Winter Survival Appeal: Beyond Food Foundation helps turn lives around through a love of cooking

There’s a poignancy about this place,” said the Marchioness of Bath, visiting Brigade, the bar and restaurant in London Bridge that is the heart of the Beyond Food Foundation. “You can feel the sense of change.” The building was once London’s oldest fire station and today its tenant, Brigade, helps people transform their lives through the power of food, offering apprenticeships to those who have been left behind.

Over six months of training, people learn how to run a kitchen, wait on customers and look after a business — developing skills has raised over £2.3 million.