London Food Link strengthening our local food web

Published: Wednesday 10 May 2017

Hosted by St. JOHN co-founder Trevor Gulliver in London Food Link’s fifteenth anniversary year, the event was the latest in the series dating back to 2002.

A highlight was a taster of the crowdfunding campaign, launched officially in June, to help improve the way LFL connects, supports and promotes the people who grow, make, forage, cook, save, sell and simply enjoy good food in the capital.

Guests heard inspiring stories of work from:

Sutton Community Farm general manager Charlotte Steel
Mercato Metropolitano community manager Vicki Exall
Global Generation head chef Nick Wilkinson
Sustainable Restaurant Association supply chain consultant Yeshna Mistry
GrowUp CEO and co-founder Claire Hubbard
St. JOHN co-founder Trevor Gulliver

This was followed by a community noticeboard, which welcomed anyone there to jump up and talk for 60 seconds about what they’re up to, plus any offers or asks related to their good food activities.

Everyone then had the chance network whilst enjoying veggie canapes created by St. JOHN Maltby to celebrate #RealBreadWeek.

Comments included:

"A great evening and one of the best industry networking I’ve been to in a while." Adrian Collischon, Chef Director, Eden Caterers

“Great event by the way, fab speakers and canapes were on point.” Yeshna Mistry, supply chain consultant, Sustainable Restaurant Association

See photos from the evening.

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Chris Young has coordinated the Real Bread Campaign since March 2009. In addition to lobbying for an Honest Crust Act of better loaf composition, labelling and marketing laws; he created and runs Sourdough September; Real Bread Week; Real Bread For All; Together We Rise promoting therapeutic/social benefits and bread making; the No Loaf Lost surplus reduction initiative; as well as Lessons in Loaf and Bake Your Lawn for schools. He’s the author of the Knead to Know…more microbakery handbook and Slow Dough: Real Bread recipe book; and edits True Loaf magazine.

From 2014-18, Chris also coordinated the London Food Link network, which included editing The Jellied Eel magazine and helping to launch and run the Urban Food Awards. Chris has pulled on his judge’s wig for BOOM Awards, The Cateys, The Great Taste Awards, The Scottish Bread Championship and The World Bread Awards. In 2017, The School of Artisan Food honoured Chris with its first Fellowship.

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