Celebrity chef hosts Love Food Hate Waste roadshow

TV Chef Richard Fox is coming to Retford in Nottinghamshire today to host a roadshow to help people reduce the amount of food they throw away every week.

The roadshow will see Fox create a number of dishes from everyday left over ingredients and will run throughout the day in the market place. 

Residents are invited to come along and watch the live cookery demonstrations, test Fox on his recipe knowledge and there will also be recipe cards and some handy utensils that may help you reduce the food you throw away.

Councillor Richard Butler, cabinet member for environment and sustainability, said: "I was astounded to hear that in Britain we throw away half a million eggs everyday!  And that's just one type of food. I would urge local people to take a look at our website to find out how they can get involved – similarly if anyone has any tips that they can share with us we'd love to hear them so we can spread the word."

The event will be kicking off at 10.30am and will run until around 2pm.

A third of all the food we buy ends up in the bin – by reducing that figure local residents could save up to £400 a year and help the environment too.

The Love Food Hate Waste Nottinghamshire campaign has been launched by the County Council to provide useful information to residents on using up, rather than throwing away food and re-using leftovers. Ultimately the advice can help people save money and at the same time help the environment.

Words: Maria Bracken

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