Recovery Kitchen
Recovery Kitchen is a cookery course pilot – and here, Community Chef founder and director, Robin Van Creveled, writes about its origins: Healthy eating, cookery and wellbeing courses for people in recovery from mental health
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Man with a Pan – How it all began
Man with a Pan cookery courses for older men – a practical way for men to learn how to cook and be healthy while making friends, being active and building community. We piloted the course
The Feature Kitchen
A social enterprise helping cooks from various cultural backgrounds to share their food via a weekend take away delivery service. Since 2017, I’ve had the pleasure of hosting and mentoring Jacob Fodio Todd and his
Challah
Challah – the culture, history and continuity of a traditional Jewish bread, chartered by Community Chef founder Robin Van Creveld: I grew up in South Africa, in a traditional Jewish house, where the rhythm of
Why community food activities are more important than ever
I set up Community Chef in order to help people to cook and eat good food, to feel well, empowered and to be more connected with others. Recently I was asked if I thought there was
Is Catering Nourishing Work?
Is Catering Nourishing Work? – This year marks my 25th year in the food game and I find myself in a reflective state of mind. These musings are a pleasant distraction from the job I
Gujarati Thali – Feeding body and soul
Gujarati Thali has a key part in the origin story of Community Chef. Here, founder and director Robin Van Creveled writes about an experience that shaped him and the business: Last week I had a
Cooking Up Change
Cooking Up Change – In August, I received an interesting proposal from Charlene Collison from Forum for the Future, an independent non-profit organisation which works globally with business, government and other organisations to solve complex
Coexist Community Kitchen
Coexist Community Kitchen – In the heart of Bristol is lies Coexist, a unique community hub which amongst scores of other wellbeing activities hosts the wonderful Coexist Community Kitchen. I recently spent a few days
The Love of Bread
The Love of Bread – I started my bready adventure when as 9 years old reprobate my mum deposited me with a “friend” of hers for a few hours. It so happens that this