{"id":5184,"date":"2022-01-20T15:31:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T15:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/?p=5184"},"modified":"2025-03-28T17:16:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T17:16:16","slug":"our-2021-reverse-advent-calendar-results-are-in-mindful-chef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/our-2021-reverse-advent-calendar-results-are-in-mindful-chef\/","title":{"rendered":"Our 2021 Reverse Advent Calendar Results Are In | Mindful Chef"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ReverseAdvent_2021_Guide_MG_Food_Landsacape-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5185\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ReverseAdvent_2021_Guide_MG_Food_Landsacape-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ReverseAdvent_2021_Guide_MG_Food_Landsacape-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ReverseAdvent_2021_Guide_MG_Food_Landsacape-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ReverseAdvent_2021_Guide_MG_Food_Landsacape-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite another difficult year with more people going hungry than ever before, our incredible community managed to come together and donate generously to our Reverse Advent Calendar initiative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year our community donated 24 tonnes of food which we calculated to be 144,000 food items. This year we&#8217;ve managed to smash through our targets and donate a whopping 28 tonnes of food. That&#8217;s is equivalent to 67,143 meals for those most in need during difficult times.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"998\" height=\"990\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-at-12.29.55.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5189\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-at-12.29.55.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5189\" class=\"wp-image-5189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-at-12.29.55.png 998w, https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-at-12.29.55-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-at-12.29.55-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-at-12.29.55-768x762.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 998px) 100vw, 998px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Helen-Gaskell-1024x769.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5186\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Helen-Gaskell.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5186\" class=\"wp-image-5186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Helen-Gaskell-1024x769.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Helen-Gaskell-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Helen-Gaskell-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Helen-Gaskell-1536x1153.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Helen-Gaskell.png 1884w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"772\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-at-12.31.01-772x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5188\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-at-12.31.01.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5188\" class=\"wp-image-5188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-at-12.31.01-772x1024.png 772w, https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-at-12.31.01-226x300.png 226w, https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-at-12.31.01-768x1018.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-at-12.31.01-340x450.png 340w, https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-at-12.31.01.png 964w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As always, we had many generous donations from our amazing Facebook community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This marked our 4th year running the<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/reverseadvent\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/reverseadvent\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Reverse Advent Calendar<\/a>. Food waste reaches a peak at Christmas time and during the holiday season alone, almost 270,000 tons of food is wasted. But thanks to our Mindful Chef community, we know what a difference we can make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The concept is simple, customers add one non-perishable food item into an empty&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mindful Chef<\/a>&nbsp;box each day in December, then return them to us for free.&nbsp;This couldn&#8217;t be achievable without the help of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/meet-the-felix-project-this-years-reverseadventcalendar-charity-partner-mindful-chef\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/meet-the-felix-project-this-years-reverseadventcalendar-charity-partner-mindful-chef\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Felix Project<\/a>, London&#8217;s largest food distribution charity, who we partnered with back in 2020. They ensure that your donations go to those ind desperate need, not the bin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s why the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/reverseadvent\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/reverseadvent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Reverse Advent Calendar <\/a>was set up, to encourage Mindful Chef customers to give back and donate food to those in need at Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Felix-volunteer-with-leeks_-credit-The-Felix-Project-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5190\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you didn\u2019t take part, it\u2019s not too late to make a difference. We would love to encourage more people to donate to their local food bank where possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find your local food bank <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trusselltrust.org\/get-help\/find-a-foodbank\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite another difficult year with more people going hungry than ever before, our incredible community managed to come together and donate generously to our Reverse Advent Calendar initiative. Last year our community donated 24 tonnes of food which we calculated to be 144,000 food items. This year we&#8217;ve managed to smash through our targets and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/our-2021-reverse-advent-calendar-results-are-in-mindful-chef\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5184","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-charity","8":"entry"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ReverseAdvent_2021.jpg",600,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ReverseAdvent_2021-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ReverseAdvent_2021-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ReverseAdvent_2021.jpg",600,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ReverseAdvent_2021.jpg",600,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ReverseAdvent_2021.jpg",600,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ReverseAdvent_2021.jpg",600,400,false],"horizontal-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ReverseAdvent_2021.jpg",600,400,false],"horizontal-thumbnail-small":["https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ReverseAdvent_2021-340x225.jpg",340,225,true],"vertical-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ReverseAdvent_2021.jpg",600,400,false],"vertical-thumbnail-small":["https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ReverseAdvent_2021-340x400.jpg",340,400,true],"square-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ReverseAdvent_2021-320x321.jpg",320,321,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Olivia Parker","author_link":"https:\/\/www.mindfulchef.com\/blog\/author\/olivia\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Despite another difficult year with more people going hungry than ever before, our incredible community managed to come together and donate generously to our Reverse Advent Calendar initiative. 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