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British Food Fortnight - 2010

Date: 17 Sep 2010

News Release

Date: 17 September 2010

FOOD, GLORIOUS BRITISH FOOD!

British Food Fortnight

18th September – 3rd October 2010

 

“We love British Food Fortnight!”

Dave Myers & Simon King, BBC’s ‘Hairy Bikers’celebrity chefs

The ninth British Food Fortnight starts this weekend.  Running from 18th September to 3rd October, the next two weeks sees the biggest ever promotion of British food on our shores.  Sure Start Children’s Centres, universities, the Army, Cabinet Office, BBC, Harrods, St. Pancras International train station, John Lewis, St Paul’s Cathedral and the National Trust are just some of the diverse establishments taking part this year.  Highlights include:

British Food Fortnight’s long established initiative sending chefs into schools to teach children how to cook is expanding into Sure Start Children’s Centres.  Parents using the centres are being taught how to cook, where to buy healthy food and how to incorporate 5 A DAY into their family’s meals leading up to a British Food Fortnight Feast during the event.  The activity is being trialled in eight centres across the country and courses are already oversubscribed.

For further information and details of specific events taking place across the country see www.lovebritishfood.co.uk

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www.lovebritishfood.co.uk

 

Notes to Editors:

 

British Food Fortnight is sponsored by ARAMARK, Budgens and the Department of Health’s 5 A DAY Just Eat More (fruit & veg) programme.  It is supported by over 70 organisations led by 3663, Brakes, National Farmers’ Union, National Trust, Oxford Hotels and Inns, Compass Group, Mitchells & Butlers, Tenant Farmers Association, Young’s pubs and Youth Hostel Association