What WE DO
We offer free and subsidised cooking classes to people from Knowle West and surrounding South Bristol, who might be experiencing barriers, deprivation and marginalisation. Our aim is to teach people how to cook healthy food from scratch to improve their health, reduce hunger and bring joy and confidence to our community.
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Community Cooking
Healthy Me!
An opportunity for learning-disabled adults and support staff to cook side by side, learn healthy, delicious recipes, and explore the connection between our health and the food we eat.
Cooking Connections
A free, sociable cooking group for adults with learning disabilities or mental health issues
Back in the Kitchen
A weekly, drop in cookery class for older people including a monthly Lunch Club for the wider elderly community.
Cost £5 per person
To book: info@squarefoodfoundation.co.uk or call 0117 462 2686
Lunch Club
Not strictly a cooking class, this is a community lunch open to over 55s. Lunch Club takes place on the third Monday of every month.
Cost £5 pp for a hot, home-cooked meal.
To book: info@squarefoodfoundation.co.uk or call 0117 462 2686
Cookery Training & Qualifications
How to be a Chef
A 12-week training programme for young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) who experience multiple barriers into employment. The course combines practical learning, work experience placements in food businesses across Bristol and field trips to farms and factories.
Courses start in February and September. Please click the image to find out more and to apply.
A Toolkit for Independant Living
A specialist cookery course for groups of local 16-18 year olds who are no longer in mainstream education
Food Leaders
A food and cookery training programme which upskills community group leaders working in Food Insecure areas of Bristol to enable to them to deliver engaging, thought-provoking and fun cookery sessions to the groups they lead.
Click on the image for more information and to register interest
Cooking in Schools
Cooking in Primary Schools
A comprehensive programme of food and cookery activities for primary schools to help get cooking in the classroom and make good food a way of life for the whole school community
The Primary Schools Cookery Project is supported by OVO Foundation
Recipe Kits
Every week we prepare 200 recipe kits which are delivered to local schools and Food Clubs. Each recipe kit contains fresh ingredients to cook a healthy meal from scratch, with enough food for a family of four. The kits are a great way to get the whole family cooking and eating together. We also include hints for making food go further such as using leftovers and batch cooking, and tips for saving energy too.
If you would like to support our work providing recipe kits to families facing food insecurity please visit our fundraising page HERE. A monthly donation of £12 could provide a meal kit to a family every month.
Our other work
Please explore our other work through the links below. All profits from these activities help us to keep the courses above free and subsidised for our students to attend. This removes all barriers of cost and makes it as accessible as possible meaning that we can reach the most disadvantaged and marginalised people in our community.