{"id":561025,"date":"2026-07-21T16:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/561025\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T16:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:25:07","slug":"community-kitchen-opens-in-pendeford-to-teach-healthy-eating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/561025\/","title":{"rendered":"Community kitchen opens in Pendeford to teach healthy eating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A new community kitchen has opened in Wolverhampton enabling residents to eat well, learn new skills and recipes on a budget, the city council said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Dovecotes community kitchen in Pendeford will also host sessions with two community chefs to help residents to &#8220;eat well without spending a fortune&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A shop is also planned so goods can be bought on site to use.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Visiting the council-supported premises, City of Wolverhampton Council leader Stephen Simkins said it was &#8220;vital&#8221; to ensure residents could access good-quality food at reasonable prices, especially in difficult economic times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The kitchen is part of the council&#8217;s Pocket to Plate initiative, which aims to educate residents on nutritional eating and is a match-funded project from the government&#8217;s crisis and resilience fund.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Community chefs including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/C0US9s_tXXN\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok chef Mitch Lane, external<\/a> already post weekly recipes on Pocket to Plate on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube to inspire residents, the council said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Food is the foundation upon which a good and healthy life is built. It&#8217;s also what brings us together and gives us so many joyous times with our friends and loved ones,&#8221; leader Simkins said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I was so impressed with the community kitchen and the opportunities it offers to our residents. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I hope it will become a strong part of the local community, helping residents learn about and enjoy good food and happy times no matter what their financial circumstances.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Nikki Rolls, Dovecotes chief tenant management officer, said the team were delighted the facility had opened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This is a fantastic opportunity to bring people together, support families to cook healthy meals on a budget, and create a welcoming space where the community can learn, share and connect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new community kitchen has opened in Wolverhampton enabling residents to eat well, learn new skills and recipes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":561026,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[103,61,60,446],"class_list":["post-561025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nutrition","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-nutrition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}