Ethical, locally sourced, organic food is at the heart of every dish we create. We think that’s great news for our clients, for the environment and for local food producers and farmers.
Good food is good for the soul and, here at ChangeKitchen CIC, we believe it has the power to change lives. We are a team that’s passionate about cooking up change.
Birgit Kehrer, ChangeKitchen CIC
Our full company name is ChangeKitchen CIC. CIC stands for Community Interest Company. We’re a social enterprise, proud to be cooking up change for disadvantaged people in Birmingham, as well as creating delicious, healthy, tempting food.
Being a social enterprise means that we have made a commitment to using our profits to better society. For us, that means
The single biggest difference between ChangeKitchen CIC and other event caterers is that we create and serve our food differently. We willingly work with local partners to create our tasty menus using food surplus, manage our kitchen with incredible people who want to learn new skills and find sustainable employment in catering and hospitality, and cook and distribute free community meals for those directly impacted by food poverty.
Sharing food and being kind are our founding ethics – we truly believe and work towards a fairer society for all – every dish, every day, every booking.
All of our food is climate-friendly and plant-based (always with vegan and gluten-free options), so everyone shares food from one table. Our food is designed to bring people together, rather than dividing them, we don’t create individual platter sections for people from different ethnic, cultural or religious backgrounds. We take pride in serving food which really celebrates diversity.
Our dishes are inspired by cuisines from around the world: curries from South Asia, South East Asia and the Caribbean, as well as dishes from around the Mediterranean and the Americas, and our own very popular versions of British traditional favourites.
The team enjoy picking up recipes from different cultures – and making them part of our repertoire by putting the ChangeKitchen CIC stamp on them. We run five-a-day-on-a-budget cookery classes. We deliver them to community groups, housing associations, corporate teams and the general public
Our goals are simple:
to meet a demand for catering that is delicious, nutritious and which supports a healthy lifestyle.
to contribute to a local, sustainable and healthy food economy that supports climate action.
to provide training and work opportunities to people who face social exclusion.
to support them into mainstream employment and a more stable lifestyle.
Want to offer your support or volunteer? We’d love to hear from you so do please drop us a line!
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