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Teenagers Take Over Our Food Truck! (And Much More) ChildrenCommunityEducationPartnerships

Teenagers Take Over Our Food Truck! (And Much More)

Over the first three months of the year, our kitchen was buzzing every week as…

hello@edinburghfoodsocial.orgJuly 25, 2026

What Happens When a Classroom Becomes a Kitchen? ChildrenCommunityCooking ClassesEducation

What Happens When a Classroom Becomes a Kitchen?

One proud chef! This spring, our chefs spent six weeks at Prestonfield Primary School, working…

hello@edinburghfoodsocial.orgJuly 7, 2026

Bright + Wild at the Lyra Performing Arts Centre ChildrenCommunityEvents

Bright + Wild at the Lyra Performing Arts Centre

When Lyra invited us to be part of this year's Bright & Wild Festival, we…

hello@edinburghfoodsocial.orgJuly 4, 2026

Friday Night Lights ChildrenCommunity

Friday Night Lights

Every Friday evening, the floodlights switch on at Castlebrae football pitch and young people aged…

hello@edinburghfoodsocial.orgJune 9, 2026

Meals With Mindful Mums ChildrenCommunityCooking Classes

Meals With Mindful Mums

Tiny floury fingerprints everywhere, rolling pins clattering across tables and lots of giggles — our…

hello@edinburghfoodsocial.orgApril 23, 2026

What’s Wrong With Ultra Processed Food? CommunityEducationFood News

What’s Wrong With Ultra Processed Food?

When packaged snacks, ready meals and convenience foods dominate our diets, it’s hard to imagine…

hello@edinburghfoodsocial.orgApril 7, 2026

The 25 Young Chefs of Bingham CommunityEducation

The 25 Young Chefs of Bingham

Back in the summer, we teamed up with Starpic, a community organisation in Bingham, to…

hello@edinburghfoodsocial.orgFebruary 24, 2026

Stromboli Bread Recipe from our Community Food Kits CommunityRecipes

Stromboli Bread Recipe from our Community Food Kits

Over the past months, we’ve been busy assembling recipe kits to send out to food…

hello@edinburghfoodsocial.orgFebruary 10, 2026

Primary School Cookery Classes in Niddrie CommunityEducation

Primary School Cookery Classes in Niddrie

In October 2025, we began running weekly cookery classes with P7 pupils at Niddrie Mill…

hello@edinburghfoodsocial.orgFebruary 10, 2026

Conversation & Cooking with the Syrian Mens Group CommunityEducationPersonal Stories

Conversation & Cooking with the Syrian Mens Group

One Wednesday a month, a group of Syrian men come together at the Hays Community…

hello@edinburghfoodsocial.orgJanuary 20, 2026