The Sewing Rooms, based in Skelmersdale, have designed and are manufacturing The Sew Fab Thermal Cooking Bag which reduces the amount of cooking fuel consumption by up to 70% with the potential to save hundreds of pounds per year. The SewFab thermal cooking bag is inspired by medieval ways of cooking, the straw and haybox method as well as third world versions.
Many of us use our ovens to cook casseroles for 3 or 4 hrs a time, not realising that ovens are among the most energy-demanding appliances in our homes. Aside from our fridge, the oven is likely responsible for the highest energy consumption out of all our kitchen appliances. Many of us are feeling the pinch and having to make choices about where and how we can save money, with some having toe make tougher choices than others. The elderly and food bank users, already experiencing hardship, are finding that this latest hike in living costs is forcing them into fuel poverty and into impossible living conditions.
“It’s incredibly concerning. We’re hearing of some food bank users declining potatoes and root veg because they can’t afford the energy to boil them.”
The Sewing Rooms wanted to be part of the solution and are hoping that through a campaign to raise a minimum of £5000, this will help them to distribute The Sew Fab Thermal Cooking Bag to Food Banks and Community Initiatives across the country.
The thermal bag is based on medieval methods of cooking and more recently “Haybox Cooking”; a process which has been developed over the years and now, here in Skelmersdale, The Sewing Rooms have produced their own modern, portable, washable version. By choosing The Sew Fab Thermal Cooking Bag over your usual oven method, you can reduce cooking fuel consumption by up to 70% per meal, saving on average 1 ton of carbon emissions per year (based on twice weekly usage)
It is estimated that 1 family using this cooking method twice a week can save on average £6 per week on fuel costs, that’s a saving of around £312 per year.
A family using this method 4 times a week can save around £12 per week with an estimate saving of £624 per year.
CEO and co founder Paula Gamester explains:
“So many people are facing difficulties and hardship, and we at the Sewing Rooms wanted to be part of the solution so we did some research and designed the SewFab thermal cooking bag. We have launched a crowdfunder and set our target at £5000, however the more we raise the more people we can help”
The link to the crowd funding web page can be found below