Local Cafe starts using Food4Macc Direct Produce

Julia Marshall's café and brasserie “Amuse” has just started using Food4Macc Direct local vegetables and sourdough bread in her lunchtime and evening menu.
An example of this week’s menu is below.

· Soup of the week - Spiced parsnip & carrot soup

· Lunchtime menu – chicken & roast pumpkin curry

· Evening menu - Hearty winter root vegetable stew served in a roasted pumpkin

If you’re in Macclesfield, check out Amuse on the pedestrianised part of Chestergate!

Macclesfield Apple Juicing a Big Success

Despite the wind and rain, friday's apple pressing day outside the town hall was deemed a big success with lots of takers for free juice, freshly pressed from Macclesfield apples.

If you missed it, you will have another chance at the Treacle Market on Sunday 30th October

Our first National Radio Coverage

Dawn MacDonald and Nancy Benson of Food4Macc's Garden Share were invited to take part in an 11 minute feature on Radio 4's Woman's Hour programme on Friday 30th September.

If you missed it, you can listen to it on the BBC’s iPlayer by following this link.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b0151w30

Make sure your speakers are turned on!

You can fast forward to the start of the feature by dragging the slider bar to 33mins 45 secs into the 45 minute long programme.

Local Trout Meal

On Friday 23rd September Food4Macc Direct organised a trout meal and cooking demonstration at “Belong” care home on Kennedy Avenue, Macclesfield in conjunction with Phil Shaw from Fork-2-Plate.

Phil is a fully trained and experienced chef and showed us how to cook fresh Wincle trout in 3 different ways.

Everyone got to try their hand at preparation- and eating. All the ingredients, where possible, were sourced locally, of course!

First Annual Food4Macc Show

Our first show of local produce was a big success with over 50 entries in thirteen categories, and coverage in the Macc Express. Held at the All Hallows catholic College Romero Centre, the emphasis was on fun as opposed to being too serious. Many thanks to Sara (picture above with the winner of the most unusual shaped vegetable) for coming up with the idea and making it happen. Thanks Also to our judges for giving their time to some tough choices.

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Opening of the Belong Garden

On September 1st 2011 David Rutley MP was guest of honour at Belong Macclesfield to officially open our raised bed. Food4Macc volunteers led by Phil Shaw provided the labour and know how to build extra-high raised beds to suit wheelchair users and back sufferers.

Heritage Way Working Party

Thank you very much to everyone who came to help at the Heritage Walk and Triangle sites on Monday 15th. Thanks also to those who brought plants, water and tools even though unable to work on the day.


We accomplished considerable preparation of both areas and heaps of planting. Another work day will be notified in due course and we hope to complete in time for the RSPB youngsters to be able to make their insect hotels.