What an amazing amount of work our team of 5 put in today to make the International Older Person’s Day Party a huge success! From 10.00 the team were on hand to set up tables and chairs, lay the tables with cloths and start preparing the food. As the guests arrived we were then detailed to serve teas and coffees and make sure everyone felt welcome. Gill was asked to give a short talk about or social missions. Then it was on to serving the sandwiches and savouries, helping with the bar and serving the most important part - scones with lashing of clotted cream and lots of tasty cakes. While the entertainment took place we helped to keep people topped up and started on clearing plates. One or two of us may even had joined in the dancing. As the afternoon drew to a close we all pitched in to clear the plates and cups and clear up the tables and chairs. It was 5 hour shift but we all enjoyed being part of such a joyous occasion.

Tuesday night is FoodCycle Night and once again a bevy of GoodGymers were there to ensure things ran smoothly. Gill and Lucie were in the cooking team and after getting everything want up were rather alarmed by the lack of food provided by the supermarkets. We had a lot of swedes but not a lot else to get started on. But after some creative thinking and the arrival of the rest of the kitchen crew a menu started to emerge using up many of our store cupboard items. Gill took the lead on making vegetable stew and dumplings while Lucie masterminded the tastiest wedges and cream cheese dip for a starter, and for dessert the others in the team made rice pudding (who knew you could make rice pudding with sushi rice?) with caramelised bananas. Sam arrived at 5 and was a whizz at keeping the pots washed and tidying up after us, and Neill joined the hosting team - being the host with the most he ensured our guests were given hot drinks on arrival and served their food restaurant style . Sam and Neill stayed on to clean up the hall and kitchen and leave everything in pristine condition. It was another great team effort and many of our guests gave were really appreciative.

Feeling glazy

Teriyaki means luster glaze in Japanese. Tuesday’s scramble was covered in it. We finally got to use the minecraft cake.

We served 42 meals and everyone enjoyed themselves.

Thank you to those who collected food, cooked, hosted and cleaned up.

6 Goodgymers from the Luton team supported Foodcycle this evening, covering lots of different tasks including, food collection, kitchen team, pot washer and hosts. Despite the food donations being very minimal this week, the team were able to provide a 3 course meal for 36 guests making the most of the limited veg, fruit and bread, with a few store cupboard staples. Carrot soup was followed by a vegetable pasta dish, with garlic bread and a fruit salad with cake for dessert. Lots of plates came back clean, so we're confident the meal was enjoyed and appreciated. Great work everyone. 👏 👍🏻 👌 💪 🙌