Three inspirational cooks

The Food Programme

BBC

Food, Arts

4.4 • 977 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2014

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Sheila Dillon revisits the inspirational caterers from the very first BBC Food & Farming Awards. They share stories of cooking for people with cancer, HIV and mental illness. Sheila finds out how the work has changed in the last decade and a half.

In the case of the Bristol Cancer Care Centre (now called Penny Brohn Cancer Care) work on food and nutrition considered radical and alternative back in 2000 has now received wider acceptance and a place within the NHS.

A cafe run by and for people with mental illness in Stirling in Scotland has also continued its work since becoming a finalist in the awards 14 years ago, but funding has been difficult to find and it has had to move to a different location. However, people with depression and anxiety still use the cafe as a way of having social contact.

The final catering team, The Food Chain, based in London was set up in 1988 to serve meals to people with HIV. As medication has improved the long term welfare of sufferers, so the charity's work has changed and it's become a place where people come together to share food and learn about nutrition.

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1:10.0	People look at people with mental health, I think she's mentally ill but then if they come into the
1:15.6	cafe and they see me doing what I'm doing I mean it's totally different.
1:19.4	It's more than just a place where I come up. It's changed my life eye.
1:27.0	But pretty much every week,
1:28.0	people will come through the door and they grow two inches.
1:31.0	And they smile to me and they say, and they say something smells nice.
1:35.0	Now that is part of the heating process that food has been able to offer us.
1:39.0	It's not just about serving fuel on the plate. There's one woman that says she doesn't leave the house, only on a Wednesday to come
1:49.9	in for our eating together sessions.
1:51.7	Food is important because it's an excuse. It's a reason to get people together.
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