We are delighted to announce that Sophie Rushton-Smith from The Corner Plot will be coordinating this year’s Top Tooting Cook Competition at Foodival on the 14 September.  Sophie was Top Tooting Cook in 2015 In 2015 Sophie won the prestigious TTC award for her use of locally grown vegetables to make a delicious colourful roast […]

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There are over two growing months until the Tooting Foodival. That’s plenty of time to grow local vegetables from scratch to donate or cook for the Foodival community festival on September 14th. What can you grow well in your garden, containers or window box in a couple of months?Who can you get involved? There’s a […]

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All about Tooting Foodival Food: Four Wonderful Chefs for the feast on Saturday 15th! Brilliant donors of prizes for the Top Tooting Cook competition! The Four Wonderful Chefs   Volker Nissen (top left) is co-ordinating the cooking on Saturday, plus Manisha from Pooja Sweets (top right), Rick Gibbs of Rick’s Tooting (bottom right) & Elisabetta […]

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For the 10th Foodival on September 16th we need lovely local growers to help us deliver this free menu to the streets of Tooting: Starter: Pakoras : Onions, cauliflower, courgette, spinach  Main Course: Vegetable Stew : Onions, carrots, potatoes, turnips, peas and any other veg including tomatoes, garlic, herbs etc. Dessert: Fruit Crumble : Any […]

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Chuck’s Kale So some of us went vegetarian for the month of January and, for me, it proved surprisingly fun to try an alternative, more mindful way of feeding myself. 80 people shared experiences and recipes on the Vegetanuary facebook group and a celebratory feast was held at Vegan Express last week.  Vegan Express Celebration […]

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There are new posts on our Foodival blog (click on that link) which follow up on two of the fun events at this year’s Tooting Foodival: celebrating local food together as a community.One post gives Minestra Supper Club’s recipe based on Elisabetta’s pasta-making demonstration.The other shares all the how-tos of our grow-you-own home seed-sprouting crusade.Do enjoy […]

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