Twelve Recipes of Christmas

This festive season, Sainsbury’s and Comic Relief are teaming up to help more people access the joy of good food and celebrate the powerful memories it creates

Christmas is a time when families cook, eat and come together – yet for more than 14 million people in the UK experiencing food insecurity (Trussell, 2025), those joyful festive moments may be out of reach.

Through its Meals Make Memories campaign, Sainsbury’s is sharing twelve delicious recipes and treasured food memories from six community heroes tackling food poverty across the UK. Through shining a light on these brilliant people and their stories, Sainsbury's is spotlighting the incredible work of food redistribution charities in the run-up to Christmas.

All six contributors are deeply involved with food redistribution organisations such as FareShare and City Harvest, which Sainsbury’s and Comic Relief are proudly supporting this Christmas to help donate over five million meals to those who need them most.

Our festive foodies

Marco smiling

Marco
Head of Community Impact at City Harvest food charity

“Boxing Day was all about Mum’s lasagne – rich, comforting and completely her”

See Marco's recipes

Pam smiling

Pam
City Harvest’s longest-serving volunteer

“Christmas is an opportunity to share nice food and spend time with loved ones”

See Pam's recipes

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Adeola & Ruth
A teacher and her daughter, who attend Wigan Youth Zone

“The smell of this dish takes me straight home to laughter, family and warmth”

See Adeola & Ruth's recipes

Samantha smiling

Samantha
A youth worker at Wigan Youth Zone

“Hotpot has been our family tradition for more than 60 years”

See Samantha's recipes

Simon smiling

Samantha
A youth worker at Wigan Youth Zone

“Hotpot has been our family tradition for more than 60 years”

See Samantha's recipes

Shelaine smiling

Shelaine
A City Harvest driver fighting food poverty in East London

“Our whole family are big foodies; this meal is our favourite moment of the year”

See Shelaine's recipes

Simon smiling

Simon
FareShare delivery driver redistributing good-quality surplus food

“Our chocolate and ginger pudding was always such a celebration”

See Simon's recipes

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