The Friendly Food Club is Dorset’s cooking and food education charity.  Our enthusiastic team delivers cookery workshops and food education and skills sessions in the community, including friendly and social cooking programmes for disadvantaged and marginalised adults and children, including cookery skills, healthy eating and therapeutic cooking sessions, and community meals for elderly and vulnerable groups.

The Staff Canteen has always been more than a website—it’s a community, built by and for hospitality. We share the wins, the challenges, the graft, and the inspiration that keeps kitchens alive.

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