The Share Kai Cooks Collective
The Share Kai Cooks Collective provides opportunities for women from refugee and migrant backgrounds, who face barriers to participating in the workforce and society, for social connection and financial security.
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Diverse Kai
The Cooks Collective is made up of passionate and capable cooks from ethnic communities not often visible in the hospitality scene in Aotearoa.
We currently have 17 members from three ethnic backgrounds: Afghan, Eritrean and Bhutanese/Nepali.
Share Kai Catering is one of the economic and learning opportunities that our Cooks Collective engage in. Book them to cater an event!
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Professional Development
InCommon works alongside the Cooks Collective, we provide professional development and identify and facilitate opportunities for our Cooks Collective to engage with our wider community and achieve financial security.
In partnership with Rourou and Lady Khadija Trust we offer a leadership programme, tailored to women from ethnic backgrounds, for the Cooks Collective.
In partnership with Hagley Adult Literacy Centre we provide weekly English classes to enable members to improve their English.
One of the goals of many of our members is to one day run their own food business. The Share Kai Café is an incubator, providing the opportunity for members to build skills by taking turns operating the café each week.
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Partnership
Together InCommon, the Cooks Collective, the Share Kai team and delivery partners share responsibility for making Share Kai events such as Share Kai and Kōrero, and Share Kai, Share Culture happen.
Check out our upcoming events here.
