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Tesco’s HQ this morning hosted a live cook off to celebrate Armed Forces Week.
The military team included regular and reserve personnel from the Royal Navy, Army and RAF, led by the ‘Commando Chef’, Colour Sergeant Mike Beaton MBE.
Personnel were challenged to make dishes against the clock, without a full recipe, with a focus on easy and cost effective meals.
The event highlighted the power of food in bringing communities together, as the teams made a traditional Ukrainian recipe and recipes inspired by cooking on military operations such as ‘Chicken Curry in A Hurry’.
Tesco has always had a strong association with the Armed Forces. It was founded in 1919 by Jack Cohen, a WW1 veteran who used his ‘demob money’ from the Royal Flying Corps to buy up left over supplies from the military NAAFI wagon and sell them on a market stall.
Tesco is the UK’s biggest employer of military veterans, and this year they are the headline sponsor of Armed Forces Day (24 June).
