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Rubies in the Rubble
no waste, great taste
Delicious homemade chutneys and jams that cares about issues of unemployment, social exclusion and waste.
To address our current culture of excessive
waste we use, as much as possible, surplus fruit and
vegetables (before they are discarded) to make the chutney and jam.
We also aim to bring about change in the local community by employing people who are struggling to get back into work.
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FIND US /ORDER ONLINE
- Where to find us...VISIT OUR STALL:IN THE JUBILEE AREA OF BOROUGH MARKET EVERY SATURDAY 10-5PMFIND US IN:TOM'S DELI, NOTTING HILL, LONDON123 BETHNAL GREEN, LONDON
OUR CURRENT RANGE:
Pear & Walnut Chutney
Apple & Ginger Chutney
Red Onion & Berry Chutney
Tomato & Spice Chutney
More flavours to come...
PRICE: £4.00 a jar (315ml) but we can arrange a discount with bulk orders.
* We also do Gift bags: £10 for 2 jars, £15 for 3 jars
Please email us your order through the 'Get in Touch' link at the bottom of our homepage or contact me directly on jenny@rubiesintherubble.com and we will confirm your order shortly.
Thank you.
PREVIOUSLY...
DECEMBER
THURSDAY 1ST - SUNDAY 4TH,
EAST LONDON DESIGN SHOW, SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL
TUESDAY 13TH, 5:30 - 8:30PM
THE ROSE PUB, FULHAM
OCTOBER
SUNDAY 23RD
APPLE DAY AT BOROUGH MARKET
SATURDAY 22ND
APPLE DAY AT CAMLEY STREET NATURAL PARK
FRIDAY & SATURDAY, 30th & 1st
MICHAELMAS MINI-MARKET, BEDFORDSHIRE
SEPTEMBER
SUNDAY 25TH, 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM
CAMLEY STREET COMMUNITY FOOD MARKET, KINGSCROSS
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Posts
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PRESS
- RUBIES IN THE RUBBLE: FEATURED AROUND TOWN...You can read full articles on our facebook page:```````````````````````````````Rubies in the Rubble - A new Radical for 2012!```````````````````````````````Winter 2011/12 edition of Market Life Hidden Gems article...```````````````````````````````The Next Generation of Food for London, Jan 2012A write up by foodie Miranda York```````````````````````````````Make a difference!.. little write up xx```````````````````````````````Such a lovely write up from The Reluctant Baptist... Thank you! 4th Feb 2012Come and visit us again at Borough soon!```````````````````````````````BlueRoseLady's Blog...2nd Feb 2012Jenny Dawson and Rubies in the Rubble Write up```````````````````````````````Come and try making some chutney for yourselves. A great fun day out!Sign up on Gidsy...```````````````````````````````Great supporters... Toms, Notting Hill! Come visit this great spot for brunch or tea and grab a lovely jar or two from their amazing deli!```````````````````````````````Check out Food Wish List for Rubies in the Rubble.. Dec 2011```````````````````````````````If you are thinking of Christmas that are different/ quirky... come along to Shoreditch Town Hall, 380 Old St to the East London Design Show... We will be there x```````````````````````````````Rubies in the Rubble in Jamie Magazine, 5th OctRead more here on the Borough website
Buy Octobers's issue of Jamie Magazine and you will see RITR featured amongst the mish-mash of 'Stall Tales'.
The article is so good we can't actually link to it online (one must fork out to read it) so here's the mention we are very proud of getting!
Markets also provide platforms for launching new businesses that don’t yet have the clout to get into large shops. Take Rubies in the Rubble, a new brand of preserves made from surplus fruit and veg otherwise destined for the dump. Its ethos is simple: to highlight the amount of food wasted in the UK, and to create livelihoods for people struggling to get back on their feet, by employing them. Founder Jenny Dawson quit her job in finance to start the business, and has just secured a stall at Borough. She is a paid-up member of the market fan club. “What could be better than food made with love and without a hefty air ticket?” she says.
THURSDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER
RUBIES IS TAKING A TRIP OUT OF LONDON THIS WEEKEND FOR SOME VERY ORGANIZED FRIENDS ALREADY HOSTING A CHRISTMAS FAIR, DESPITE THIS SUDDEN HEATWAVE!
-- 'THIS YEAR SEES A NEW FACE 'DOWN THE MARKET', A FACE THAT COULD TELL A THOUSAND TALES AND MORE, BUT WON'T AS SHE'LL BE TOO BUSY SELLING CHUTNEY.' --
FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE KNOW, LOOK OUT FOR A DELICIOUS ARRAY OF CHUTNEY'S & JENNY!
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RUBIES IN THE RUBBLE IS FEATURED TRADER OF THE MONTH AT BOROUGH MARKET
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WILL CLARKSON FEATURES RUBIES IN THE RUBBLE ON HIS PHOTOGRAPHY BLOG
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GET INVOLVED
- How you can help
If you have... 2 minutes 'Like’ us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @rubiesinrubble
5 minutesWatch our video and tell your friends about us
15 minutes Stop by our Stall at Borough market to say hello and sample our products. Find us in the Jubilee section.
A regular time commitmentContact us for volunteer opportunities or run a market stall
Help fund our work
We are currently building our first kitchen - giving us a base to work from and the ability to expand our activities.Your donation would go directly towards equipping us with all the necessary tools to do so.
Please get in touch if you would like to hear more: jenny@rubiesintherubble.com
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CHUTNEY GOES WITH/IN/ON...
- ...ALMOST ANYTHINGChutneys were shipped to Europe at the beginning of the 17th Century as luxury goods and then spread throughout the British Empire and are now used as condiments and go with almost anything… here are just some of our favourites..
- alongside cold meats,
- cheese boards,
- spicing up a stew,
- on a jacket potato,
- with quiche, pizza or a pie…
- simply spooned over hot vegetables,
- added to a gravy,
- in a marinade,
- the basis to your white or cream sauce,
- in a salad dressing,
- make a dip with sour cream,
- stirred in with rice or couscous,
- a pizza topping
- with your fried eggs and sausages on a hungover morning
They will revolutionize:
- a sandwich or bap
- make your bacon, burger or sausage roll a delight (great alternatives to ketchup or mayo)
But really the uses are endless… only limited by your imagination!
Our current lunchtime norm is simply a cheese and lettuce sarny with ½ and ½ chutney and mayo-‘cheap as chips’ and tasty too!
Or we are really into apple & ginger at the moment- loving the apple and pork sausage combo though friends made an amazing pizza using apple+ginger in the topping with rocket, chicken and cheese.. which I have to say was THE dream!
Please let us know your favourite uses or unusual combinations!
We would love to try them too and achieve the chutney challenge: bringing it into our breakfast, lunch and dinner!
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FOOD WASTE FACTS
- Globally, fruits and vegetables are wasted more than any other food
- Roughly one third of food produced in the whole world (1.3 billion tonnes) for human consumption every year gets lost or wasted, according to an FAO-commissioned study called, Global Food Losses and Food Waste.
- Not wasting food prevents at least 30 times more carbon emissions than composting , according to the
Stockholm Environment Institute's U.S.
office said.
"Reducing the wasting of food -- both by consumers and also upstream in the supply chain -- can significantly reduce life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions," the study says. "Managing wastes after they're produced (composting, for example) offers a much smaller potential for greenhouse gas reductions."
IN THE UK...- 5% of the UKs greenhouse gas emissions comes from food waste.
- 60% of the 16 billion tonnes of UK food waste is preventable. (WRAP)
- UK food waste costs 22 billion a year while the World Food Program budget is only 3.1 billion/year.
