This hands-on training will equip you with the knowledge, skills and confidence to establish cookery and community food projects.
Are you passionate about good food, cooking, health and community wellbeing? Would you like to help others develop the confidence and skills to cook healthy, affordable meals while strengthening connections within your community?
Our Cookery Leader Training is a practical and inspiring two-day Train the Trainer programme designed for community members, volunteers, practitioners, community workers, and anyone interested in using food as a tool for positive change.
This hands-on training will equip you with the knowledge, skills and confidence to establish and lead cookery courses, community food projects, cooking clubs, and food-based social enterprises within your local area.
What you’ll gain
By taking part, you will learn how to:
- Design and deliver engaging cookery courses and community food projects
- Build your own practical cooking skills and confidence in the kitchen
- Understand the relationship between food, nutrition, health and wellbeing
- Support others to develop everyday cooking and healthy eating skills
- Facilitate groups effectively and create welcoming, inclusive learning environments
- Share your passion for good food in ways that motivate and inspire others
- Develop sustainable community initiatives and social enterprises
- Use food as a powerful tool for reducing isolation and building community cohesion
- Promote affordable, healthy and environmentally sustainable food choices
- Contribute to the creation of a fairer and more sustainable local food system
Why food matters
Food brings people together. It can improve physical and mental wellbeing, strengthen communities, build confidence, reduce isolation and create opportunities for learning and employment.
Through this training, you’ll explore how community cookery initiatives can make a real difference to people’s lives while helping create healthier, more resilient communities.
Ongoing support
The learning doesn’t stop when the course ends.
In addition to the two days of training, all participants receive ongoing mentoring and support from our experienced team, helping you turn your ideas into action and successfully develop projects in your own community.
What’s included?
Your place includes:
- Comprehensive training over two days
- Ongoing mentoring and support
- Cookery LEA Training Manual
- Recipe book and practical resources
- Lunch and refreshments on both days
- Ingredients and food to take home
Lower-cost places available
We are committed to making this training accessible. A limited number of lower-cost places are available for those who would otherwise be unable to attend.
Please contact us directly to discuss eligibility:
office@communitychef.org.uk
Join us and become part of a growing movement using food, cooking and community action to create healthier, happier and more sustainable neighbourhoods.
