Once again we finished the year joyously with Hornsey Vale’s final Lunch Club for 2024. Following on from our fabulous 2023 effort we served a total of 71 guests, including a band of willing volunteers.
We do tend to approach this annual tradition with the attitude of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”, and so we welcomed back chef Clare Heal who prepared a delicious traditional Christmas feast, including her wonderful home-made Christmas pudding with custard.
Our team of regular volunteers was once again bolstered by additional volunteer help on the day. Thank you to Theodora, Annette, Ros, Nikki, Siobhan, Lynne and Emilia for their hard work from serving up to folding the last table, and Laura and Emma for running around co-ordinating the lot! Our neighbour and regular guests Mary Q co-ordinated a beautiful donated hamper and collection of prizes for us to raffle—congratulations to Peter, who won the hamper.
An extra special thank you to Lynne for sewing the lovely new (and co-incidentally festive-coloured!) tablecloths!
Click through our slideshow below for more images of this fun day:
Thank you to everyone who’s supported our lunch clubs in 2024, whether as a guest, a volunteer or a chef: we look forward to seeing you all next year.
For up to date info on coming Lunch Clubs, see our Lunch Club page.