Community Cooking with Surplus Food (Tameside)

Join us this April as our Community Chef creates versatile and delicious dishes out of food that would otherwise been thrown away.

We began our Community Cooking with Surplus Food workshops in 2022 from The Hub in Altrincham, and we are excited to be expanding this to every borough of Greater Manchester!

Our workshops aim to reduce surplus food by sharing how to make the most out of limited ingredients. We use ingredients provided by food redistribution charity The Bread and Butter Thing (TBBT).

Taking part is a great way to meet likeminded people in your community, and to improve your cookery skills and confidence in a safe learning environment.

Your free ticket enables you to come along to the first Community Cooking with Surplus Food workshop in Tameside on - Friday 19th April 2024.

T he workshop will finish between 1:30-2PM, depending on what we've been cooking - at which point you're welcome to try some of the food we've made, or take it home for later in a container.

FAQs

Where does the food come from?

The Bread and Butter Thing provide their beneficiaries with three bags of shopping made up of ‘surplus food’ – perfectly edible food that would otherwise have been thrown away by the major supermarkets, charging £8.50 for shopping worth approximately £30. One bag contains chilled goods, one contains ambient/tinned goods and the other has an assortment of fresh fruit and veg. The exact items vary each week and sometimes contain a glut of one tricky to prepare vegetable, or a scattering of random ingredients.

What will we be cooking?

This will depend entirely on the contents of that weeks shopping bags - so come along with an open mind, and see what can be made out of just a handful of ingredients! Since starting these workshops in September 2022, we've made a variety of warming soups, hearty stews, fresh and vibrant salads, and the occasional seasonal desert.

I'm not that confident in the kitchen - is this the workshop for me?

These workshops are open to everyone - whether you're the designated chef in your household, or you've never learnt to boil an egg. Our team is on hand to give the exact support you'll require, and to guide you through some of the more technical elements of prep. Tackling the interconnected issues of food insecurity and food waste is a task that everyone can play a part in.

How will you cater for my dietary requirements?

We ask for your dietary requirements when you sign up for your ticket on eventbrite, and we'll ask you to complete a consent form before joining the group, to double check. The ingredients that we cook with vary each week (see above), but we'll make every effort to ensure that the dish we cook is accessible for you and the group.

How can I contact the organiser with any questions?

If you have any further questions, please email info@bouncebackfood.co.uk.