It’s been a busy week at New Cross church hall in Sutton-in-Ashfield, a market town in Nottinghamshire. Strings of Union Jack bunting line the noticeboards and posters overlooking a horseshoe of trestle tables, where a dozen locals make notes in their workbooks during a cookery class. Bananas ripen other fruit in the bowl; onions stored with potatoes will make them sprout; apples should go in the fridge.
Just off the hall is a spotless community kitchen of shining stainless steel surfaces that hosts the practical cookery sessions, part of a hospitality and catering course linked to a nearby food bank, Let’s All Eat. The course is offered free of charge to people who have been receiving food parcels for longer than the usual referral time.
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