Fine Food Show North welcomes celebrated chef and cookery-writer, Melissa Hemsley, as she brings the sustainability conversation to life on Monday 9th March in the Deli Kitchen as she cooks from her inspiring new book , Eat Green. Watch and learn as Melissa talks us through how to cut right back on waste and eat with the seasons, collectively helping us reduce our impact on the planet. Her ethos is to champion UK-grown, easy-to-buy ingredients, with her book providing tonnes of flexi tips and waste-cutting advice to give you the confidence to use up your odds and ends, to reinvent your leftovers, to make the freezer your friend and to use your ingredients in their edible entirety. Taking her advice and applying it to your business, not only are you reducing your food waste which is satisfying for you and better for the planet, it’s also saving your money from going in the bin too. Join us at the Show to find food & drink inspiration, whether you’re an executive chef, independent fine food buyer, food vendor or deli kitchen, Fine Food Show North can help you grow your business. Register to attend FREE here: gff.co.uk/shows/ffsn/

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