Cooking for a Cause Social
Fri 16 Oct '26 – Wed 09 Dec '26 (MONTHLY event)
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Cooking for a Cause Social is OzHarvest's hands-on cooking class, held in a commercial kitchen tucked inside the charity's Alexandria warehouse. Guided by an OzHarvest chef, you'll cook alongside a group of like-minded people, all turning rescued ingredients that would otherwise have gone to landfill into something worthwhile.
No cooking experience is needed, just an appetite to learn. Expect new techniques and clever low-waste tricks, with a…
Cooking for a Cause Social is OzHarvest's hands-on cooking class, held in a commercial kitchen tucked inside the charity's Alexandria warehouse. Guided by an OzHarvest chef, you'll cook alongside a group of like-minded people, all turning rescued ingredients that would otherwise have gone to landfill into something worthwhile.
No cooking experience is needed, just an appetite to learn. Expect new techniques and clever low-waste tricks, with a taste of what you've made along the way. Then you'll help pack it all up, because everything cooked goes out the very next day to people who need a good meal, so the impact carries on well beyond the session itself.
Every session also helps fund OzHarvest's mission to rescue food and feed people in need. Come solo and meet new people, or bring the crew, either way you'll leave with new skills and the knowledge you've helped someone who needed it.
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Accessibility
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
Adhere to The Food Authority requirements for allergy management in food preparation
Ask all visitors if there are any specific needs to be met
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
Caters for people with allergies and intolerances.
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
Employ people with disability
Have a doorbell or intercom at an accessible height and display a contact number (accessible height is 900mm-1100 mm)
Have a step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)
Have a wheelchair accessible toilet / shower and change room
Have accessibility information and photos, including of a bathroom, room and/or floor plan on your website (can be emailed on request)
Have an accessible public toilet which is unlocked
Have equipment to respond to anaphylactic shock such as epi–pens and defibrillator
Have grab rails in the bathroom
Have lifts with enough space for people using a mobility aid to enter and turn around to use the lift buttons. Buttons are at accessible height.
Have step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
Modify your cooking and cleaning practices to cater for people with food allergies or chemical intolerances (could include menus with meals free from: nuts, dairy, seafood, eggs, gluten etc)
Offer a range of contact methods for receiving complaints
Provide seating in common areas including reception area
Train your staff in communicating with people with learning or behavioural challenges
Train your staff in disability awareness
Train your staff to respond to allergic reactions
Use floors/coverings which are slip resistant, firm and smooth
Use non-slip tiles in the bathroom or slip resistant matting
Use Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)