Cooking, drinking and giving back – What a combo.

It’s Delicious too!

We love Free to feed, and they’re one of the best not-for-profit enterprises out there. Their Mission is to make refugees and new migrants fit in with their new community and do this by allowing them to share their cooking and recipes from their home country – and believe us, its amazing.

How does it work you ask, well it’s quite simple; bring along one or many of your friends who don’t mind cooking, eating or simply giving back. When you arrive the Free to Feed team make you feel so welcome and part of the team by giving you a free to feed apron. For those that don’t often cook, like me, I felt pretty special haha.

Depending on the event you choose, you’ll get varying cuisines and recipes from Columbia, Syria, Pakistan just to name a few. I’ll be completely honest, it doesn’t matter who or what cuisine you get, the food is amazing. The recipes are often home cooked meals made with love and have been passed on for generations.

After putting your name tag on, so everyone doesn’t get called mate, you’ll be given an intro to your instructor who will show you a large table filled with fresh produce ready to make a number of delicious dishes.

In a group of 10 or so, you share a large table with everything you need to cook and everyone plays their part to create what is a mouth watering brunch; all while you enjoy a vino if you so please (we did!)

Sharing  the final banquet of meals with all who helped cook, including your instructor and the free to feed team is so humbling and knowing that you’re supporting the transition of someone into a new community is heart warming.

Photo credit: Free to feed