Sweet idea: Violet Cakes will take part in the fundraising efforts
(Picture: Handout)A team of London’s top bakeries will unite this weekend to raise funds for the humanitarian effort in Ukraine.
Ottolenghi, Flor and BAO are among those getting involved in the charity bake sale, which is taking place as part of the wider #CookForUkraine and #BakeForUkraine efforts — a scheme that has so far generated almost £650,000 for Unicef UK, split between £350,000 in donations to the scheme’s Just Giving page and a further £300,000 raised from the #CookForUkraine fundraising events across the capital. Donations from London restaurants supporting the scheme are yet to be counted, but the charity drive is hopeful of reaching its £1million target. Some details of what restaurants are doing to help can be found here.
Hosted by Toklas Restaurant on Surrey Street, in collaboration with #CookForUkraine co-founder and influencer Clerkenwell Boy, the sale is set to run from 10am to 1pm on Saturday April 2. As well as the bakery goods, the restaurant will lay on soft drinks and beer, while Dima’s Vodka — the award-winning Ukrainian brand — will be on sale as well.
The full line-up is below:
- Assembly Coffee
- Bakers Against Racism
- BAO
- The Boy Who Bakes
- BRAT
- Flor Bakery
- The Good Egg
- Happy Endings
- Lily Vanilli
- Meringue Girls
- Ottolenghi
- Pump Street Bakery
- The QCH Shop
- Santa Nata
- Toklas Bakery
- Violet Cakes
- Yurii Kovryzhenko
