Fundraising Cookbook Launched With Feast Of Recipes

TV chef, Christian Aid and churches unite to support launch of 'Loaves, fishes and more'

Surrounded by fresh fish and tasty bread loaves, celebrity chef Kevin Woodford has helped launch a unique cookbook, which includes recipes submitted by church leaders and members of the public.

Featuring 70 delicious recipes, Loaves, fishes and more is a 128-page fundraising cookbook devised by insurer Congregational & General, which is endorsed by Kevin Woodford.  It contains a wide range of recipes from a traditional game pie to Spanish style fish stew and a delicious citrus tart.

Available now from independent booksellers and high street bookshops including Waterstones and Borders, it is the first publication of its kind involving some of the UK's key church leaders. For every book sold a donation will be made to Christian Aid.

Included within the recipes submitted by nine church leaders were a wholesome 'Bara Brith' fruitcake supplied by The Presbyterian Church of Wales's former Moderator, Revd Haydn Thomas.

Kevin, who has appeared on a number of TV shows including Planet Cook, Ready Steady Cook and Songs of Praise, said: "Loaves fishes and more is a fantastic fundraising initiative and I have been delighted to lend my support during its production."

Dr Daleep Mukarji, Director of Christian Aid, concluded: "Flawed global systems and structures - including those of trade, taxation and the responses to climate change - will result in more than a billion people going hungry this year.

"This book's central message of nourishment and sharing is made doubly pertinent by the support it will give to Christian Aid in our mission to overcome global poverty."

For more information, please visit www.loavesfishesandmore.com. Loaves, fishes and more retails at £11.95 per copy.