Culture Kitchen

We organise events in the Tyneside community with the aim of bringing people from different cultures together through food. Come and eat with us!

** We meet to organise events at 6pm every other Wednesday at the Multi-Lingual Library in Eldon Gardens, come along or message us to find out more! **

Since 2010, registered charity Culture Connect has proudly delivered its Culture Kitchen activities. Culture Kitchen events are community food projects run by a team of volunteer cooks from all over the world living in Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead.

Many of the volunteers are claiming asylum in the UK or are people who are refugees as they have been granted asylum here. Most, but not all, originate from Africa and the Middle East, areas of rich and exciting culinary heritage not always represented by the restaurants on Britain’s high streets.

The Culture Kitchen volunteers meet every other week in Newcastle to plan exciting events that take place in community venues around Tyneside (Culture Kitchen in the Community events).

Through the food events, the volunteers bring people together to learn about their cultures and their journeys to the UK. Culture Connect and its Culture Kitchen volunteer’s aim to create strong communities of respect, co-operation and cultural understanding.

Through volunteering, Culture Connect supports its volunteers to develop their skills whilst also supporting them in their integration in the UK.

Culture Connect and Culture Kitchen is entirely volunteer run and is always looking for people interested in getting involved. Please check out the Culture Connect website for more information www. ccuk.org. uk