OCC Recovery Kitchen

Society grows great when people plant trees the shade of which they will never sit in. Good people do things for other people. That’s it. The end.

Join us as we talk with Alexandra Yates about the importance of Recovery Kitchens, and how impactful culinary programs like Alexandra's are to communities on Episode 8 of Plentiful: An Abound Food Care Podcast!

Learn more about Abound Food Care's unique Food Care Solutions, including our work with Recovery Kitchens at aboundfoodcare.org/solutions

Visit our booth (OCC Recovery Kitchen, OCC Fashion and OCC Recycling Center at the Costa Mesa Earth Day Festival tomorrow from 10-3pm. The city is holding 2 amazing raffles and the proceeds go to the recovery kitchen!!!

Orange Coast College
City of Costa Mesa

SAVE THE DATE….Join OCC Recocery Kitchen and our other sustainable efforts at Costa Mesa City Hall for Earth Day on April 22nd!

Save the Date! On Friday, April 22 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the City of Costa Mesa will hold an Earth Day Festival at City Hall. Visitors will be treated to a symbolic tree-planting event, picnic areas, EV displays, yoga, games and activities for youth, art displays and much more. Vendors will be on hand from the Costa Mesa Sanitary District, the OCC Recycling Center and Recovery Kitchen pro-green industries like IKEA and Tesla. Mark your calendars and we hope to see you there.

We are excited to share that OCC Recovery Kitchen has been recognized as the 2021 Food Recovery Challenge Award recipient for Education & Outreach by the .

Take a tour of our recovery kitchen Orange Coast College!

Amy Murray Wilson
Alexandra Yates

OCC Recovery Kitchen Tour Our partners at the OCC Recovery Kitchen have been behind the scenes addressing two problems at once: food waste and food insecurity. Watch how their culinar...

Mystery box week was a success!! We are so proud of these future heroes and so blessed to be a part of making this world a little better.

Thank you OC Food Bank!!

Amy Murray Wilson
Alexandra Yates

Fresh pasta! Roasted lamb! So many wonderful things to make fridays great. We really love what we do.

Amy Murray Wilson
Alexandra Yates

IT’S OFFICIAL!!!....The Foodservice Management Program is excited to announce our newest part-time faculty member.....Chef Instructor Amy Wilson!! Chef Amy Murray Wilson has been apart of since the very beginning when it was just an idea! Chef Amy is a major reason why we have been able to and continue to support so many people, families, and communities in need!

Alexandra Yates