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Starts Sep 04 2025

Food Foundations (Community cookery course)- SPACES FILLED

Thursday 4th September 2025 - Thursday 9th October 2025
10:00 am - 1:00 pm

About this class

Join us for FOOD FOUNDATIONS to learn essential cookery skills and gain confidence – for those looking to cook tastier, healthier food at home.

Soup

Who’s this for? This course is for anyone who meets the criteria below and wants to gain confidence in the kitchen. We will be:

  • Learning and improving knife and kitchen skills
  • Gaining knowledge of flavours and ingredients
  • Growing in experience and confidence to create meals from surplus food and leftovers, making the most of what is available

Course structure:

We’ll spend five sessions (one session per week) at the Community Kitchen cooking in pairs and building up skills making:

1) One Pot Meals  
2) Soup and Bread 
3) Salads and Vegetables 
4) Pasta, Rice and Pulses 
5) Baking 

Date (Note there is some blank weeks):

  • Thursday 4th September 10am-1pm
  • Thursday 11th September 10am-1pm
  • Thursday 18th September 10am-1pm
  • Thursday 2nd October 10am-1pm
  • Thursday 9th October 10am-1pm

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What previous participants said about Food Foundations: “It’s a wonderful, friendly course that is full of flavour, recipes and a great building block for future cooking.”

This course is funded by Southern Railway/ Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR).

Application instructions

Who can attend?

People who are able to attend an in person cookery session. Attendees must be either social housing residents, receive a means-tested benefit, older people aged 50+  (must also meet another criteria on this list), have a long-term physical health condition or long-term mental health condition.

To apply:

Please complete the form below to apply for a space on this course. If your application is successful we will respond to you around 4 weeks before the start of the course.

Please be sure to check your spam folder when looking out for a reply from us about your application.

Cost:

We ask for a £5 donation per session (suggested), depending what you can afford. Speak to us if cost is a barrier. Payments can be made in cash at each session.

 

For any questions contact:
Callum Chapman, Engagement Officer
The Community Kitchen, 113 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3XG
info@bhfood.org.uk / 01273 234810

Location

The Community Kitchen, Queens Road, Brighton, UK

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