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.
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.
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.

Now booking: Supper Club with Karan Gokani

Join us on Tuesday 25 April for an evening of food, fun and fundraising, hosted by the celebrated co-founder of award-winning Hoppers Restaurant. Karan will demo one of his signature dishes, join guests for a delicious supper and take part in a Q and A.

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It’s here! Cook for Good Soup

We’re helping members of the community develop their cooking and business skills through a micro-enterprise project, Cook for Good Soup. It brings teams together to cook and package batches of delicious and nourishing soup, and serve it to employees at local companies.

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).

See article

Now booking: in-person teambuilding events

We regularly welcome teams into our community kitchen to cook, connect and have fun together. We offer a choice of formats, a range of menus and an unforgettable experience. Take a look at our different options and feel free to contact us for a brief chat or a full proposal.

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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 £15 and £25).

Register your interest

Cook, shop, eat and connect with us

For the community

Our new community kitchen is a hub for food-based activities, ready to welcome local people of all ages. Sign up for a cooking class, become a member of our surplus food 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.

For businesses

Our teambuilding 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 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.

Community member
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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!

Meta
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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.

community meals provided
10 tons redistributed food, avoiding waste
tonnes redistributed food, avoiding waste
community cooking class attendees
pantry member households
Read about our ambitions

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