The kitchen at Abergavenny Community Centre sits squarely at the heart of operations where good food and hospitality is a recurring theme.
Our cooks, Emily and Sarah, take pride in preparing nutritious meals for the Wednesday lunch club and baking delicious treats for the weekly Friday Coffee Morning and monthly Sunday Tea. What’s more, the Centre also benefits from trusted helpers, like Rob, who arrives early on Friday morning to prepare a really decent fresh soup for anyone that cares to drop in for the Midday ‘Light Lunch’.
We celebrate skills and know-how and have recently concluded the latest round of ‘Cooking For Life’ which is a cookery programme that equips children and young people aged 8 years+ with practical tools for life. These popular sessions were made possible by the Monmouthshire Food Partnership and the Trust is now looking at ways to continue this important local work.
For a number of years, ordinary cooks have been bringing their skills into the Community Centre kitchen, and with a little oversight and help on the day, diners have been taken on a culinary journey through different parts of Eastern and Central Europe, Asia, the Mediterranean and Africa! Perhaps your life is too busy at the moment to make community connections but we all need to eat, and with so many ethnicities to be explored in Abergavenny the World Bistros are an ideal way for people to come together to enjoy a fabulous meal. We’re really excited to announce that in November we’ll be taking off to Mexico. Please join us if you can.
The Charity that runs the Community Centre places a high value on the power of food to do good, and in resourcing and maintaining a commercial grade kitchen the Trust shows a clear commitment to bringing people together to socialise, break down barriers and build community ties.
If you are curious about possible involvement in a future World Bistro, or indeed you have your own thoughts and ideas to involve people in growing, preparing and sharing food then we’d like to hear from you.
Marion Pearse
