Brighton and Hove Community Kitchen

What is the Brighton and Hove Community Kitchen?

The Community Kitchen (BHCK) was opened in May 2018 and delivers cookery courses and classes on a range of food-related and community-focused topics. In addition to running cookery classes and courses, the Community Kitchen is available to hire for events, private parties, and group/team building activities.

The Community Kitchen was set up by the Brighton and Hove Food Partnership (BHFP). BHFP describes itself as a hub and network builder across the many community food projects in Brighton and Hove. It provides grant funding, training, networking opportunities, and advice for these groups.

BHCK is based on Queens Road in central Brighton, close to Brighton train station. The building is owned by Community Base, a charity that provides office space and meeting rooms for community and voluntary groups in Brighton. Although the focus on this report will be on the Community Kitchen, there will also be opportunities to evaluate the BHFP’s longer-term history of delivering cookery courses and classes to the general public.

What does the Brighton and Hove Community Kitchen aim to achieve?

Brighton and Hove Food Partnership (BHFP), which runs the Community Kitchen, aims to help people learn to cook, grow food, eat a healthy diet, and waste less food. They prioritise work with vulnerable adults and people experiencing deprivation, isolation, poor health and other life challenges.