“British Food Fortnight provides a fantastic opportunity to grow sales and profits with the support of a nationally recognised event.”
Libra Europe, consultants to the food supply chain industry

“British Food Fortnight’s initiative sending chefs into schools is an invaluable way of teaching the next generation and we love being involved.”
Dave Myers & Simon King, BBC’s ‘Hairy Bikers’celebrity chefs

Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall had tea this week in The Dorchester Hotel with the winning pupils of British Food Fortnight’s school competition: the ‘Cook for Life’ Challenge that is sponsored by Kenwood. The competition challenges all schools in the UK to take part in the annual food celebration by incorporating cookery into their curriculum activities in imaginative ways. Last year’s special challenge was for pupils to design and cook a menu using the minimum food miles. The winning school, Hawarden High School in Flintshire, produced a menu that cut food miles by 95%!

The seventh British Food Fortnight that took place from 20th September to 5th October 2008 was the biggest ever national celebration of the diverse and delicious range of food that Britain produces.  More shops, pubs, restaurants, schools and food festivals took part than ever before producing a myriad of events and promotions. 

Highlights included:

The seventh British Food Fortnight starts this weekend. Running from 20th September to 5th October, the next two weeks sees the biggest ever promotion of British food on our shores.

Highlights include:

With food prices accelerating at their fastest rate since records began, fuelling a rise in the average family's shopping bill of £750 a year, the organisers of British Food Fortnight, which takes place 20th September to 5th October and is the national celebration of the diverse and delicious food that Britain produces, have put together some tips on eating British during the credit crunch:

This year's event is set to be the biggest yet with activities ranging from the wild to the practical.

Details of regional events are given in the releases below:

Something on the Menu for everyone in the South West Read more...
Something on the Menu for everyone in the South East Read more...
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 “I am immensely impressed by the ingenuity and imagination of the schools that have taken part in British Food Fortnight over the last few years.”
HRH The Prince of Wales

“British Food Fortnight gives caterers a reason to be enthused
about quality British food.”
Bob Cotton, CEO, British Hospitality Association

“British Food Fortnight provides the retailer with a fantastic opportunity to grow
sales and profits with the support of a nationally recognised event.
It would be foolish not to take part.”
Libra Europe, consultants to the food supply chain industry

WHAT IS BRITISH FOOD FORTNIGHT? Running from 20th September to 5th October and now in its seventh year, British Food Fortnight is the biggest national celebration of the diverse and delicious range of food that Britain produces.

The organisers of British Food Fortnight call for Ed Balls to include traditional British dishes in his list of the “top eight” dishes that young people should be taught in school. In addition to British dishes such as Shepherd’s Pie, Roast Chicken, Hot Pots and Fruit Crumbles, the organisers hope that schools will teach pupils how to prepare and cook the seasonal British vegetables that accompany these dishes.

The sixth British Food Fortnight that took place from 22^nd September to 7^th October 2007 was the biggest ever national celebration of the diverse and delicious range of food that Britain produces. More shops, pubs, restaurants, schools and food festivals took part than ever before producing a myriad of events and promotions. As a result, whether people were shopping in supermarkets or local shops, eating in pubs or restaurants or attending one of the glorious food festivals that took place during the event, everyone could enjoy the best of British food during the Fortnight.

Highlights included:

Despite the shadow cast by the re-emergence of Foot and Mouth disease there is good news for British farmers: more shops, pubs, restaurants and food service outlets than ever before are taking part in British Food Fortnight which takes place 22nd September to 7th October.

“Tell me and I forget,
show me and I may remember,
let me do it and I learn.”
Prue Leith

Organisations representing over 9,000 chefs have volunteered to go into schools during British Food Fortnight (22nd September to 7th October) to teach children how to cook, signifying the biggest mass movement geared to teaching children about food. This means that British Food Fortnight has already over-taken France’s long-running Semaine du Gout that sends chefs into French schools every October to teach children about the delights of their national cuisine.

With the cost of meat likely to rise due to increased animal feed costs, the organisers of British Food Fortnight, which takes place 22nd September to 7th October, give consumers seven reasons to buy British meat:

Musgrave Budgens Londis has won best consumer initiative in the Grocer Gold Awards 2007 for its sponsorship of British Food Fortnight. The campaign was deemed to be a ‘unanimous win’ by the judges...