The fast fresh food market feeding London

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Meet London's night workers racing against time to get fresh fruit and veg onto our plates. Traders at New Covent Garden market in Nine Elms say due to Brexit and the Covid pandemic chefs are now competing for the best seasonal produce. Read more:

Night workers at the UK's largest wholesale market have told of how their work is the "heart and lungs" for providing fruit and vegetables to London.

More than 2,000 night workers at New Covent Garden Market in Nine Elms serve everyone from Michelin-starred chefs to prison kitchens, producing an annual turnover of £650m. "If you live in London and you dine out, you will have come across our produce," market trader Vernon Mascarenhas said.We Are England explores real stories from across the country every Friday at 19:30 on BBC One. You can watch the latest full episode on Friday 28 October on BBC One HD and BBC One in London, the South and South East.

 

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And I bet a lot voted Brexit.

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