Last October saw the City Council tour a giant mixing pot, built by local artist Diana Bell, around Oxford’s community centres, inviting residents to come together, talk about food and share recipes.
The team behind the idea has now collated the recipes and stories on a website with the help of local tech firm Made With Joy, and with photos by Oxford’s most famous chip shop photographer, Mr Kazem Hakimi, whose photographs have been exhibited at Modern Art Oxford.
To celebrate the first anniversary of the mixing pot and the website’s official launch, the team is inviting members of the public to upload their recipe onto the site for a chance to win prizes, including a basketful of international and local food products and a photo shoot by Mr Hakimi.
Each recipe submitted will count as one entry so more entries mean more chances to win. The competition will run from Monday 16 October to Sunday 12 November. Terms and conditions can be requested via email to internationallinks@oxford.gov.uk
Councillor Dee Sinclair, Board Member for Culture and Communities, said: “Food is such a powerful way of bringing people together. We want to tell the story of the people of Oxford through the food they love.
“We hope this will give everyone the chance to discover Oxford’s diverse and multi-cultural communities through the food that’s important to them.”
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