Brand new for this summer’s edition of Taste, join us around the table for Taste Sessions in partnership with The Royal Parks. Take part in intimate talks, tastings and demonstrations focused on sustainability, wellbeing, diversity and nature at the heart of the Royal Park’s ethos.
Who will be bringing you sessions at Taste Sessions in partnership with The Royal Parks?
The Chefs’ Manifesto
Chefs’ Manifesto is a chef-led network, facilitated by the SDG2 Advocacy Hub, bringing together 1700+ chefs from over 95 countries to explore how they can help deliver a sustainable food system. With one in three people malnourished globally and a food production system damaging the planet, chefs, farmers, policymakers, and world leaders need to work together to deliver a sustainable, nutritious, and delicious food future. As chefs bridge the gap between farm and fork, they are natural advocates! The Chefs’ Manifesto empowers chefs with a framework tied to the SDGs and consisting of simple, practical actions.
Gemma Hindi from The Royal Parks: Help Nature Thrive
Gemma Hindi MSc is an Engagement Officer with the Help Nature Thrive team at The Royal Parks. She is an urban ethnobotanist and sustainable food consultant, with over 20 years experience reconnecting Londoners to nature by rebuilding their relationships with wild plants, trees and fungi. Her ‘Wonderful Weeds’ project at the Royal Parks seeks to explore the benefits of unloved plants commonly known as ‘weeds’, and includes the creation of the edible weeds bed at the Regents Park Allotment. Her expertise lies in using edible weeds commonly removed from allotments and gardens for food, and exploring their culinary uses historically. The ‘Wonderful Weeds’ project and the Help Nature Thrive team are made possible thanks to People’s Postcode Lottery players.