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Square Food Foundation is 10 years old! As a registered charity, we use food and cooking to reduce hunger, improve health and bring people together.

Bristol's Cookery School & Community Kitchen, Square Food Foundation teaches adults and children of all ages, abilities and from all walks of life to cook good from scratch. We've been tackling food poverty in Bristol and teaching people to cook healthy food from scratch at our home in Knowle West since 2011. Visit www.squarefoodfoundation.co.uk for more information

19/12/2025

🎉 Thank you to our Corporate Partnership!

💛 Square Food Foundation’s work is made possible through success in funding applications, our event catering company, and the generous support of many Corporate Partners.

Bart Ingredients, Bristol Beer Factory , Triodos Bank UK, Kate's Kitchen Catering Ltd and Wild Fork West all committed to our Corporate Partnership in 2024-25. Their generous financial support, volunteering, and team-building events, contributes so much to our work:

🟨 Delivered 3,160 meals through our Recipe Kit programme for families in South Bristol experiencing food insecurity.

🟨 Batch-cooked 400 meals for community freezers to be distributed by local food clubs.

🟨 Gifted 128 corporate volunteering hours

🟨 £6,250 towards food education programmes

The feedback from our community partners highlights how valuable this support is:

📣 “The frozen (batch-cooked) meals are a real highlight for people. They always look surprised and then genuinely delighted that we offer them. I think it is a relief for so many that there is a well-balanced, tasty meal to be able to cook at home, especially if they have children.” 📣

🫶 Square Food Foundation’s programmes provide our learning community with the building blocks to develop valuable cooking skills, confidence and self-belief. The support from our Corporate Partnerships plays an invaluable role to make that happen.

👋 If you would like to learn more about our Corporate Partnership opportunities dan@squarefoodfoundation.co.uk would love to talk to you more about this.

11/12/2025

🥳 Thank you so much!!

Thanks to the incredible generosity of you, our amazing supporters, we reached our target for the Give! With 40 minutes to go, we were thrilled to see our total donations roll to £20,056! Thank you for all your support, whether you donated or helped to spread the word.

Huge thanks to Give, Beer Factory and David, Food With Service. Without their support and generosity our match-funding pot would not have been possible.

With this money, Square Food Foundation will provide over 1,650 Recipe Kits to families in South Bristol facing food-insecurity. Recipe Kits include the recipe and a mixture of fresh and store cupboard ingredients to make it. Family favourites include Singapore Noodles, Katsu Curry and Moroccan Harira Soup. Recipe Kits provide meals, develop cooking skills and offering valuable moments of connection for families.

Our work does not stop here! Every year, we provide over 7,500 Recipe Kits as well as delivering regular and bespoke cooking programmes to over 450 people.

You can continue to support our work by:

💛 Volunteering
💛 Making a one-off or monthly donation
💛 Booking our fabulous event catering team for your next event!

🔗 Follow this link to discover more: https://buff.ly/XxVfYZK

🙌 Thank you again for your incredible support during the Big Give Christmas Challenge!

06/12/2025

📢 Here we go! Day 5!

To reach our target of £20,000 by Tuesday 9th December, we need to raise a mega £10,000! Find out why have chosen to support us with this campaign.

🍻 Thanks to the brilliant support of and all donations to our campaign to be DOUBLED! As Kari Halford, Community Events Manager at BBF explains, for the price of a pint you can unlock the funds to provide a recipe kit for a family of 4!

🫶🏼 We can provide 1,650 recipe kits if we reach our target by Tuesday. A recipe kit provides a meal for 4 people. But it's so much more than a meal. It's the opportunity to learn new skills, to come together as a household: to build connection and confidence, as Kari explains.

🔗 So if you can, please donate and/or help to spread the word! Donations can be made by following the link in our bio.

💸 Thank you so much! £10,000 in 72 hours, let's go!

05/12/2025

🌟 You've helped us raise over £10,000 in just four days!!

🥳 Thank you so much! Your generous donations mean we're closer to reaching our target and providing over 6,650 meals, and the skills to cook them, to families who need them the most in South Bristol.

🫶🏻 Our campaign wouldn't be possible without the wonderful support of our partners and . Every £1 donated will be doubled thanks to their generosity. In this reel, Jon Evans, Arthur David's Director of People and Culture, explains why supporting Square Food Foundation is so important to them.

😍 Whether you've donated or helped to spread the word about the campaign - thank you so much! We can't reach our target without you.

🔗 You'll find the link in our bio if you're able to donate. 💛

04/12/2025

🎄It's Day 3 of the Christmas Challenge!

👩🏽‍🍳 When you support our campaign you're supporting families in South Bristol facing food insecurity. Through our Recipe Kit programme we give people the building blocks to learn how to cook from scratch, using whole ingredients.

🍜 Our Recipe Kits contain the recipe and ingredients to make a delicious, nutritious meal for 4 people. They are distributed through local food clubs and schools in South Bristol. Families favourite meals include Singapore Noodles, Sweet & Sour Noodles, Katsu Curry and Moroccan Harira Soup!

💸 Reaching our target of £20,000 will mean we can provide over 6,650 meals, and the skills to cook them, to families who will benefit the most. No doubt we all agree that cooking is an invaluable like skill that can develop confidence, self-belief and so much more.

🫶🏼 If this is a cause that resonates with you we would love your support to reach our target of £20,000 by Tuesday 9th December!

🔗 Donations can be made by following the link I'm our bio. Support to spread the word by liking and sharing our posts is also very helpful!

💛 Thank you!

03/12/2025

Wow! 🌟

Nearly 24 hours into the Christmas Challenge and together we have raised an incredible £5,874!! 👏🏼

That's 29% of our target! Thank you so much for all your support and donations so far!

If we reach our goal of £20,000 by Tuesday 9th December that will mean we can provide over 1,650 Recipe Kits to families facing food insecurity in South Bristol. That's the equivalent of 6,650 meals.

We're so grateful for your support, whether it's by spreading the word, liking and sharing our campaign posts or, of course, donating.

Thanks to our match-funding pot and the generosity of and all donations received before 12pm on Tuesday 9th December will be doubled.

A donation of £6 will unlock the funding to ensure a family of 4 can cook a delicious and nutritious meal from scratch.

If you are able to donate you will find the link in our bio.

Thank you so much!

02/12/2025

🌟 We’re LIVE! 🌟

💸Our Big Give campaign to raise £20,000 for our Recipe Kit programme has begun!

💛 We need your help to raise the funds to provide over 6,650 meals for families who need them the most, in just 1 week.

What you need to know:

💸Thanks to match funding from Big Give, Arthur David, Food With Service and Bristol Beer Factory all donations will be doubled from Tuesday 2nd December – Tuesday 9th December!
💕So, for every £1 donated SFF will receive £2
🥘 Recipe Kits provide people with the ingredients and recipe to cook a delicious and nutritious meal for 4 people

How you can support the campaign:

💸Donate via this link https://buff.ly/qgAXwiu between Tuesday 2nd – 9th December
📣Spread the word with families, friends and colleagues who would want to support the campaign!
💛 Like, share and comment on our social media posts which will help us to widen our reach and raise more money!

Our Recipe Kits give families facing food insecurity the building blocks to learn how to cook. The kits go out weekly, giving recipients the chance to grow their cooking skills, and eat a nutritious and tasty meal, all the while having valuable time to connect with their families.

🫶 Please support us to reach our target of £20,000 in anyway that you can! Remember, all donations made before 12pm on Tuesday 9th December will be DOUBLED!

04/11/2025

⏳In just 27 days Christmas Challenge begins!!

💸 We've set ourselves the challenge of raising £20,000 in just one week!

🫶🏼 We're on a mission to raise vital funds for our recipe kit programme. Every week we provide recipe kits full of nutritious, delicious ingredients to cook a meal that will feed a family of four.

💷 Each recipe kit, feeding a family of four, costs £12. During the Big Give week, all donations will be doubled thanks to generous match funding from
and . This means a donation of £6 becomes £12, providing a recipe kit for a local family.

🔗 We'll be sharing the donation link when the campaign begins! In the meantime please save and like this post, set a reminder and spread the word with others who would be keen to support our recipe kit programme! Thank you 💛

31/10/2025

Square Food Foundation are supporting ’s crowdfunder!

They need £50,000 to keep their farm gates open after 15 years of building a better local food system: growing climate-friendly food, supporting nature, and bringing thousands of people together to learn, connect, and take action for a better future! Due to a sharp drop in grant funding they are now at risk of closure. Please support them and share.

For years, SFF learners have reaped the benefits of spending time at The Community Farm. The farm gives people the chance to see food being grown, to understand where it comes from and learn about the farm's sustainable approach to food. All factors that are such an important part of our work at SFF, too. Our trips to the farm always include cooking up something delicious - leek and courgette flamiche! - in the farm's beautiful roundhouse.

As one of our How To Be A Chef graduates, Sarah, says:

"It’s such a relaxing place to be. I love the view of the lake. But what I love the most is the understanding it has given me about where food comes from. Now when Stu (Sarah’s Head Chef) comes into the kitchen with a crate of vegetables I don’t take it for granted. I know how much work goes into growing thanks to my time on the farm."

Please help keep the farm gates open by supporting The Community Farm's crowdfunder however you can. Like and share this post and if you are able to donate please follow the link in bio.

Thank you 💛

Jenny Smith

Pronunciation: jeh-nee

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Head of Communications and Impact

My working pattern is: Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9-5pm

26/08/2025

▶️ Are you 16-25?

▶️ Not in education, full-time employment or training?

▶️ Interested in food and cooking?

▶️ Curious about what working in the hospitality industry might be like?

🎉 Applications for Square Food Foundation's How To Be A Chef course are open NOW!

🎓 Graduates from the course explain that the How To Be A Chef course "changed my life, literally" and they "know myself better as a person".

⏲️ This 12-week course starts on Wednesday 24th September. It runs every Wednesday and Thursday, 10am - 4pm until Thursday 18th December. There's a short break over the October half term.

🥘 You'll learn how to cook a wide range of delicious food, experience workshops with guest chefs as well as Square Food Foundation's expert teachers. Be inspired by visits to local producers and restaurants. The course provides valuable support with career opportunities and carving out next steps once the course is over.

🔗 Does this sound like an exciting opportunity for you or someone you know? Follow the link https://buff.ly/yxgBatH to apply.

If you know someone who would love to be a part of this course please like and share this post! Thank you 🌟

21/08/2025

🌟 Are you an aspiring or experienced mentor?

🫶 Square Food Foundation (SFF) are offering a rewarding opportunity to support students on our How To Be A Chef (HTBAC) programme.

🔎 The focus of the mentor's role is to provide guidance and support for our HTBAC graduates as the transition to their next step. It may be finding work or exploring another qualification. Young people may have their own ideas, but unsure how to develop them. Or they may be lacking in confidence about how or where to start thinking about their next steps.

🧭 As a mentor you will help them navigate that journey and guide them to find a next step that is best suited for their needs.

👨‍🍳 The mentees are young people aged between 16-25 who are not in education, full-time employment or training. They are at a transition point in their lives and have decided SFF's How To Be A Chef course is the right opportunity for them. They may feel confident they'd like to pursue a career in the hospitality industry, or they may just need to space to develop new skills and meet other young people.

🍛 How To Be A Chef is a 12-week programme where students have the opportunity to learn from our expert teachers, guest chefs, visit inspiring local restaurants, producers and growers. They are welcomed into the Square Food Foundation kitchen where they are encouraged to progress their cooking skills, but also develop their confidence and feel safe to be themselves.

🌟 If you are motivated and excited at the opportunity to mentor one of our How To Be A Chef students Square Food Foundation would love to hear from you.

🔗 Please follow the link to learn more an apply ▶️ https://buff.ly/tPJF5sW

04/07/2025

📣We have three exciting opportunities to join the Square Food Foundation team.

🥘Cookery Teacher and Kitchen Manager
🍛Operations Assistant
🥙Project Coordinator

💫 It's a really exciting time to be a part of the team here at Square Food Foundation. We would love to hear from people who are passionate about working to empower people through food and cooking.

⏳All applications must be submitted by 9am, Monday 21st July.

🔗Click here https://www.squarefoodfoundation.co.uk/jobs to find the job pack and application form.

Address

The Park, Daventry Road, Knowle West
Bristol
BS41DQ

Website

https://www.squarefoodfoundation.co.uk/home, https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a056900002TPSejAAH?c=26775

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Bristol’s Cookery School & Community Kitchen, Square Food Foundation teaches people from all walks of life to cook good food from scratch. Founded by award-winning food educator, Barny Haughton, Square Food offers life-changing cookery courses and classes that promise to inform, encourage and inspire your approach to cooking. Square Food Foundation is a registered charity. Every penny of profit from masterclasses, corporate workshops and private parties supports our work with schools and community groups. Visit www.squarefoodfoundation.co.uk for more information