Cook & Connect Cooking Classes

Cook & Connect Cooking Classes Working as part of One Planet Abingdon, we run free, beginner-friendly cooking classes that bring people together.

We focus on making the most of ingredients, reducing food waste, lowering food bills, and cooking simple, nutritious meals.

Thank you for having us, Bridge House Care Home 🧡 we always love visiting you all, it’s a magical place ✨
01/10/2026

Thank you for having us, Bridge House Care Home 🧡 we always love visiting you all, it’s a magical place ✨

Hey! You! Yes, YOU! Fancy a free lunch? 🤤 What’s the catch, you say?Wellllll…You’ve kind of got to cook it yourself buuu...
18/09/2026

Hey! You! Yes, YOU! Fancy a free lunch? 🤤

What’s the catch, you say?

Wellllll…

You’ve kind of got to cook it yourself buuuuuut…

We will provide all the food, the kitchen, the equipment, the aprons, the friends and the music. Free of charge, totally. All you’ve got to do it turn up and cook…

And if you can’t cook, we will teach you.

Sound good?

Come and see us on Tuesday then. But let us know beforehand so we can book you in, ok?

Ciao! 👋🏻

Next session’s bookings now open! 🧡👩🏻‍🍳👨🏾‍🍳👩🏽‍🍳Join us on Tuesday next week for some cooking, music, community and of co...
15/09/2026

Next session’s bookings now open! 🧡👩🏻‍🍳👨🏾‍🍳👩🏽‍🍳

Join us on Tuesday next week for some cooking, music, community and of course, eating 🤤

Surplus food supplied by Oxford Food Hub. Can’t wait to see what we come up with this week!

Everyone welcome 🤗

Courtesy of Oxford Food Hub, we enjoyed cooking up another delicious feast today! On the menu was…🐝 Figs baked with goat...
18/08/2026

Courtesy of Oxford Food Hub, we enjoyed cooking up another delicious feast today! On the menu was…

🐝 Figs baked with goats cheese and honey
🍆 Aubergine Parmigiana
🍚 Jollof Rice
🥔 Potato and Fennel gratin
🍅 Shakshuka 🥚
🫜 Teriyaki roasted radish
🍑 Caramelised nectarines with cinnamon, served with a citrusy yoghurt and mascarpone cream
🍌 baked banana stuffed with dark chocolate

🍊Washed down with a glass of hand-squeezed orange juice 🍊

Thank you again Oxford Food Hub for saving the yummy grub. We had a lot of happy tummies around the table today and some proud learner-chefs learning new recipes and skills 🧡🥰🌎♻️

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Thanks to Oxford Food Hub who provided us with some gorgeous surplus food, we made 🧡Lutenitsa - Bulgarian dish, roasted ...
11/08/2026

Thanks to Oxford Food Hub who provided us with some gorgeous surplus food, we made

🧡Lutenitsa - Bulgarian dish, roasted red pepper and aubergine dip
🧡 ⁠Teriyaki sweet potato rice bowl, topped with avocado and crispy onions
🧡 ⁠Guacamole
🧡Coleslaw with grapes and walnuts
🧡 ⁠The kids made a dark chocolate and pear crumble topped with oats and seeds (YUM)
🧡mushroom and tempeh stroganoff

What a wonderful day with wonderful people again.

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We visited Oxford Food Hub yesterday to pick up some surplus produce for our cooking class today. We’re so delighted wit...
11/08/2026

We visited Oxford Food Hub yesterday to pick up some surplus produce for our cooking class today.

We’re so delighted with what we came away with!!
🍅 HUGE beef tomatoes
🍄‍🟫 Chestnut mushrooms
🥑 Lots of perfectly ripe avocados
🧄 Garlic
🥚 Eggs
🫑 Plenty of peppers
🍆 Aubergines
🧅 Onions
🍐 Pears, pears and more pears (so juicy!)

And lots of other bits and pieces like seasonings, sauces, kilos of rice, tempeh, tinned beans, sweet potatoes… the list goes on. Our car was full! They have such an impressive team and system going on over there, Oxford and its surrounding areas are so lucky to have them 🥰.

We cannot wait for today’s cooking course where we are going to be working together to make a menu with all this fabulous surplus food. Stay tuned to see what we end up making!! 🤤

Thank you Oxford Food Hub!

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We are more or less fully booked for 11th August - we may be able to squueeeezeeee one or two more people in so let us k...
07/08/2026

We are more or less fully booked for 11th August - we may be able to squueeeezeeee one or two more people in so let us know if you’re interested.

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18th August has a few spaces left still but is filling up quickly - don’t miss out! It’s going to be a lot of fun and VERY yummy 😋 get in touch

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📣‼️NEW DATES ADDED 🥰🧡👨🏻‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳👨🏾‍🍳👩🏽‍🍳 🍅🥕 Cook & Connect is back this August! 🥕🍅Looking for something fun, friendly and c...
05/08/2026

📣‼️NEW DATES ADDED 🥰🧡👨🏻‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳👨🏾‍🍳👩🏽‍🍳

🍅🥕 Cook & Connect is back this August! 🥕🍅

Looking for something fun, friendly and completely free this summer?

Come along to our Cook & Connect sessions where we’ll be cooking with surplus food, sharing simple, delicious recipes, enjoying some music, and spending time together in a relaxed, family-friendly environment. Everyone is welcome, whatever your cooking experience 🧡

📅 Tuesday 11th August and/or Tuesday 18th August
🕙 10:00am - 12:00pm
📍 The Kitchen, Abingdon Baptist Church, 35 Ock Street, Abingdon

Whether you come on one day or both, we’d love to see you there 🥰

You’ll learn new recipes, help reduce food waste, and leave with some yummy food to take home with you.

📩 To book your place, please send us a message. Spaces are limited, so booking is essential.

[email protected]

Please share with friends, family and anyone who might enjoy coming along! 💚

Our lunch table keeps getting bigger and bigger 🧡🥰A huge thank you to Abingdon Baptist Church for funding the last two s...
22/07/2026

Our lunch table keeps getting bigger and bigger 🧡🥰

A huge thank you to Abingdon Baptist Church for funding the last two sessions, and to SOFEA for continuing to partner with us and provide us with the surplus of their surplus (we don’t like waste 😂)!

These sessions were a little different. We brought the surplus food with us and on the day worked together to think about how it could be used. We had people for all over the world there, bringing knowledge and flair from their cultures. What a mix of flavours! Just dreamy 🤤

We ended up with gazpacho, stuffed peppers, aubergine in tomatoes, leek & courgette flatbread parcels, salad, refried beans, avo-pasta and to finish, a cucumber, apple and pineapple fruit salad with coconut yoghurt.

We’re currently discussing August dates…. Stay tuned! 🧡👩🏻‍🍳👨🏾‍🍳

Thanks to our ongoing partnership with SOFEA Nourish and Flourish, we spiced up our sessions a bit this time. 💃🏼They pro...
10/07/2026

Thanks to our ongoing partnership with SOFEA Nourish and Flourish, we spiced up our sessions a bit this time. 💃🏼

They provided us with a fridge full of colourful, beautiful quality fruit and veg as well as tinned beans and pulses, all of which was surplus and would have been thrown away had they not saved it and distributed it.

Looking at all of our lovely ingredients on the day, we planned a menu of Waldorf salad, potato salad, guacamole, green salad, spicy roasted peppers with olives and bean burgers topped with cheddar cheese. Alongside that, our friends cooked rice, spinach and courgette dishes from Afganistan, followed by a super refreshing yoghurt, mint and cucumber drink called doogh .

We brought together different communities, which brought together different flavours and it was AWESOME 🤩

Beyond the food being delicious, it was really special working alongside people from different walks of life, working towards the same goal - preparing yummy, nutritious food from surplus ingredients, to be ready for 12.30pm so we can all eat together 🥰

Special thanks to One Planet Abingdon as always for their support and to Abingdon Baptist Church (ABC) who have funded this July’s sessions 🧡💚🌎♻️

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