Full menu for today's soup kitchen

Tuesday 02 December 2014

You can get warmed up in the Royal Square this lunchtime when around forty different soups go on sale to help the Island’s homeless.

The annual Soup Kitchen is back and will be raising money for the 86 Islanders who are depending on the Shelter Trust to put a roof over their head this Christmas - the highest numbers they have helped to home.

The Soup Kitchen has been an annual event for the last fifteen years and one of the main fundraisers for the charity. For the last three years it has raised over £10,000 to support the homeless.

Once again local celebs will be serving up hot soup made by some of the Island’s Michelin-starred chefs with some crusty bread to go with it. 38 different types of soup are going on sale and as well as some new recipes there are some new contributors too including Jersey Hospice Care who are rustling up some leek and potato.

Shelter Trust Trustee Richard Robins said: "We have 86 people sleeping in our four different sites at the moment, it's the highest it's ever been, possibly because we are more successful in getting people off the streets."

Around one in four of the Islanders dependent on the charity are under 25 and living at the charity's new home for young adults that opened in St Mark's Road last year. The numbers of young women needing their help has more than doubled.

The money raised from the soup will help make sure everyone gets a proper Christmas dinner this year.

Around fifty Islanders spent Saturday night sleeping rough to raise money and awareness for other homeless charities in the Island.

Here's a list of the soups on sale:

1. Austrian Potato and Wild Mushroom (Restaurant de la Poste)
2. Bean and Pasta (La Capannina)
3. Button Mushroom and Crème Fraiche (Bohemia)
4. Caldo Verde (Cabbage and Chorizo) (Mayfair Catering)
5. Cauliflower and Black Truffle (Hampshire Hotel)
6. Cream of Carrot with Honey and Spice (Jersey Evening Post)
7. Cream of Celeriac, Walnuts and Stilton (Government House)
8. Cream of Chicken, Mushroom and Tarragon (Radisson Blu)
9. Cream of Roasted Winter Vegetables (Doran's Courtyard Bistro)
10. Cream of Potato and Spinach (Ransoms Tearoom)
11. Curried Parsnip and Apple (Hotel L'Horizon)
12. French Onion (Le Braye Café) 
13. Genuine Jersey Winter Pasta (La Cantina)
14. Ham Hock and Pearl Barley (Ormer)
15. Hungarian Goulash (Greenhills)
16. Jersey Bean, Chorizo, Belly Pork, Ham and Kale (Longueville Manor)
17. Kenyan Green Lentil, Spinach and Coconut (Bean Around the World)
18. Leek and Potato (Chateau La Chaire)
19. Leek and Potato (Jersey Hospice Care)
20. Lobster and Sweetcorn Bisque (The Atlantic Hotel / Ocean)
21. Local Crab and Sweet Potato Bisque (Suma's)
22. Minestrone (Jersey Craft Guild of Chefs)
23. Mulligatawny, Spiced Lamb, Coriander Meatballs (The Shelter Trust)
24. Pumpkin and Watercress (Pontac House Hotel)
25. Pumpkin, Sweet Potato and Lemongrass (Old Court House Inn)
26. Red Thai Chicken and Sweet Potato (Mange Tout)
27. Smoked Belly pork, Butter bean, Chorizo and Root veg (Merton Hotel)
28. Smoked haddock and potato (Jersey Pearl)
29. Smoked ham, lentil and onion (Grand Jersey)
30. Spanish chickpea and chunky vegetables (Cafejac)
31. Spiced African bean (Pomme d'Or Hotel)
32. Spiced butternut squash (Merchant House Brasserie)
33. Spiced sweet potato (The Saint Laurent)
34. Spicy haggis (Jersey Field Squadron)
35. Spicy vegetable, coconut and lime (General Hospital)
36. Sweet potato, chilli and coconut cream (Jersey College for Girls)
37. Tuscan style white beans with sage (Café Poste)
38. Winter vegetable, lentil and pearl barley (Green Island restaurant)