Cracking Good Food

Cookery Schools | Community Cooking | Catering & Business Initiatives

Sharing cooking skills and our love of good food for all communities, fighting for

sustainable food security across Greater Manchester and beyond.

“Everyone deserves good food”

As a social enterprise our aim is to encourage and support people to cook affordable, seasonal and nutritious homemade food from scratch. Driven by our belief that EVERYONE DESERVES GOOD FOOD, our mission is simple: to alleviate food, fuel and kitchen kit poverty and increase food security in Greater Manchester and beyond.

COMMUNITY

Empowering affordable, accessible, sustainable and enjoyable cooking-from-scratch across some of Greater Manchester’s most side-lined communities.

COOKERY SCHOOL

Breadmaking, Cantonese, Pasta, Japanese, Foraging and so much more! Bookings support core running costs enabling us to work in communities.

TEAM COOK-UPS!

Bringing people together through good food. Good vibes, electric atmosphere and making meals for those at-risk of hunger.

CATERING

Colourful, nutritious and delicious! All our food is and bright and beautiful as a rainbow. Feed your team and feed communities by booking our catering (15% of your fee contributes to our community work)

FOOD WASTE

At Cracking Good Food we are extremely mindful of the horrific amount of food waste created within our food systems, and the huge impact that has on our wallets, our diets and the environment.

SUPPORT US

There are many ways you and your company can support Cracking Good Food. It’s not always about money – we value opportunities to boost self-esteem and training through to re-purposing pre-loved cooking equipment to physically getting involved and giving your time..

ABOUT US

Cracking Good Food launched in 2010, with the aim of encouraging and supporting more people to cook affordable, seasonal and nutritious homemade food from scratch.

COMMUNITY COOKING

Find out more about the full range of our historic community outreach work from 2010 up to 2025.

Participants

Sessions

Organisations

Volunteers

People Served

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GET INVOLVED

Sponsor a table at our Spring Carnival COOK-Up! Help cook 1,500+ meals for Manchester’s homeless, fight food waste, and enjoy an inspiring teambuilding and networking experience.

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Make a difference to communities currently living in food poverty. Your donation will help us inspire and educate communities and individuals to know and appreciate the importance of good food .

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Cracking Good Food is supported by over 100 volunteers without whom we would not be able to deliver our extensive programme of cookery classes, courses, workshops and demos.

we need you!