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Harvest Fine Foods host cookery workshop

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Totton-based food supplier and Naomi House & Jacksplace charity partner Harvest Fine Foods, celebrated the end of their fundraising year by hosting an interactive cookery workshop for a group of boys at our hospices.

Our hospices hold activity days for a group of boys who all share the same condition. This gives them the opportunity to get together with others in a similar situation, be themselves and have fun.

During the workshop the boys were guided by Development Chef, Phil Clark, and a small team of helpers from Harvest Fine Foods, and were taught how to make ‘dirty burgers’ and ‘Tex-Mex sides’, which were cooked in the BBQ hut at Jacksplace. Then everyone created their own ice cream sundaes at the ‘ice cream station’, setup by Harvest Fine Foods.

Jenny Astall, Support Worker at Naomi House & Jacksplace, said:


Food is such an important aspect of our lives, so it was great to have the team from Harvest Fine Foods join us for a fun interactive workshop. The team were great at working with the boys in creating their own style of burgers and ice cream sundaes. Some of the boys were pleasantly surprised how adding ingredients like onions and gherkins gave extra flavour to their burgers, even though they weren’t sure to begin with!

— Jenny Astall
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boy chopping ingredients
boys around the table smiling
harvest fine foods development chef demonstrating cooking
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harvest fine foods team smiling


The group we run at Naomi House & Jacksplace allows the boys to get together with others in a place where they can be themselves and have fun. Thank you so much to Harvest Fine Foods for sharing skills and hosting an overall brilliant experience for the boys, who all left feeling content with full stomachs!

— Jenny Astall
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Phil Clark, Development Chef at Harvest Fine Foods, said:


We had a fantastic day at Naomi House & Jacksplace celebrating the end of our fundraising year with a ‘final party’ cookery event for the service users. Thank you to the local suppliers who donated supplies for the event to take place.

— Phil Clark
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boys group cooking together around a table
boy cooking burgers
food cooking on the barbeque
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boy smiling with burgers in front of him
volunteer helping boy chop ingredients
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Harvest Fine Foods have supported Naomi House & Jacksplace as a corporate partner since 2023. In that time, the Harvest team have supported our hospices in many different ways, including fundraising, providing food at fundraising events and volunteering at our community events. In just one year, the team has raised a fantastic £5,000 for our hospices.

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Ella Clayton, Senior Corporate Fundraiser at Naomi House & Jacksplace, said:


It has been a huge privilege to work with the team at Harvest Fine Foods to create a memorable and mutually rewarding partnership that has really flourished over the year. And to triple their original target is the icing on the cake! Huge congratulations and well done to the team.

The food workshop forms part of our new approach in corporate fundraising to utilise a business’s expertise to help our charity. Thank you so much to the team for coming in and creating a wonderful experience for our boys group.

— Ella Clayton
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Harvest has supported Naomi House & Jacksplace through 2023 and 2024, raising a grand total of £5,000! It has been an absolute pleasure, and we hope to continue to aid the charity in the future through colleague volunteering days and more.

— Shelley Kinnaird, People and Sustainability Coordinator, Harvest Fine Foods

Thank you Isle of Wight Tomatoes, Speciality Bread, New Forest Fruits, New Forest Ice Cream, New Forest Mushrooms, Solent Butchers, Black Fox Woodland Produce, Nationwide and Belazu, for donating ingredients for the food workshop.

To find out more about Harvest Fine Foods, visit: https://www.harvestfinefoods.co.uk/

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