Scottish celebrity chef and restaurateur Tony Singh MBE joined chefs from Glasgow Hilton hotels on Wednesday 18th October to visit and offer support to Glasgow NE Food Bank as part of Hilton’s Global Week of Service UK signature event.
Singh created three new affordable recipes especially for the event, which were then shared with food bank volunteers and users. These include familiar Scottish recipes such as Spiced Neep Soup and more inventive alternatives Cheese Cookies and Bread Soup.
Hilton Glasgow Grosvenor, the hotel leading Hilton’s corporate responsibility celebrations in Glasgow, helped fund the building of storage at a local food bank, and chefs from Hilton hotels across Glasgow regularly teach groups of families how to cook basic, healthy meals using fresh and affordable ingredients.
The event was a celebration of Hilton Glasgow Grosvenor’s continued work in the community and its commitment to host a morning of hospitality at Glasgow food banks every month moving forward.
Six hotels across Scotland, including Hilton Glasgow Grosvenor and Hilton Glasgow, have committed to serve their local communities by supporting food programmes and create opportunities for vulnerable community members in Aberdeen, Dunblane, Dundee and Edinburgh.
Now in its sixth year, Global Week of Service is Hilton’s largest annual community service initiative – in 2016 there were more than 4000 projects, with more than 250,000 volunteer hours in more than 90 countries.
Andreas Lackner, Regional Head Full Service Brands, EMEA, Hilton said: “Global Week of Service is an annual week-long celebration recognising Hilton’s year-round commitment to enrich the communities where our Team Members and Guests live, work and travel.
“Today is a celebration of the work Hilton Glasgow Grosvenor has done for those living in hardship in Glasgow and our commitment to host regular hospitality days across the country. I was proud to see so many of our Team Members working alongside food bank volunteers and our guest Tony Singh to provide warm meals, food and donations to support those experiencing hardship.”
Tony Singh MBE said: “It is great to partner with Hilton on the meaningful community work it is doing in Glasgow. As part of the partnership, it was my privilege to offer my support to the Glasgow food bank volunteers and users by creating three new recipes that will help them create more simple and healthy meals. Food banks are important to a number of communities across the UK I am pleased to be able to help Hilton support the local community through this initiative.”