops and retreats. Location: MADE IN HACKNEY LOCAL FOOD KITCHEN Contact: info@madeinhackney.org Organisers: Made In Hackney https://madeinhackney.org/whats-on/event/fermentation-vip-series |
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CPD - Garden Mental Health Programme - Shepherd's Bush. LondonSchools play a vital role in promoting positive mental health. We have an opportunity to provide support and interventions in a variety of ways, but one that is under used is the school garden to provide a positive environment and as part of targeted intervention. This training will look at some background into the issues that secondary schools are having with mental health resilience and then introduce the social and therapeutic use of horticulture as a tool that can be used, including case studies of how this has worked in other schools. You will undertake some practical activities yourself and examine the logistics and with practical tips on how to set up activities like these, including how to get funding to support them. More details on Eventbrite. Location: 25 Cathnor Rd Hammersmith, London W12 9JD Contact: patrickkirwan@hammersmithacademy.org Organisers: Hammersmith Academy | 14
Innovative & Sustainable Tasting Menu in Hackney - LondonMichelin-trained Chef Aidan Brooks, creator of Eleven98 brings you his chef's table concept: an innovative and sustainable fine dining tasting menu. What to expect : • An innovative, sustainable 7-course tasting menu • Welcome drink on arrival + BYOB • In the heart of Hackney, East London's most sought-after borough • 12 guests around one communal table • Former Head Chef at the critically acclaimed Vanilla Black Eleven98's social dining begins with a quirky cocktail on arrival, allowing folks time to gather and mingle. Then everyone will take a pew, sit back and delve into a sequence of seven carefully curated tasting courses, based entirely on Hackney-sourced produce. Everything on Eleven98's menus comes from Hackney, the borough in which chef Aidan Brooks was born and bred. Everything plant-based on his menus has to have been cultivated or foraged in the borough, and everything else has to be Hackney-produced or sourced. Aidan's interactive style of servic Location: 227B Victoria Park Road Contact: aidan@eleven98hackney.com Organisers: Eleven98 Made In Hackney: Plant Based Dairy - LONDONThe class will include: Learn to create plant based dairy products to bring into your kitchen How to develop dishes with dairy alternatives, such as Gourmet Italian pasta with 'tree nut' ricotta and roasted tomato Discover how to make 'Vegan butter' for sauces and grilled sandwiches Get creative with 'Nacho' style chipotle cheese for tacos and tortillas Improve a menu using fermented cashew cheeses Use plants instead of 'Traditional dairy' for desserts such as raw vegan cheesecakes, mousses and iced souffle Delicious tastings throughout, and recipe pack Sarmado Sibley is an internationally known world-class leader in plant-based food. He marries his Michelin star kitchen experience with a flair for flavour and a passion for nutrition. He is a consultant to several food outlets, including plant-based restaurants Nourish and Combe Grove Manor Hotel Spa, both in Bath. Location: MADE IN HACKNEY LOCAL FOOD KITCHEN Contact: info@madeinhackney.org Organisers: Made In Hackney https://billetto.co.uk/e/gourmet-vegan-masterclass-cooking-like-a-chef-vip-series-tickets-398899/ | 15
Innovative & Sustainable Tasting Menu in Hackney - LondonMichelin-trained Chef Aidan Brooks, creator of Eleven98 brings you his chef's table concept: an innovative and sustainable fine dining tasting menu. What to expect : • An innovative, sustainable 7-course tasting menu • Welcome drink on arrival + BYOB • In the heart of Hackney, East London's most sought-after borough • 12 guests around one communal table • Former Head Chef at the critically acclaimed Vanilla Black Eleven98's social dining begins with a quirky cocktail on arrival, allowing folks time to gather and mingle. Then everyone will take a pew, sit back and delve into a sequence of seven carefully curated tasting courses, based entirely on Hackney-sourced produce. Everything on Eleven98's menus comes from Hackney, the borough in which chef Aidan Brooks was born and bred. Everything plant-based on his menus has to have been cultivated or foraged in the borough, and everything else has to be Hackney-produced or sourced. Aidan's interactive style of servic Location: 227B Victoria Park Road Contact: aidan@eleven98hackney.com Organisers: Eleven98 |
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Life Beyond Cheese Masterclass - LONDONThis masterclass will include: An introduction to ingredients used in recreating the textures and flavours of cheese Learning to make a selection of cheese dishes including: The perfect Mac n Cheese, Garlic and Herb Cream Cheese, Baked Rosemary Camembert, and Basil Ricotta A feast of various plant-based cheese dishes for lunch Recipes and samples of some of your creations to take home Bruna Oliveira graduated in physiotherapy in Brazil before moving to London in 2008, where she studied Naturopathy and Naturopathic Nutrition at CNM London, in order to pursue her passion for healthy and natural living. Bruna is the founder of London Nut Cheese Co and loves creating delicious recipes with the aim of inspiring people to transform their lives through making positive changes in their diet. Location: MADE IN HACKNEY LOCAL FOOD KITCHEN Contact: info@madeinhackney.org Organisers: Made In Hackney https://billetto.co.uk/e/life-beyond-cheese-masterclass-tickets-394098/ | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22
Weekend Training Series: Orchard Foundations - LondonTwo-day introduction to orchards, 10am-3pm each day. Includes classroom time and practical skills development in the orchard. Saturday with Jo Homan: fruit tree identification; tree physiology, processes and lifecycles; assessing tree health; orchard history. Sunday with Lewis McNeill: orchard care plans; pruning principles; practical winter pruning; mulching; halo pruning; guard management. Duration: 2 days Location: Kentish Town City Farm, 1 Cressfield Close, Kentish Town NW5 4BN Contact: jo@theorchardproject.org.uk Organisers: The Orchard Project https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/weekend-course-series-orchard-foundations-tickets-85795985101 |
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Spirited Herbs for February with Medical Herbalist Kathie Bishop - LondonGet intimately acquainted and nurture your relationship with a herb this February with our monthly intimate circle designed to fully familiarise you with the physical and spiritual uses of an easily accessible plant ally. Each month Kathie will be focusing on a different herb that can easily be found or grown in London that month, and we will get fully immersed with each herb in the same way our ancestors did, via our senses and our experience with it. Location: Surrey Docks Farm Contact: Rebecca Clarke / rebecca@surreydocksfarm.org.uk Organisers: Surrey Docks Farm | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
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