Liberty Kitchen: Balls, no chains as prisoners turn chefs

London's street-food scene gets a new culinary clan... the inmates of HMP Pentonville
Stir fry: Pentonville inmates cook street food under chef Sebastien Lauret, second left
Evening Standard / eyevine
Ed Cumming3 November 2017

Prisoners at HMP Pentonville turned street food chefs at an event marking one year of Liberty Kitchen, a social enterprise that aims to teach inmates culinary skills and prepare them for life on the outside.

For the past three months, prisoners working under chef Sebastien Lauret have been learning to prepare a variety of dishes.

At last night’s event, guests were served a selection of different meatballs from a “Ball No Chain” range.

The Ball No Chain Menu at Liberty Kitchen

The prisoners’ food has been sold at nearby Primrose Hill market, and there are plans to expand to other street food markets.

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