Looking forward to September!

Dear readers!

The summer is slowly giving way to autumn and what an August rich of activities we have had.

We started new partnerships with St Magdalen Hall and Pistachio in Fields cafe and as we speak we are busy preparing the different dishes we will offer at  Pullens festival this weekend.

 

 

At St Magdalen Hall we catered for their summer party and at Pistachios in the fields we were given the opportunity to sell our products and display our artwork at their Calais fundraiser. Both events were successful and we met  with many new people who have a genuine desire to support our cause. We very much hope for these partnerships to be long-term and fruitfull for all. At St Magdalen Hall we are planning to offer unique menus for their birthdays parties and weddings and at Pistachios in the Filed run our first Syrian community dinner in October. We thank Rob,the owner for the opportunity and his great support of our charity.

At Pullens we are thrilled to have the opportunity to showcase our food offer of traditional dishes from Syria cooked using family recipes and we are honoured to be the only food provider at the festival.

 

 

We have received a generous donation from Team Lewis marketing Company and I have had the honour to be interviewed and featured in their book” The Silent rebellion, becoming a modern leader” which talks about my journey setting up the Refugee Café and now Plateful café etc.In September the book will be launched and my interview will be available to promote Plateful cafe extensively.

Our search for a commercial Kitchen continues but not with much luck as what we have been offered is either domestic,too far,without storage etc. Since leaving Parkside Community Centre we have been fortunate to receive many commissions for large catering events at universities and also corporates and it has been very challenging to cook from a domestic kitchen.We continue to grow without a commercial kitchen to grow in!

 

 

You might know of a kitchen in your area available at peppercorn rent for our small young charity ?

Having a commercial kitchen which we could call our own would make a huge difference and would mean we could train the next cohort of  6 chefs, expand our catering offers branching out to bigger and bigger events and making a huge difference to a bigger group of aspiring chefs in the area.

Our beneficiaries greatest aspiration is to work, making a contribution to the local economy and society rebuilding their lives after years of trauma and upheaval. They do not want to continue to rely on benefits to survive.Being unemployed is demeaning and shameful as all come from professional backgrounds with a great aspiration to continue with their previous job,providing for their families!

With your continuing support we will, one day achieve our dream and offer pathways to employment to many more refugees!

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