Borough Market held on 23 of November, its inaugural celebration sale, bringing children from diverse communities together through food. Primary school pupils have made bread, cakes and pastries inspired by their cultural heritage.

For the first time of this year, Borough market aimed to launch a positive initiative by celebrating the different communities living in London trough food. The children’s cultural background includes those from Ethiopia, Ghana, Finland, France, Italy, Kosovo, Poland, Russia, the Caribbean, Mexico and India.

Children from the Charles Dickens Primary school, near the Borough high street, have made Ethiopian bread, Kosovan cottage cheese, Jamaican fruit cake and Italian spiced ginger biscuits.

“This is my first experience selling food in a crowded place like borough market. I feel so excited to have such responsibility,” said a pupil from the Charles Dickens primary school.

The inaugural celebration sale has followed a training day in the market where workshops such as a culinary experience where held. The children had the opportunity to spend time with an Italian cook and writer tasting her homemade recipes and exploring different herbs and spices to use in their own creation.

Talks and debates around the food theme were also organised by the market. A range of national and international traders held conversations on why food is such an important part of their heritage and listening to the stories behind the products that they sell.

The Celebration Sale is part of an ongoing partnership with food education charity School Food Matters. All proceeds from the Celebration Sale will go to charity FareShare, who provide meals for Londoners in need of support.