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free to feed is a pop-up cooking school run by refugees and asylum seekers in Melbourne! Learn more or book a class at www.freetomelbourne.org.
free to is a social enterprise based in Thornbury, Melbourne and we're the founders of the free to feed project.
free to feed is a pop up cooking school run by refugees and asylum seekers. The project provides opportunities for asylum seekers and refugees from around the world, to run cooking and storytelling gatherings, for all Australians.
Our instructors have exceptional cooking skills and, before fleeing, played important roles in their home countries (Iran, Pakistan, Kenya and Sri Lanka) serving traditional dishes, as professionals and/or as feeders of their families and communities. Now, as asylum seekers in Australia, without any formal qualifications and work experience, and facing a range of barriers including isolation, finding employment can be very challenging.
Gatherings are empowering and enriching experiences in which we get the opportunity to connect in an intimate setting with some of our most vulnerable, newly arrived community members.
For most of our instructors, free to feed will be their very first job in Australia!
free to feed provides training and mentoring from some of Melbourne’s finest chefs, cooking instructors and public speakers to help instructors transform their existing know-how into the skills needed to meet the significant demands of running dynamic cooking and storytelling gathering to all Australians.
Learn more about our cooking classes at www.freetomelbourne.org/cooking-classes
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Our ladies only gathering last night led by the incredible superwoman Nayran!
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A nice little window into an intimate free to feed cooking class! Good vibes! Pic captured by our ace volunteer Anna.
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'Twas so lovely to be back in the kitchen with this kind & gentle human, Niro, over the weekend 🙌 It's just so lovely to be reminded why our classes are so special and how important it is to slow down, come together and create a platform for people like Niro to share their story.
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Gearing up for class this Saturday at our newest Southside venue @luckypennychapel cafe! We'll be doing a couple of classes there every month. Thanks @luckypennychapel for sharing your space!
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We just loved cooking with these kids last week! Future decision makers elbow deep in dough and learning about their instructor's journey to Oz from Syria!
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Last chance to get your kids into our Middle Eastern Cooking Classes on Jan 12th & 18th Tiggy Cafe in Collingeood. They'll be making dough for fatayer from scratch and learning lots about Syrian culture. It's going to be such a lovely experience for your curious people. Help us spread the word by tagging your friends with kids! Image courtesy of the inspirational @emikodavies - these are her daughters tiny fingers!
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We're back! Kicking off 2017 with Mahshid's Middle Eastern vegetarian class this Friday night @southmelbournemarket . She's got a brand new summery pomegranate number to share with y'all!
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A big shoutout to all the punters, creatives & businesses who supported freetofeed in 2016 - @chirpycreative @the.wandering.chef @kauandco @northcotebakeshop @bencrook @goldandgrit @taracarbonara @thedesignfiles @sashimistudio @panamejungle @everydaycoffee @aaron__lee @grubfoodvan @tiggycafe @ygap @the_funding_network_australia @vrondrago @jogreencoach @chobaniau @thewindsorworkshop @mrlauralockhart @linseyrendell @sarahschembri_ceramics @hawkersbeer @sophie_harle @lightlydesign @scarfcommunity @nestcoworkingau Vanessa Nitsos Chan, David Hislop, City Pro Plumbing, PLUS all our awesome chefs, volunteers, donors AND incredible home hosts & class participants! THANK YOU ROCKSTARS!
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We remember this moment in April, after having spent the day training our first cohort of cooking instructors, Dan and I retreated to the veggie patch not quite sure what it was that we were embarking on. Turns out that 2016 was absolutely, positively incredible! Free to feed ran 130 cooking classes & special events & created 10 jobs for people seeking asylum/refugees! Thank you universe! 📷 @lofielight
Kids / Teens Middle Eastern Cooking Class
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Happy holidays folks! And a huge thanks to @thedesignfiles for a wonderful XMAS party! Thank you to our wonderful, warm & compassionate friend Lucy Feagins!
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Baghlava is cooking for a very spesh xmas party with our pals from @thedesignfiles tomorrow! Yummmmmmooo! 📷@evegwilson for our Tasty Tuesday back in August.
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