Lettuce celebrate! We have an exciting new offering for the community… the community kitchen is now an Interior Health certified food premises. Food premises are places where food intended for the public is sold, offered for sale, supplied, handled, prepared, packaged, displayed, served, processed, stored, transported or dispensed.
Not only do we now have a place to offer great food security programs like Roots to Table (link to the page), the kitchen is equipped to support a wide range of community needs.
What does that mean for you?
- Host your own cooking classes? Check
- Cater an event? Check (even better – cater an event held in one of the Skills Centre’s meeting rooms!)
- Make items to be sold at the farmer’s market? Check
- Preserve the produce from your garden or food rescue group? Check
- … And whatever else you can think of!
It doesn’t matter if you are a nonprofit, individual, small business or other group – the community kitchen is available for all to use to support your food needs. The user fee is based on a sliding scale, while still being deliciously affordable of course!
You’ll find the community kitchen is generously stocked with:
- Large appliances (fridge, freezer, oven, range, dishwasher, freeze dryer, and commercial dehydrator)
- Small appliances (KitchenAid mixer, food processor, immersion blender, microwave, hand mixer, and more)
- Cutlery and dinnerware for 20 people
- Bakeware, utensils, tools and gadgets for all your food prep needs!
The creation of the community kitchen was generously supported by funders and donors including the Le Roi Community Foundation, Italo Canadese Society, Columbia Basin Trust, United Way BC, Benedict’s Steakhouse & Tunnel Pub and many individual community members. We can’t thank them enough, and we are extremely excited to see all the ways the kitchen can support the community now and in the future.
The kitchen is ready, so don’t be chicken – come check it out!
