New Covent Garden Market hosted a tour of the Craft Guild of Chefs last week in its latest move to link traders with their customers.

Around 20 chefs visited the Nine Elms site, had an hour on the buyers’ walk and met key foodservice suppliers. These tours will be held quarterly.

Steve Walpole, senior executive chef at Gate Gourmet, said: “The market is not just somewhere to buy vegetables, you can come and talk to traders and learn about food.”