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   Salford catering students Love Food And Hate Waste
Catering and hospitality students at Salford City College make the most of their leftovers as part of the national Love Food Hate Waste campaign During February and March, catering and hospitality students from Salford City College will be delivering demonstrations and cooking tips to help people make the most of their leftovers and reduce the amount of food they waste, as part of the national Love Food Hate Waste campaign, in conjunction with Salford City Council. The campaign, which is Greater Manchester wide, is led in Salford by the council 's Environment and Community Safety Directorate’s and aims to encourage members of the community to put less leftover food in the bin, and therefore into landfill . The campaign also shows new ways to make use of leftover food and excess ingredients in their kitchen cupboards. As part of this year’s campaign, catering and hospitality students from the De La Salle Centre of Salford City College have been busy creating their own recipes, made up of leftovers or food items generally found at the back of the kitchen cupboard. These recipes, which include favourites such as Bubble ‘N’ Squeak and Banoffee Pie, have now been made into handy recipe cards, complete with nutrition information and money saving tips, and will be available in community venues across Salford. Students will also be putting on live cooking demonstrations during the campaign, as an opportunity for people to get a taste of the delicious creations and also to learn some handy tips for cooking the recipes themselves. As well as demonstrations taking place across all centres of Salford City College, more are also planned for local community venues in February and March. Lee Allsup, curriculum leader at Salford City College, was delighted to be involved with the campaign: “This is a great opportunity for the students to put what they are learning into practice and to engage with the local community. The demonstrations they have done so far at the college have been received very well and we are looking forward to visits at other venues in Salford.” Cllr Joe Murphy, Salford City Council’s lead member for environment said: "The Love Food Hate Waste campaign is something that can appeal to all ages. A lot of the students at the college will soon be home owners and saving money by reducing food waste and the amount they throw away generally, will be a great benefit to them and the community." The recipe cards produced by the students can be viewed on the college website and will be available in community venues across Salford in the coming weeks. Pictured is Lauren Moor, 17 year-old catering and hospitality student at Salford City College, busy making a Chickpea Chana as part of the Love Food Hate Waste demonstrations. Source: Salford City College. Due to problems with spam only SalfordOnline members can now leave comments. Becoming a member of SalfordOnline only takes a minute, just hit the red Join Us button at the top right hand side of the page to create your Personal account. Got a news story? Need help with publicity for an event in Salford? Send it to newsdesk@salfordonline.com or call the SalfordOnline newsdesk on 0161 789 5377. |
