Fresh Choice Kitchens

Become part of B.C.’s first email list specifically for Cooking and Nutritional Skill Building Programs(CSB).

Do you want to participate in a community kitchen? Would you like to know about programs teaching cooking and nutritional skills in your area of BC? Search our database of Cooking and Nutritional Skill Building Programs in British Columbia!

Search for Helpful Tools and Resources

Looking for a food safety handout? A cookbook specifically designed for low literacy individuals? Starting out a community kitchen and don’t know where to begin? Search our database of tools and resources!

Community Kitchen Toolkit

We’ve selected some of our most popular tools and resources from our database and listed them here for easy access. You’ll find a selection of handouts on how to get started, equipment lists, examples of job postings & advertising, community kitchen program manuals, evaluation forms, community kitchen cookbooks & food safety handouts.

Getting Funding

Our most frequently asked question is how to get funding for a community kitchen. Here is a list of some funding sources.

Getting Equipment

Need kitchen equipment and not sure how to get it - here are some ideas!

In-Kind Food Support

Is your community kitchen on a limited budget - here are some ideas on how to save some money by getting in-kind food support.

Food Preservation Toolkit

A list of books, websites, multimedia & other resources with information on canning and food preservation.

Community Kitchen Research

Learn about research articles on community kitchens, collective kitchens, collective cooking and cooking clubs. These listings will provide title, author, date and summary (if available).

Email Lists

Learn about the email lists & e-newsletters that you can subscribe to for information in the food, nutrition and cooking community in BC.

Last update: July 1, 2009