We’re delighted to welcome several new exciting food businesses in Greenwich! Funded by the RBG Skills Team GCDA trained 20 new food businesses on a 10-week course that covered everything a budding new food entrepreneur would need to know in order to start trading. We met some great new people and the businesses are a fantastic mix ranging from homemade products such as dips … [Read more...]
Healthier Catering Commitment
Eating out Café and fast food businesses that offer healthier options can now be recognised by applying for a Healthier Catering Commitment Award. Healthier Catering Commitment for London is a voluntary scheme to recognise food outlets that offer healthier food options and make simple and affordable changes to the food they sell to make it better for their customers. … [Read more...]
Ingredients, Method, Serving Suggestion | A.P.T GALLERY | PV Thur 21 July
Ingredients, Method, Serving Suggestion Curated by Alaena Turner, recipient of A.P.T Curatorial Fellowship 2016. A.P.T Gallery, 6 Creekside, Deptford, London SE8 4SA PV Thursday 21st July 2016, 6pm-9pm 22 July- 11 September 2016 (Gallery open Thursday to Sunday 12noon- 5pm) Dan Howard Birt, Katrina Blannin, Jane Bustin, Kieran Drury, Eddie Farrell, Ben Jenner, Sarah … [Read more...]
Borough Market Trustee
We are very proud to announce that Claire Pritchard the CEO of GCDA has recently been invited to join the Board of Borough Market Trustees. Her first meeting was in January this year and she has since attended a number of Trustee meetings and market events. Claire says "It’s a steep learning curve, after all, it has a thousand-year history, but what a very exciting time to … [Read more...]
How to run a cookery club.
Last week GCDA completed the OCN Healthy Eating and How to run a Cookery Club, training course, with a Final Practical Assessment at the Lewisham Training Kitchen for prospective Cookery Tutors in Lewisham. They all produced some impressive delicious healthy dishes. Watch this space for upcoming Cookery Clubs in Lewisham! If you would like more information about how to become … [Read more...]