Madras Cafe Unlocked 2020: Sound Bites: Food conversations

  • Friday July 24, 2020
  • 19.30 - 20.30

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Vibha and Linda work in Madras Café’s kitchen, a vital link between the voluntary choppers and preparers of ingredients and the cooks. They keep an eye on the contents of the mobile fridge, making sure the stocks of vegetables and spices are right. Fran helps out at the Action Village India information stall at the front of the Madras Café marquee and does shifts in the kitchen, serving food and washing up.

At Womad all three women sleep in the communal tent, which accommodates volunteers from all over the world who have no camping gear. We find them in their duvets, in a recorded online conversation, recalling the experience of waking up to another day of volunteering at Madras Café festival. They air their passions and inspirations for food – how it is cooked, grown and sourced, how it crosses geopolitical and cultural boundaries, bringing people together.

Almost by osmosis, they have gradually become informal educators and community mobilisers. Vibha instigated an annual Festival of Rice in Colchester, Essex, through her work with Colchester Ethnic Minority Forum; she has become a Food Educator and Explorer. Linda was a Woodcraft Folk Leader and Youth Worker and is a self made food activist. Fran is an Artist and retired Arts Educator and has organised local food and food story exchanges.

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About Madras Café Unlocked

As a result of COVID-19, WOMAD festival 2020 has been cancelled which has a huge impact on Madras Café and AVI. This is normally a key fundraising event and an opportunity to raise awareness about AVI’s solidarity with rural communities across India. Our re-imagined event, Madras Café Unlocked brings you a summer of online content in support of Action Village India and partners. We launch our five ‘stages’: Madras Café Family, Madras Boombox, Food for Thought, Partnerships & Solidarity and our Exhibition: Food for Justice and Peace on the 24th, 25th & 26th of July and events will run throughout the summer up to 26th September, when we conclude with an International meal in support of Jai Jagat 2020.

Please visit our website www.madrascafeunlocked.co.uk for more information.

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