Fulshaw Women's Institute brought an unusual pop up restaurant to Wilmslow on Friday, 23rd September.
In collaboration with The Real Junk Food Project, Manchester they used intercepted food that would otherwise have gone to waste from supermarkets to create an array of tasty dishes for 80 people on a pay-as-you-feel basis.
Mary-Ellen McTague, an award winning Manchester chef with a passion for locally sourced food, and her small team created the dishes using the 'waste food' whilst Fulshaw's WI members were waitresses for the evening.
Guests included eight WI's from Cheshire and Greater Manchester, representatives from Transition Wilmslow, Wilmslow Partnership, family, friends and members of the local community.
Wendy Morris, President of Fulshaw WI said "After travelling to our AGM in Brighton seeing 89% of the national membership supporting the fight to reduce food waste and also visiting a pop up restaurant in Manchester I was inspired to bring the two together. I'm so pleased that the people of Wilmslow and beyond supported us."
Wendy added "This year's WI resolution 'Avoid Food Waste, Address Food Poverty' aims to put pressure on supermarkets to eradicate wasting food at the end of the shopping day which could have been redirected elsewhere."
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