Volunteers Save 34 Tonnes of Silverstone Grand Prix Food

The groups held pop-up shops throughout the week. Normally the larders run a membership scheme where surplus food is sold at discount. For the Silverstone haul, the shops were open to all.

Steele said attendance records were broken. On Monday, 450 people came to the first pop-up sale. Normal attendance is about 350.

Volunteers worked until midnight on Monday to serve everyone. Steele described the team as "literally on their knees." They put their feet in ice blocks to cool off.

"When there is so much food, it's really important to open it up to the wider network, else we'd end up with a lot of waste," she said.

The goods from the F1 event cannot be taken home by the event team. They would be left behind otherwise. Steele said the work "has such a positive impact." She praised her team for working through a heatwave without complaint.

The larders estimate they helped about 3,000 people through the pop-up shops.