Evolving Food Futures & Chefs’ Manifesto London Action Hub : Open Day

Hungry for change? Join chefs, growers, educators, and others shaping a better food future—share ideas, explore projects, and get inspired to build it together.

Chefs’ Manifesto and OmVed Gardens invite you to their annual gathering to explore individual and planetary health through food & how to impact change in the system.

Please book for the sessions that you would like to attend

This event is for anyone! We all eat, and we hence can all have an impact on the food system.

PROGRAMME

Morning Session

What is a healthy food system? Exploring how individual, planetary health and community well being is inextricably interlinked.

Afternoon Sessions

Actionable solutions for a healthier you and healthier planet through cooking demos on beans, discussion on seeds & seed sovereignty, learning about regenerative ingredients, creative sessions creating with food scraps and waste, space to connect with other like minded individuals and organisations.

PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS

Defining Good Food: What Makes a Healthy Food System? | Panel

Key voices in food systems including policy experts, chefs, dieticians, Ayurvedic medicine practitioners, food producers and community changemakers explore the challenges in who and how we define healthy food systems, and how we can co-create a better approach

Cook Up a Better Food Future with Chef Emily Gussin & Nutritionist Sam Hamrebtan | Recipe Development Workshop

Join Sam Hamrebtan, Nutritional Therapist & Chef, and Emily Gussin, Food Writer, Chef and Sustainability Editor at Delicious magazine, for a workshop exploring how culinary creativity and nutritional insight can come together to support planetary and personal health.

The Third Place: Cultivating Community Wellbeing Through Food

Exploring community kitchens, community health/collective health, mental health, Good Food accessible for all

into the seeds of time exhibition

into the seeds of time cooking demo with Josephine Marchandise

into the seeds of time Documentary | Screening & discussion

Living Seed Libraries and Seed Sovereignty | Open House with the Seed Saving Network

Edible Alchemy | Creativity workshop ft. food scraps & beans

Knowledge Market: Marketplace style showcase with chefs, initiatives, and ingredients, freeflow networking & knowledge sharing

About the organisers:

The Chefs’ Manifesto is a chef-led project that brings together 1600+ chefs from around the world to explore how they can help deliver a sustainable food system. As chefs bridge the gap between farm and fork, the Chefs’ Manifesto empowers chefs with a framework tied to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. 

OmVed Gardens is a garden, exhibition, events, and learning space in North London dedicated to exploring the connections between food, ecology, and creativity for health and climate resilience. We are on a mission to inspire ecological awareness and action, and deepen our understanding of interconnectedness with the natural world.

As a registered Community Interest Company, all our activities prioritise social and ecological objectives. Whether collaborating with chefs, creatives, gardeners, or schools, OmVed Gardens is a hub for education, connection, and action. We aim to inspire individuals and communities to reimagine their role in building a healthier, more resilient world.

We work to increase biodiversity of species, seeds, food systems, and participation, through regenerative gardening, seed saving, habitat creation, and ecological education. Our space serves as a living example of how urban areas can be transformed into thriving ecosystems that support both human and non-human communities.

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Practical Information:

Access to our garden can be steep, please wear sturdy shoes.

There is no visitor parking so we encourage you to cycle, walk or take public transport.Google Maps Directions

There is paid parking on Highgate from 10am - 12pm and free before and after.

We unfortunately cannot allow any furry friends unless they are guide/support animals. Please let us know in advance if you need to bring them with you.

If you have an allergy to a particular plant or insect, please get in touch before attending our site.

The gardens are a habitat for a variety of pollinators, including busy bees. Please respect them and do not approach the beehives for their safety and yours.

We have ponds - members of the public are not permitted in the pond at any time.

Do not ingest any plants, mushrooms or fungi that you find on site.