“Food for London: Waste gets chop at club where children share joy of cooking with parents”
Fun project Eat Club teaches how to use up surplus food — and brings families together. Lizzie Edmonds finds out how it will benefit from a Standard Dispossessed Fund grant
When Eat Club ran its first food waste cookery session for primary school children and their parents, it was pure, joyous chaos. Puffs of flour were fired into the air as small hands smooshed together grated courgette and carrots with a gooey egg. Rounds of vegetable fritters were pressed out by batter-covered fingers before being dropped into oil and fried. Moments later, pans filled with cubed vegetables in thick, luscious tomato sauce were bubbling away on the hob before being dolloped on to bowls of pasta. Then frozen bananas were shoved into a blender making healthy ice cream. Finally the group sat down and made the most of their hard work — by eating it, together. When Eat Club ran its first food waste cookery session for primary school children and their parents, it was pure, joyous chaos. Puffs of flour were fired into the air as small hands smooshed together grated courgette and carrots with a gooey egg. Rounds of vegetable fritters were pressed out by batter-covered fingers before being dropped into oil and fried. Moments later, pans filled with cubed vegetables in thick, luscious tomato sauce were bubbling away on the hob before being dolloped on to bowls of pasta. Then frozen bananas were shoved into a blender making healthy ice cream. Finally the group sat down and made the most of their hard work — by eating it, together.” Read the rest of the article on the Evening Standard – Food for London website.