Impact Food Group

Brilliant food education workshop from Robert Chambers and team! Homemade gnocchi, what a great recipe to take to university.

🌍🌱 This Week is Food Waste Action Week! 🌱🌍 At IFG, we’re committed to reducing food waste and teaching the next generation about sustainability. Our goal is to have zero food waste to landfill and we’re well on our way! We’re making strides through innovative menu engineering and repurposing ingredients to minimise waste. Here’s how we’re doing our part: 🍌 Banana Cake: Using the whole banana in our recipes. 🥕 Carrot Cake Muffins and Cookies: Repurposing carrot peelings into tasty treats. 🌱 Cauliflower Stalks and Leaves: Turning every part of the cauliflower into a delicious pasta bake. 🍅 Tomato Sauce from Scratch: Making fresh, zero-waste tomato sauce. We also partner with the amazing Olio • Share More, Waste Less to distribute any leftover food with volunteers in the community, helping to save over 40 tonnes of food so far! By making small changes every day, we’re helping reduce food waste and promoting sustainability to students! 💚 Caroline Jary Richard Taylor Bryan Lygate Alex Hall #foodwasteactionweek #wastenotwantnot #sustainableschoolmeals #reducingfoodwaste #ecofriendlyschool #ifgcares #impactplus

This Thursday, join our Food Director Alex Hall and The Foundation for Education Development for a virtual roundtable on the connection between food, wellbeing, and academic success—as well as the equity challenges tied to them. More info here! 👇

Congratulations to the incredibly talented Ian Morgan who took home not one, but two awards at yesterday's Salon Culinaire competition! 🥈 🥈 Ian earned a Silver and Best in Class in the Beef & Beyond category for his exquisite dish of Blackened Wagyu Sirloin, Little Ox Red IPA, Caramel Onions, Parsnip, and Watercress. He then followed up with another Silver in the Dessert category for his remarkable Dark Chocolate Fondant, featuring Ecuadorian 71% Dark Chocolate, Salted Caramel, Crumble, and Whipped Peureux Raspberries. Ian, you are an absolute credit to Impact Food Group, and this recognition is truly well-deserved. Well done! 👏👏 #SalonCulinaire #ChefAwards #ImpactFoodGroup #CulinaryExcellence #ImpactPlus Andy Wilcock Alex Hall Richard Taylor Bryan Lygate Michelle da Rocha Gemma Bolton Chartered FCIPD

Well done to the talented Julien Atrous for winning bronze at the International Salon Culinaire, the UK's largest and most prestigious programme of culinary competitions! 🥉 This was Julien’s first competition, and we couldn’t be more proud of his outstanding achievement. His dish, featuring Aslynn goats cheese, Sidra Colombian coffee, pickled walnut, and nougat, truly impressed the judges. A huge congratulations to Julian on this well-deserved success! 👏👏 Robert Finch Matthew Went FRSA Sally Barron Alex Hall Fátima França De Andrade Ian Parrott HRC #InternationalSalonCulinaire #BronzeWinner #CulinaryExcellence #ChapterOneFood #IndependentSchoolCatering

We're looking forward to supporting some of our talented chefs at the upcoming International Salon Culinaire – 17-19 March 2025 at Excel London! This prestigious event is one of the most respected culinary competitions in the world, providing a platform for chefs to showcase their skills, creativity, and passion at the highest level. A huge shoutout to our fantastic colleagues, representing both IFG and our industry: 👉 James Birch in the Senior Pasta Class 👉 Ian Morgan with his Plated Dessert 👉 Julien Atrous with his Cheese Course For over 100 years, this competition has highlighted the finest gastronomic talent, and we couldn’t be prouder to see these chefs step into the spotlight! Good luck, chefs – you’ve got our full support! 🎉👏 #culinaryexcellence #proudofourchefs #salonculinaire #topchefs #excelondon2025 #culinarytalent #chefcompetition #gastronomyatitsbest #impactplus

Well said Alex Hall! Incredibly proud of everyone who took part and a huge thank you to Andy Wilcock and our Food Team for their mentoring and support 👏👏👏

Incredible to see another of our fabulous chefs through to the national final of the LACA - The School Food People SCOTY competition! Well done to our IFG Chef of the Year winner, mark kent, who cooked up these spectacular dishes in today's South East regionals to secure his spot. We're super proud of you and all our team members taking part this week! 🤩 #TeamImpact #SCOTY Bryan Lygate Richard Taylor Alex Hall Andy Wilcock

Congratulations, Asmaa! Your dishes look delicious. Brilliant effort 👏🌟 We look forward to seeing you shine in the national final! #TeamImpact #SCOTY Bryan Lygate Richard Taylor Alex Hall Andy Wilcock LACA - The School Food People

Well done, Erin Ward - fantastic news! Good luck in the final, we're right behind you 💪👏 Wishing all our talented chefs the best of luck for the regionals this week, you're all awesome! 🌟 #teamimpact #SCOTY LACA - The School Food People Bryan Lygate Richard Taylor Alex Hall Andy Wilcock