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Pengelicious 2016: Penge’s First Food Festival

Paul Mawdesley — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 18:33:49 +0000

August 27th was not only the date of the second ever Penge Day, but also Penge’s first ever dedicated food festival. Pengelicious was held in Penge Recreation Ground and offered local food from local caterers & local suppliers, er, locally!

The event was backed by the Mayor of London as part of a community programme. Members of the Pengelicious team succesfully pitched to the Sadiq Khan’s community funding team to secure the final funding for the food fair, but the majority of the funds was raised from within the local community, with over 150 individuals contributing to the set-up costs and many more local businesses (including propertyworld, Designer Drapes, Kirvan Bond, Premier Food & Wine and The Bridge House) providing sponsorship.

The event took place in beautiful sunshine in Penge’s picturesque Recreation Ground and featured a number of stalls offering food from around the world including Algerian, Caribbean, Nepalese, Jamaican, Persian and Chillean (geddit) oh and Porcine (ok BBQ ribs!), as well as local craft ales. Also present were the record breaking Penge Food Assembly, who source great ingredients for residents all year long, and for a bit of fun, the event had cooking competitions for the enthusiastic amateurs.

The turnout exceeded all expectations, so expect Pengelicious 2017 to be even bigger and better!

Here are some highlights of the event:

Busy, busy, busy!

Penge Food Assembly

Tasty offerings from Cafe Chic

Mmmm beer…

A Penge bake-off delight

Winner of the Pimp My Plate competition: Millie!

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Penge Food Assembly

Paul Mawdesley — Sun, 17 Jan 2016 15:28:10 +0000

Join the Penge Food Assembly today!

The Food Assembly is a local initiative that brings people in our community together to buy fresh food directly from local farmers & foodmakers. Unlike a farmers market, you pre-order your produce online and come to the Goldsmith Arms to pick it up.

There is no obligation to purchase every week or a minimum spend.

We have meat, fish, vegetables, cheese, eggs, bread, curry kits, gluten free cakes, chutney plus much more on offer.

Order Friday to Tuesday and pick up on Thursday evening at the Goldsmiths Arms 5.30 pm – 7.30 pm and until 8.00 pm the first Thursday of the month.

Join our assembly today

http://thefoodassembly.com/en

Tweet us at: penge_food

Tag us on Instagram: pengefoodassembly

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Vote for the Best Takeaway in SE20

Paul Mawdesley — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 19:15:58 +0000

Penge is certainly not short of takeaways and many are very good indeed. We asked for nominations for the best from the Penge Tourist Board Facebook group members and our Twitter followers and they came up with a mouthwatering list of local delights for us to mull over till tea time.

Mmmm, if we can wait that long… where’s the phonebook…?

NB: Closing date for votes 12 January 2015.

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