Local Buyers Club community donates 1,500 meals for Food Banks
Local food banks have been able to provide the equivalent to more than 1,500 meals for residents in poverty thanks to campaigning by the Local Buyers Club. The discount card, which promotes local and independent businesses, has donated a share of its profits to buy supplies for Hackney Food Bank, set up new permanent drop-off points for the community to donate food and, with its sister company StokeyParents, collected meals at Christmas for families in crisis. Basil Fansa, co
Stoke Newington welcomes its tastiest work hub
A new work hub has just opened on Stoke Newington Church Street complete with super-fast wifi, conference facilities and pastries baked on-site. Work to create The Last Crumb Hub finished just in time for the New Year and they’re tempting people in with a half price day drop-in offer this January (just £12.50 per day instead of the usual £25). There are monthly membership plans available too. The Last Crumb Café is upstairs and offers 10% off food to members of the Local Buye
Meet the man behind one of London's best restaurants
Receiving a five-star review from Time Out just months after launching his restaurant Salut! was a game-changer for Martin Lange. The 36-year old grew up working in his parent’s restaurant in East Germany and went on to study at catering school before travelling around Switzerland, Germany and London working in bars and restaurants. He said: “I couldn’t speak any English when I came here so got a simple job to improve, I went on to work in a hotel as a supervisor and bar mana