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Listen to Sam & Shauna of Hang Fire BBQ : Podcast with Women In the Food Industry – WIFI Chats
WIFI Chats is a series of podcasts hosted by Mex Ibrahim, co-founder of Women in The Food Industry. In this episode Mex talks to the first ladies of UK BBQ – Sam & Shauna of the BBC’s Food & Farming Award winning Hang Fire BBQ & three BBC hit series Sam & Shauna’s Big Cook Out & authors of best selling cookbook – The Hang Fire Cookbook Recipes & Adventures in American BBQ.
Sunday, 14th April 2024
City Harvest : Reducing Food Waste & Giving Surplus Food Another Life at The Covent Garden Supper Club
On November 18th 2023 our co-founder, Mex Ibrahim attended an event by City Harvest which showed how surplus food was given another life. Together with their friends at London’s Community Kitchen they co-hosted a Covent Garden Supper Club at The Conduit. The supper acted as a great introduction to see how London’s first surplus food distribution charity are making positive changes in their efforts to reduce London’s food waste.
Tuesday, 21st November 2023
Surplus Food Charity, Plan Zheroes : Looking for recipes for their new cookbook
Plan Zheroes are a surplus food charity connecting businesses with surplus food to nearby charities who can use it. This Autumn, Plan Zheroes will be making a new cookbook and they are inviting all who care about food-surplus to join them in this celebration. We spoke to one of their Ambassadors, Kirsten Frederickson, about the project.
Tuesday, 3rd October 2023
The Barbican’s Eat The Screen Season : Films to Feed Conversations About Food – Review
If you’re interested in food, and love movies, film and cinema you must go to The Barbican’s new Eat The Screen season before it closes on August 24 2023. A hand-picked selection of short films, features and documentaries curated by Tamara Anderson, it is a fascinating season looking at important conversations around food sovereignty, meat consumption, farming, food waste, and the power of supermarkets.
Friday, 11th August 2023
Introducing Todelli’s Ethical Pop-Up Deli: Planet-Friendly Pop-Up Store Celebrates Food Diversity and Sustainability
This summer, Todelli, the sustainable food & drink marketplace, and passionate advocate of sustainable living, is thrilled to announce the opening of the Ethical Pop-Up Deli in Notting Hill. Join them for a series of engaging chef cooking demos, tastings and exclusive cookbook announcements. You’ll discover some of the most innovative, ethical, and sustainable food and drink brands that are making a positive impact today.
Monday, 26th June 2023
Good News Story: Food Made Good Champion, Andrea Zick, on volunteering while furloughed
The lockdown has left many people within the hospitality industry furloughed and often feeling a lack of purpose. We spoke to Andrea Zick, PA to the GM of OXO Tower Restaurant Brasserie and Bar & former Food Made Good Champion about how she put her skills and experience to great use by helping others during this challenging period.
Friday, 29th May 2020
Good news story: Chefs go the extra mile to help the NHS, elderly and mental health charities
We are continuing our series of news features of women in the food industry who are putting their skills and experience to great use by helping others in this challenging time. This week we are featuring two chefs whose work is supporting frontline staff and the elderly in London and in Bristol.
Saturday, 18th April 2020
Good news story: Jess Latchford on Managing Surplus Produce & Food Redistribution
While the world is going through mass uncertainly and flux we have been talking to a number of women in the food industry about how they are handing this change. Jess Latchford , is Director of Waste Knot, and her company supplies food service organisations and gives new life to vegetables and fruit which would have normally been discarded for cosmetic reasons. We spoke about how her business is responding to Coronavirus.
Tuesday, 14th April 2020
BBC Food Programme looks at origins and impact of coronavirus within the global food supply chain
Where are pressures being felt and who’s making decisions about feeding Britain? The spread of Covid-19 around the world isn’t…
Saturday, 4th April 2020
Resources for the Food Industry During COVID-19
It goes without saying these are unprecedented times and in times of crisis it is normal to feel overwhelmed, helpless and fearful. Thankfully the food industry is responding to these difficult times with creativity, support and strength. We have put together a few links to resources that you may find useful & will try to update it where we can.
Thursday, 26th March 2020
Interview with Stephanie Slater Founder of School Food Matters
School Food Matters’ mission is to ensure that every child enjoys fresh sustainable food at school and understands where their food comes from. Their founder and MD Stephanie Slater works with parents, children and schools to help to improve school meals and support food education through cooking, growing and visits to farms. We caught up with Stephanie to discover how she set up the initiative and explore what motivates and inspires her work and how we can help the organisation with their efforts.
Wednesday, 8th January 2020
Doing Good With Food
We welcome you to our panel discussion themed around Doing Good with Food, Sustainability and Food Waste. The panel with discuss food as a source for good, from a sustainability angle this means how we should try to use resources wisely, not damage the planet with how we package food and what we can do to eliminate food waste. We will also explore how working with food can educate us.
Wednesday, 6th March 2019
Soane's Kitchen, Walpole Park, Mattock Lane, London W5 6BE