Solihull Living Sep - Oct 2021
As the Autumn nights draw in our thoughts turn to delicious cosseting food, home comforts and setting affairs in order. Plus we interview baker Richard Bertinet and garden designer Adam Frost.
As the Autumn nights draw in our thoughts turn to delicious cosseting food, home comforts and setting affairs in order. Plus we interview baker Richard Bertinet and garden designer Adam Frost.
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British Food Fortnight<br />
What is it and how can you get involved?<br />
Food Festivals are back and with the end<br />
of UK lockdown we can’t wait to see the<br />
return of the best Britain has to offer. Taste<br />
of London may have already passed us by<br />
but we are in the most prosperous period<br />
for British Food, with strawberries, beetroot<br />
and various other veggies in their prime.<br />
So what better way to celebrate the UK’s<br />
produce than through a fortnight of foodie<br />
fun?<br />
British Food Fortnight, which takes place<br />
on the 18th <strong>Sep</strong>tember to the 3rd of<br />
<strong>Oct</strong>ober <strong>2021</strong>, celebrates the best of British<br />
cuisine across the public sector in schools,<br />
hospitals, care homes and universities.<br />
This year marks our 20th anniversary of<br />
the national celebration and it is set to<br />
be the biggest and most popular to-date<br />
with communities and organisations such<br />
as Silverstone, NHS trusts, Houses of<br />
Parliament and many more across the<br />
county taking part.<br />
There are a host of ways that you<br />
(consumers) can get involved, the easiest is<br />
to ensure you are buying British food from<br />
supermarkets and choosing British food<br />
on menus when you eat out. In Waitrose’s<br />
Food and Drink report <strong>2021</strong> they highlight<br />
that 74% of British people want to see more<br />
food businesses in the UK express their<br />
ongoing support for local British producers.<br />
British Food Fortnight seeks to remedy this<br />
by encouraging your local pubs and shops<br />
to buy British Food through consumers<br />
recommendations.<br />
opportunities for harvest celebrations, such<br />
as attending a traditional Harvest Festival<br />
service in your community.<br />
Finally, why not enter the British Food<br />
Fortnight competition which is open to<br />
everyone. Or perhaps you have someone<br />
you want to nominate who has made a<br />
huge contribution to the promotion of local<br />
food in your area.<br />
British Food Fortnight will not be one to<br />
miss this year. The UK is home to some of<br />
the most fertile soils and varied agricultural<br />
output, what is not to celebrate about that?<br />
See: www.lovebritishfood.co.uk for further<br />
information. And follow the campaign @<br />
LoveBritishFood for the latest news.<br />
In previous years hundreds of schools have<br />
taken part and encouraging your child’s<br />
school to join British Food Fortnight is a<br />
great way to show your support. Love<br />
British Food has a Teacher Zone where<br />
there’s swathes of resources on how to<br />
include food into the curriculum.<br />
In addition, now lockdown is over numerous<br />
local festivals are happening across the<br />
country and you can check out what is<br />
happening near you. Even if nothing is<br />
going on then why not organize your own<br />
foodie event?<br />
British Food Fortnight encompasses the<br />
three Sundays of the Harvest Festival<br />
calendar. Celebrations for this traditional<br />
Pagan festival often include singing hymns<br />
and decorating Churches with baskets<br />
of fruit and food and there are lots of<br />
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