37 GoodGymers have supported Food Cycle Luton with 125 tasks.
Tuesday 5th November 2024 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Tuesday 22nd October
Written by Gill (She/her)
Five of us joined the team at Foodcycle today, and it was great to have Omar join us for his first FoodCycle task. Martin and Gill were busy in the kitchen cooking up a shepherdless pie. Yazed, Omar and Shady joined the hosting team and did a great job of setting up the hall ready for the guests. Omar then joined the team in the kitchen and took on responsibility for washing up, while Yazed and Shady got on with serving the guests. All 54 eating in plus 5 takeaways too. Another successful FoodCycle Evening.
Tuesday 15th October
Written by Martin R
Goodgym Luton turned out to support Foodcycle this evening, as we do every Tuesday. Unfortunately tonight the surplus food from the supermarkets was quite minimal, but the kitchen team still managed to knock up 2 courses. A main of fajitas with rice 🍚, with Mexican inspired flavours. This was accompanied by a spicy 🍅 and chilli 🌶 sauce. Following that was a Christmas bread pudding, this layered dessert had bread, custard and a couple of mashed up Christmas puds inside, topped with a dollop of (quire thick) custard. 3 of tonight's Goodgymers helped the hosting team and as ever Foodcycle were pleased to have us present. Well done everyone 👏
Tuesday 8th October
Written by Martin R
New week, new challenge at Foodcycle. A small kitchen team and very little food surplus from the donating supermarkets, meant the challenge was on. On the menu this week was a take on French Onion 🌰 soup, with a cheesey 🧀 croutons on top, a vegetable stir fry with noodles and a side salad, and Cake with fruit salad 🍎🍏🍐🍇🥝🍌. The starter was well received and nearly everyone of the 47 guests asked for seconds. The main was equally enjoyed but there wasn't enough for any seconds. There were 3 cakes in the store cupboard that hadn't been used on previous weeks so that was divided up into portions and served with a delicious fruit salad, containing apples, pears, grapes, kiwi, plums and bananas 🍌. Shady worked really hard with the hosting team which helped the under resourced kitchen team massively. Great effort 👌
Tuesday 1st October
Written by Luton runner
On a rainy and cold Tuesday evening, we couldn't help but have cheesy smiles for the hot cheesy garlic bread coming out of the ovens! The cooking team did an amazing job to make a delicious two course meal of pasta with salad and cheesy garlic bread (which was a hit) followed by a dessert twist - banana & croissants baked with custard. Just what you need to forget about the rain 😀 Gill had come to the task earlier in the afternoon having collected the surplus food from the supermarket and unloaded it at the church. The hosting team were joined by two new Good Gym members, Hasan and Shady who got stuck in and helped to clean up the kitchen. Also, just because I can't help it, I asked them to say CHEESE for a photo. A good team effort with the Food cycle volunteers. Thank you everyone for today ☺️
Tuesday 24th September
Written by Martin R
Tonight a Foodcycle, we had Goodgymers in the Kitchen and the Hosting team. Chanel and Hassan were superbly supporting as part of the hosting team and I got stuck in with the kitchen team. As the charity were celebrating their 15th Birthday, there was a special guest, Steven Carter-Bailey who was a contestant on The Great British Bake Off a few seasons ago. He made a fantastic cake 🎂 which we all got a slice of and chipped in to help in the kitchen.
The team made a vegetable soup for starter and Jacket spuds with vege chilli 🌶 and cheese for main. The cake was for dessert and everyone enjoyed the evening. 54 guests fed and a really nice atmosphere 👌
Well done team, it really was a GREAT Goodgym effort again 👏
Tuesday 17th September
Written by Martin R
Tonight, 5 Goodgymers turned out to support Foodcycle. I helped in the Kitchen and Sheikh and Darshini got stuck in with the hosting team and were joined by Luqman and Chanel who were attending their first Goodgym task this evening. In the kitchen this evening we cooked a delicious 3 course meal for the guests, with a Lettuce soup (yes, you read that correctly) for starter and a banana 🍌 bread based pudding with custard for dessert. This was either side of a take and fry up, although there was actually very minimal frying going on at all. The main was made up of quorn sausages, scrambled eggs, toast, hash brown, mushrooms, tomatoes and baked beans (loads of baked beans - 12 tins). Plating up the main was an all hands to the pump affair as there were so many elements to get on the plate, but the hosting team were amazing and helped us manage the service impeccably. By the end of service, a couple of our hosts from the Goodgym team were getting stuck into the washing up, whilst the others were tidying away the tables and chairs in the hall. A fantastic session tonight and it was great to welcome our new members. We'll done team