How are you feeling about Valentine's Day? If you're all loved up it's fantastic, a day to gaze into your loved ones eyes and enjoy a romantic meal out or a romantic meal in. If you're married or in a long term relationship, you might be thinking - "not again, all the restaurants are going to be booked up, what can I buy that's different from last year?" If you're single ..... well, let's not even go there. But this year at Great British Chefs, we've discovered how everyone whether, loved' up, married or single can enjoy Valentine's Day and help others too.
On Valentine's weekend (that's Friday 10th, Saturday 11th, Sunday 12th and on Valentine's Day itself - February 14th), food charity FareShare are collaborating with Forgotten Feast and their eco-chef Tom Hunt to produce a unique 3 course banqueting experience – Valentines for Everyone.
For £40 you can expect a magnificent 3-course menu of delicious but unwanted foods that might otherwise end up in landfill. From heart to honey, pheasant to parsnip and even kaffir lime leaves, Valentines for Everyone will transform surplus food into a bountiful seasonal banquet. Surplus food is delicious, healthy produce that hasn’t made it into the shops because too much was ordered, it’s in the wrong packaging or it’s just a bit wonky. Be prepared for a culinary exploration, we will cater for vegetarian and red-blooded carnivores alike.
Everyone will sit together for the feast, so come alone, with friends or with your loved one and sit with other diners to celebrate and feast. The banquet will be held in FareShare’s east London warehouse, so diners will sit amongst towering stacks of FareShare’s surplus food, industrial fridges and lavish themed décor, created by Secret Garden Party designer Alex Geldenhuis.
Every ticket sold will enable FareShare to provide an additional 80 meals for the hungry and vulnerable people they support, thanks to grant-giving charity StreetSmart who are generously matching the number of meals raised though ticket sales. FareShare rescues surplus food year round and delivers it to local charities all over the country.
Tickets are available for dinner Friday 10th February, Saturday 11th, Sunday 12th (late lunch) and for dinner on Valentine’s Day itself and include 3 courses, a drink and canapés. See the full menu here but as all the ingredients are being sourced from surplus there may be a few tasty last minute surprises!
For dinner service, the venue will be open from 7pm and service will commence promptly at 7.30 pm.
Late lunch on Sunday 12th the venue will be open from 3pm for service at 3.30pm.
For more information, visit the Valentines For Everyone event pages.
What do think of the idea of a going to a public Supper Club for Valentine's Day? Do you think more should be done to salvage food that may otherwise have been wasted? We're discussing this over on Great British Chefs Facebook Page.