Light Bites: FareShare Feast

Three of Brighton & Hove’s leading food organisations join forces on 22 October for the FareShare Feast to celebrate the 10th anniversary of local charity FareShare Brighton & Hove.

FareShare operate in the city with wholesalers and supermarkets to redistribute surplus food close to its sell-by date to community and charitable groups The four course lunch, to be held at the AMEX Community Stadium, will be produced by catering students from City College using surplus food from FareShare.

Students will be guided by chefs from Boho Gelato, Moshi Moshi, Terre á Terre and Seattle, who all engage with the City College apprentice scheme. Guests will enjoy award-winning wines from Ridgeview and Stopham, beer from WJ King and coffee from Small Batch.

Organised by City College, FareShare and the Brighton & Hove Food and Drink Festival, with support from festival sponsors PHS Wastetech, the event aims to bring together the local food industry to raise awareness of food waste management to industry professionals and young people studying to work in the sector.

“We’re pleased to bring together so many sectors of the local food economy in one event,” said festival director Nick Mosley. “Through our Brighton Restaurant Association subgroup, we’re extending the festival’s year-round support for the hospitality and food sector.”

Festival committee member and co-chair of the Restaurant Association Olivia Reid said, “Food waste management is an increasingly important issue, delivering environmental, economic and social benefits to businesses and the communities they work in. For those training to work in the restaurant industry, awareness of and innovation in this area is a critical skill.”

“It’s great to be able to showcase the amazing work that is being carried out in the city with regards to reusing and reducing surplus and waste food. FareShare in Brighton has distributed over 2000 tonnes of food in the last ten years to charities in Brighton and we are looking forward to celebrating this with our friends from the food industry, local restaurants, city college and the Brighton & Hove Food and Drink festival,” said Nathan Au of FareShare.