What celebrities say about The Big Lunch

TV and radio celebrities and top chefs from all around the UK are getting behind The Big Lunch initiative where they live. Read what they have to say about us.

Carol Smillie

Scottish TV presenter Carol Smillie helped launch The Big Lunch north of the border in 2011. She says the initiative ‘allows neighbours to get together, form new friendships and make communities stronger.’

 

 

Lynda Bellingham

Actress Lynda Bellingham, our 2011 Big Lunch Ambassador for the UK, says: ‘It's fantastic to see so many people across the UK getting together with their neighbours.’

 

 

Alison Hammond

‘The Big Lunch is such a great initiative, that I hope people take time out to get involved and hold their own.’ TV presenter Alison Hammond helped us get the word out about The Big Lunch in the Midlands in 2011.

 

Liz McClarnon

One lucky Big Lunch in Liverpool hosted Liverpudlian singer Liz McClarnon as a guest in 2011. She urged people to ‘make it the exception, not the rule, that neighbours don't know who each other are.’

 

 

Boris Johnson

Mayor of London Boris Johnson gave his support to Big Lunches across the capital in 2011, saying: ‘If you want to bring your local community together sign up to be part of The Big Lunch.’

 

Barbara Windsor

The fun-loving actress has come on board as Boris Johnson’s Street Party Ambassador for London. She says: ‘I’m so excited to be involved in what promises to be an exciting and historic year for The Big Lunch.’

Levi Roots

Celebrity chef Levi Roots describes The Big Lunch as ‘an admirable project’. He helped us spread the word about The Big Lunch in London in 2011.

 

 

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

The grow-your-own enthusiast and chef has provided Big Lunchers with some lovely recipes over the years. He says: ‘The Big Lunch and Landshare both offer great ways for people to come together and enjoy good food.’

 

James Martin

Yorkshire born chef James Martin spread the word out about The Big Lunch on radio stations across the UK in 2011. He said he’d been ‘hearing about some great projects that have come out of The Big Lunch over the last few years!’