The Community Cooks program has ended as of July 22nd, 2026. Our team is working to take everything we’ve learned and develop a brand new program series. Stay tuned! All of the recipes we shared during classes can be found below.
If you participated in Community Cooks, you can help out our program development by taking our survey about your experience. Survey closes Oct. 16th, 2026.
New Grocery Movement, Touch Grass Club, and the 4B Harm Reduction Society are teaming up to bring you Community Cooks!
Community Cooks was a mobile program that brought cooking classes to kitchens in communities across Edmonton. Each bi-monthly class featured a different cultural dish led by diverse community members, from chefs to neighbours. All our volunteers and participants would sit down to share a warm meal, packing up the rest to share with community members experiencing food insecurity. Community Cooks draws inspiration from Cooking4Community, a pilot cooking program we co-hosted in 2025.
By the numbers
Our cooks, community partners, volunteers, and participants came together to learn how to cook new dishes from around the world and feed our neighbors. We’re so grateful for all of your support!
11
Classes hosted
249
Participants attended
1,161
Meals made
Recipe Book
Looking to remake some of your favorite dishes, or missed out on a class? All of the dishes we learned how to make are compiled in our free PDF recipe book below.
Want to help with what’s coming next?
Programs like Community Cooks can’t happen without our team of dedicated volunteers. If you want to help us feed our communities (and yours), fill out our volunteer intake form!
We are grateful to the NAIT Research Kitchen Team for hosting and supporting our classes, and to the Edmonton Heritage Council for sponsoring this initiative with funding so that we can bring this program to our community. And we give thanks to Marlin Schmidt, MLA Edmonton-Gold Bar for sponsoring our March 25th class and our class ingredients through a generous gift card donation.