On the 11th and 18th July Authentic saw NPD work their magic and culinary skills to the utmost when they provided an exclusive fine dining experience for the Authentic team!
As part of the charity initiative “Authentic Gives Something Back” July was the month that our NPD department choose to do their bit in giving something back, and boy did they do this in style!
They laid out a delicious 3 course meal consisting of home made thai noodle broth, Cornish lamb shank with pancetta and pearl barley and the pièce de résistance was the symphony of home made desserts by chef Kris Woods that got everyone’s mouth watering!
They invited the whole Authentic team to purchase a ticket for just £10 to attend the lunch time fine dining experience, as there were limited places available the tickets were sold on a first come first serve basis and they sold out in a matter of days!
The NPD team used their contacts in the trade and managed to get suppliers to generously donate ingredients for this occasion. The team managed to raise a very impressive £330, well done to all!!
This year we pledge to redistribute all surplus stock to
vulnerable people in the community.
Food poverty has long been an issue in the UK. There are many different reasons why people find themselves suffering food poverty, not least poverty itself. It is estimated that 4 million people in the UK cannot afford a healthy diet, with 1 in 7 people over 65 at serious risk of malnourishment.
Employees at The Authentic Food Company can buy meal boxes and all of this money is donated to local causes.
One of these was Birtenshaw Hall School.
Birtenshaw Hall is a small, non-maintained day/residential school and registered Children’s Home for children and young people with severe and complex or profound and multiple learning difficulties in conjunction with either physical disabilities, autistic spectrum disorder or severe medical conditions.
The staff are greatly experienced in working with children and young people with degenerative and exceptional conditions, including life-threatening and life-limiting illnesses.
Everyone in the school was taken on a special outing to an adventure and activity farm in Cheshire. Some of the funds were also used to buy special equipment.
Many of us came into work dressed in Pink to raise money for a good cause. Some came in spooky and some dressed up cute.
A special mention goes to the spookiest office – The HR Department, turned into witches for the day with treats in their office and a pumpkin lamp!
Hannah with red hair – we all thought it suited her well
The mutant in his office – we had our doubts about whether he could see behind the mask!
It was all about me!
The IT geeks!
And they all gathered…!
Thank you all for your efforts!