Are You Growing for the Foodival?

Foodival relies on donations of locally grown fruit and veg and each year we celebrate those who contribute spare produce to make the Foodival happen. Even in 2020 when we held a reduced event, we still had to create our Grower's Feast with these donations! Thank you so much everyone. Can you spot yourself? Would you like to be in this year's photo? We hope to see you at the produce drop-off at Mushkil Aasaan at 220 Upper Tooting Rd on Weds 1st September 5.30 to 8pm.

Foodival 2020 Produce Collection 5th Sept

Due to the restrictions placed on large gatherings we are changing the way we celebrate Foodival this year. There will not a be a public event in the street but what we are doing is celebrating our growers at a Foodival Feast next weekend. We still intend to make that sustainable low food mile feast with locally grown produce so if you are growing anything and would like to share some of your surplus produce with us we are collecting vegetables from 11-1pm tomorrow at Tooting Works, formally know as Trident Business Centre, 89, Bickersteth Road, SW17 9SH.

Here is Foodival organiser Mal harvesting her first home grown courgette to take along tomorrow. Foodival chef Volker and his team will use this and anything else donated to rustle up the vegetarian feast next Saturday.

I Grew This 2019

Most of this year's growers are here immortalised in the traditional I Grew This montage!

Three Weeks to Foodival 2019

This year’s Tooting Foodival is only three weeks away! 

Our annual sustainable food celebration takes place in central Tooting between 11am and 5pm on Saturday 14th September. We will close half of Hereward Rd and fill the street with cooking activities, stalls showcasing local products and organisations, creative activities, music and soap box talks. 

The premise of Foodival as ever is that we seek donations of fruit and vegetables from local growers that will be cooked up by local Tooting chefs and served to you, the hungry public, as the central part of our street festival. We seek to show that you don’t need to import food from miles away; you can enjoy sustainable locally grown low food mile delicious fare right here in SW17. 

I Grew This!

We collect donations of fruit and vegetables the evening before (Friday 13th September, this year) where we also hope to immortalise each of our growers in the now famous “I Grew This” photos. This is also the time when prospective entrants to the Top Tooting Cook Competition can pick up produce to conjure a prize winning dish for the following day’s competition. There will be some great prizes! 


If you would like to get involved there are several possible ways to do so: 

1) Are you growing any vegetables or fruit that you could donate? We would be ever so grateful, as Foodival only happens due to home grown produce. 

2) Would you like to help out on the day? We have a reliable team but can always do with a hand from anyone who wants to get involved in some random community fun! 

3) Do you fancy entering the Top Tooting Cook Competition? What is your speciality dish that will wow the judges? Or would you like to be a judge? Here is all the TTC info you need: details of the TTC and the registration form. Good luck and we look forward to what you make!

4) Do you have something to say... about food, sustainability, plastics or anything a bit related? You could book yourself a spot on the Soap Box! 

Whatever, contact us on transitiontowntooting@gmail.com to find out more, check us out on Instragram @tootingfoodival or on facebook

We look forward to celebrating local food and local cooking with you on the streets of Tooting in September!