London Food Link’s Bread Street photographic exhibition will be opened by Jenny Jones, Green Party Member of the London Assembly and Deputy Mayor of London, on Monday 8th March at 6pm.
The exhibition features 30 pictures of bakers and bread at home and at work, and reflects the cultural and ethnic diversity of Londoners through the bread they eat and make.
"Clearly, the best thing isn’t sliced bread, when it’s white, bland and wrapped in plastic.
What Londoners need is a choice of different breads, baked on the premises for maximum freshness," said Jenny.
"I am delighted that this exhibition brings so many varieties of bread in one room, symbolising how all available in one city.
Breads play an important role in sustaining the well-being of the many different ethnic groups in London.
These speciality and ethnic bakeries can also help keep the small business sector buoyant, encourage local business networks and bring variety and vibrancy to our high streets," said Jenny, commenting on the event.
As part of their vision for a local and affordable London, Greens want to see more locally made food – like bread, baked on the premises.
Support for local bakers is part of the Greens support for healthy high streets for every neighbourhood across the capital, which they are saying should also include a local post office, a local chemist and a nearby police station.
"Greens also celebrate London’s different communities and recognise the value of their traditional recipes -it means we can enjoy bagels, bloomers, pittas and naan as well as other ethnic breads," concluded Jenny.
The event, Bread Street Exhibition, runs from the 8 to 13 March at City Hall, Queens Walk, London SE1 2AA.
NOTES FOR EDITORS
The opening of the exhibition will see the launch of a new London Food Link report on the bread baking industry in Britain called, Bread Street: the British baking blunder?
Bread Streets is supported by London Food Link, the Greater London Authority, Slow Food, Metro, Association of London Government, the Arts Council, Bridge House Estate Trust Fund.
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