Bringing businesses and communities together through food

Cook for Good is a social enterprise that tackles food poverty and social isolation, connecting businesses with local communities, for the benefit of both.
A volunteer with a community member in the Cook for Good kitchen near King CrossHealthy food for the community at a surplus food pantry
We've built a community kitchen on an estate in Kings Cross, where we run free cooking classes, community meals and a surplus food pantry.
We also host cooking-based team building experiences, sharing the profits (and the food) with local residents.
A corporate group eating a meal they cooked at a team building awayday in London
Cook for Good is a social enterprise that tackles food poverty and social isolation, connecting businesses with local communities, for the benefit of both.
We've built a community kitchen on an estate in Kings Cross, where we run free cooking classes, community meals and a surplus food pantry.
We also host cooking-based teambuilding experiences, sharing the profits (and the food) with local residents.
A chef who will be cooking Thai food at a fundraising dinner

Now booking: Annual packages

We've had so many of our corporate teams coming back for seconds (and thirds, and even fourths) that we've created an annual package. This includes four teambuilding events, a soup lunch at your offices hosted by our Community Brigade, and an apron for everyone who takes part.

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A surplus food pantry for the Priory Green Estate community, near Kings Cross

Extra sessions at our surplus food pantry

Due to overwhelming demand from our community, we're now offering morning and evening Pantry sessions. Members pay £3.50 a week, which entitles them to come in and shop for a basket of fresh, frozen and storecupboard ingredients (worth between £30 and £35).

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A community member shopping in the Cook for Good surplus food pantry

Read all about it

Guardian journalist Alexandra Topping popped in to see what happens at Cook for Good, and wrote a smashing piece about us. It included some lovely comments by members of our community, including Pantry member Deolida (pictured).

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Corporate colleagues cooking meals at a teambuilding day in London

Listen to us on the Off Air podcast

We were delighted to be visited by Jane Garvey, co-host of the Off Air with Jane and Fi podcast, who came in to record an episode all about us. Jane visited our kitchen and hung out in the Pantry, chatting to our co-founders and some of our staff and volunteers. It's a lovely insight into what we do and the warmth of the Cook for Good experience.

Listen here
A community member shopping in the Cook for Good surplus food pantry

We're award winners!

We're extremely proud to have been awarded Best Social Value Project at the SLVG Social Value Awards 2023. The judges described us as "A great example of collaborative working - from the re-use of idle space in the heart of Peabody's Kings Cross estate to the support sourced from local companies."

Our community programme

Cook, shop, eat and connect with us

A group of children at a community cooking class near Kings Cross

For the community

Our new community kitchen is a hub for food-based activities, ready to welcome local people of all ages. Find out about cooking classes, become a member of our Pantry, or join your neighbours for a community meal. Whether you love to cook or don’t know where to start, there’ll be something here for you.

A group cooking together at a corporate awayday in London

For businesses

Our team building cooking events are a great way for businesses to bring their people together to connect and learn, while releasing their inner chef. We’ll share the meals you make with local residents, and as all our profits are fed back into our work, you’ll also be supporting our wider community programme.

What happens at a team building event?

We recently hosted a team from Genuine Dining, one of our culinary partners, who made a film of their Cook & Serve experience. Here’s what they got up to.

What you have brought to our community is something that other estates just don’t have. This year is such a tough one for people around here… it is great they have somewhere to come.

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Cook for Good was a special way for our team to come together, give back, and appreciate good food. The team had the best time chopping and cooking a delicious meal for us and the community. We will forever remember this event. Highly recommend!

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We had a brilliant time - such fun and some new (and unusual) friendships were forged in the heat of the kitchen. It really was a case of the sum of the parts being greater than the whole: good food, good company, good music, good times and doing good - but not just a good team challenge - the best!

Keystone Law
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Our plans for 2023-24

We’ve set ourselves some hefty targets for this year.
Here’s what we’re hoping to achieve.

The target number of community meals we will provide in one year
community meals
provided
The amount of food we aim to redistribute to avoid food waste
tonnes food redistributed, avoiding waste
The number of people who will attend our community cooking classes
community cooking class attendees
The target number of households who will join our Pantry
pantry member households
The number of opportunities provided to help people find employment
employment and enterprise opportunities
Read about our ambitions

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