NHS staff working on the COVID-19 front line at Kings College Hospital in London are receiving free meals daily from local publican Eduardo Dantas. Staff at the hospital have praised Dantas, from Tia Maria Bar & Restaurant in South Lambeth, London, after he began preparing and delivering up to 60 freshly cooked meals to them for free each day. The news, which comes after … [Read more...]
City Harvest overwhelmed with food donations, needs donations to do more
City Harvest is a charity based in Acton, West London that redistributes food to charities across London, who in turn make healthy and nutritious food for some of the city’s most vulnerable people. To aid their efforts to date they have recently launched a GoFundMe campaign to help with essential funding. Since 17 March they have been receiving 20 tonnes of food a day. To … [Read more...]
Invitation from Chris Moore, CEO, The Clink Charity, to join The Social Gastronomy Movement
The Social Gastronomy Movement, links together a network of like-minded organisations around the world that use the power of food as a tool for social change. We are now ready here in the UK to form a UK Hub. We already have over 20 charitable organisations signed up who are all working with food to create social change. If you are interested in joining to give our … [Read more...]
Majella’s April Image of the Month
One of our favourite emails every month is Image of the Month from Majella O’Connell, aka Pavlova & Cream. Earlier today we received said email and enjoyed the privilege of reviewing a selection of image candidates. A tough and very enjoyable process over a coffee earlier today saw a dish by Nathan Wall at Restaurant Artichoke selected. Juniper & meadow hay smoked … [Read more...]
Preferred Hotels & Resorts: providing Five-Star help for local communities through COVID-19
Thankfully, as COVID-19 has spread its cloud across the world and impacted few industries as hard as hospitality, hospitality has met the challenge and helped communities to adapt to the pandemic. In a country renowned for warm hospitality, Ireland, The K Club and Dromoland Castle have both extended Irish hospitality to their respective local communities. 134 temporary … [Read more...]