WISDOM

For Petra Barran, founder of street food collective KERB, there’s much more to street food than a sandwich on the run. She explains how food can build communities to Jenny Linford

As anyone who visits festivals or markets will have noticed, street food in Britain has been transformed. No longer monopolised by vans selling dubious hot dogs, today’s street food traders offer a globetrotting array of consumables – pizza, burritos, burgers, mac ‘n’ cheese, dosas – often with an inventive, individual twist. Petra Barran, a former street trader who spent six years travelling with her “wagon of chocolate joy” – her van, Choc Star – is a driving force in Britain’s thriving street food scene. She co-founded eat.st, Britain’s first street food collective, then KERB, which champions a community of street food traders in London. She’s often cast as its spokesperson, a role she has taken on with brio. A natural communicator, Petra’s ashappy addressing an audience of political movers and shakers…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, 01-Jul-2015

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