Welcome to London Food. The homepage for the work of the GLA’s Food Team and the London Food Board and its partners.
London Food works across the whole range of London’s food system promoting and developing work that meets the aims of the London Food Strategy – Healthy & Sustainable Food for London.
Latest news
Apprentices and London's food and hospitality sector
The capital's food sector turns over £16 billion a year and employs more than 300,000 Londoners. It is one of the most diverse and vibrant of any in the world and an important part of our economy.
The sector offers a wide range of careers but sometimes struggles to attract the skilled workforce it needs to develop and grow. Apprenticeships are a great way to address this gap and can help build a dedicated and committed workforce to improve a business' bottom line.
Find out about employing apprentices in the food and hospitality sector.
Takeaways toolkit
On the 21 November the London Food Board in Partnership with the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health launched their Takeaways Toolkit – guidance for local authorities on how to tackle the public health impacts of fast food takeaways.
Find out more about the Takeaways toolkit.
About London Food
London Food Board
The London Food Board is an advisory group of independent food policy organisations and experts which oversees the implementation of The Mayor’s Food Strategy: Healthy and Sustainable Food for London.
Read more about the London Food Board.
Priorities
Implementation is delivered through three main headings that correspond to the Implementation Groups of the Board; Business and Commerce, Communities and Citizens and London Boroughs.