Flavours of belonging - Cooking Workshop
Ammi's Kitchen Sheffield
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Date: Mon 22 June
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Venue: Cambridge Street Collective
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ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
Food is often how we build connections. Join us for a hands-on cooking workshop led by Chefs from Ammi’s Kitchen, sharing their recipes that carry memories of their home and identity.
You'll cook collaboratively, guided directly by the women behind the dish - their stories, their techniques, their kitchen. Together, you'll be invited to sit down and share conversation whilst you try new authentic foods.
Celebrate the cultural knowledge and lived experience that migrants bring to our city. Leave with a full stomach, a recipe card, and a reminder that the best things - food, stories, humanity - have no borders.
Event Format & Information
11:30 - Doors open
11:30-12:00 - Attendees arrive, are welcomed by the Ammi’s kitchen team and choose a cooking station
12:00-14:00 - The workshop happens
Introduction from the instructor, incl. safety warnings and a note about allergens. Participants stand / sit and listen.
Introduction from chef. Participants stand / sit and listen.
Cooking demo. The chef shows how to cook the meal, the instructor will ask the chef about their their migration journey, what food means to them, what meal they are cooking and why it is important to them whilst cooking. Participants stand / sit around the instructor cooker.
Workshop participants cook the food themselves. Participants stand at their cooker stations
Sharing of food. Participants, chef and instructor sit together and share a meal of the food they have cooked and other food brought from Ammi’s Kitchen.
14:00 - Workshop ends, although attendees can leave at any time.
Workshop group size: approx. 18 participants
Seating: The hobs for this cooking workshop are at a standing height. High stools are available, which can be requested in advance via access@migrationmattersfestival.co.uk, or you can ask a Migration Matters Festival volunteer at the event.
Audio: There will be cooking sounds - chopping, frying and moving equipment. When participants are cooking they may become loud and chatty. Free earplugs are available at the ticket desk if needed.
Lighting: Bright level of lighting so that attendees are able to see whilst cooking.
Quiet space: There is no dedicated quiet space at this venue.
Venue Accessibility
This event takes place in the Blend Kitchen area on Level 1 (first floor). There is lift access to Level 1.
Detailed access information for Cambridge Street Collective is available on their website and AccessAble.
Website - https://cambridgestreetcollective.com/accessibility/
AccessAble - https://www.accessable.co.uk/england/access-guides/cambridge-street-collective
If you have any questions regarding accessibility for this event, please contact us at access@migrationmattersfestival.co.uk.
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Ammi’s Kitchen transforms migrant women's authentic culinary skills into paid work.
Local women, from different cultures, access employment by cooking family recipes learnt from generations of women before them.
Separately from this cooking workshop, Ammi’s Kitchen hosts Community Lunches or Takeaways every Friday.
Community Lunch (Free & Pay As You Feel) - Friday 19th June - 12:00-14:00
Ammi's Kitchen Community Lunch takes place every other Friday 12-2pm at Common Ground Community Centre. Their vegan and vegetarian menu offers sabzi, rice, and chutneys cooked and served by migrant women who have learned culinary skills from the generations of women before them.
The meal is always pay as you feel and free if on benefits/NRPF. Anyone is welcome to their beautiful fortnightly event where food brings people together from different cultures and backgrounds, fostering a sense of belonging and creating community integration in Nether Edge and Sharrow.
Ammi's Kitchen Takeaway - Friday 26th June - 15:00-18:00
Ammi’s Kitchen will be cooking a tasty takeaway on Friday 26th June.
Pre-Order by 5pm on Tuesday 23rd June before we sell out!
You can choose to have the takeaway delivered to your house or collect it from Common Ground Community Centre between 3 and 6pm.
EVENT INFO
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Free Entry
Please purchase a free ticket via the ‘Book Tickets’ link.
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Doors Open: 11:45
Running Time: 12:00 - 14:00 -
Event Format & Information
See the ‘Event Format & Information’ section for detailed information
Venue Accessibility
This event takes place in the Blend Kitchen area on Level 1 (first floor). There is lift access to Level 1.
Detailed access information for Cambridge Street Collective is available on their website and AccessAble.
Website - https://cambridgestreetcollective.com/accessibility/
AccessAble - https://www.accessable.co.uk/england/access-guides/cambridge-street-collective
If you have any questions regarding accessibility for this event, please contact us at access@migrationmattersfestival.co.uk.
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Age Guidance: 18+
Content Warning: There are no content warnings for this event
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Photography Credit: Monserrat Arenas Gana