# FoodCycle

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**FoodCycle** is a charitable organization based in the United Kingdom that uses surplus food from supermarkets, shops and food banks to create vegetarian meals served at "free community restaurants".[1]

FoodCycle community meals run in various locations across [England](/source/England) and [Wales](/source/Wales).

## History

In September 2008, Canadian Kelvin Cheung founded FoodCycle. He started the organization after hearing about the US on-campus student service program, [Campus Kitchen](/source/Campus_Kitchen), where students use on-campus kitchen space and donated food from their cafeterias to prepare meals for their communities. FoodCycle's pilot hubs were at the [Imperial College London](/source/Imperial_College_London) and the [London School of Economics](/source/London_School_of_Economics).

## Awards

- September 2024, named Medium Charity of the Year, [Third Sector (magazine)](/source/Third_Sector_(magazine)) Awards.[2]
- September 2024, named Charity of the Year: with an income of £1 million - £10 million at the [Charity Times Awards](/source/Charity_Times_Awards)[3]
- November 2022, named "Community Partner" by the [Food and Drink Federation](/source/Food_and_Drink_Federation)
- January 2021 Sophie Tebbetts named "Supporting Leader of the Year" at the [Charity Times Awards](/source/Charity_Times_Awards)
- March 2010, named "New Charity of the Year" in the [Charity Times Awards](/source/Charity_Times_Awards)[4]
- November 2010, received an award from the [Arthur Guinness Fund](/source/Arthur_Guinness#Legacy)
- January 2011, received the Prime Minister's [Big Society Award](/source/Big_Society_Award)[5]

## See also

- [Food waste in the United Kingdom](/source/Food_waste_in_the_United_Kingdom)
- [Campus Kitchen](/source/Campus_Kitchen)

## References

1. Isabella, Mcrae. ["FoodCycle: The community meal where refugees, ex-prisoners and old friends break bread together"](https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/foodcycle-community-meal-food-waste-loneliness-uk-london/). *Big Issue*. Retrieved 20 May 2024.

1. [*Third Sector Award Results 2024*](https://www.thirdsectorawards.com/results-2024), Sept 2024

1. [*Charity Times Winners 2024*](https://www.charitytimes.com/awards/winners24.php), Sept 2024

1. [*Charity Times award winners announced*](http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/2010_Charity_Times_Awards_winners.php), 3 March 2010

1. ["FoodCycle wins Prime Minister's Big Society Award"](http://www.foodcycle.org.uk/dl/FoodCycle-wins-Prime-Ministers-Big-Society-Award-21012011.pdf). *FoodCycle*. 21 January 2011. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120324060709/http://www.foodcycle.org.uk/dl/FoodCycle-wins-Prime-Ministers-Big-Society-Award-21012011.pdf) 24 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine.

## Further reading

- *[Breaking Bread: the Functions of Social Eating](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40750-017-0061-4)*, written by R.I.M Dunbar.
- *[Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal](https://books.google.com/books?id=fsIymQEACAAJ)*, (W.W. Norton, 2009) by [Tristram Stuart](/source/Tristram_Stuart). ISBN 978-0-393-34956-6.

## External links

- [Website](https://foodcycle.org.uk/)
- [D.C Central Kitchen](https://dccentralkitchen.org/ckp-update/)

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