The Cooks Charity

The Cooks Charity provides grants for the education and welfare of people associated with the catering trade in England and Wales, and general charitable activities in the City of London. The Charity aims to provide funding that will benefit people of all ages and backgrounds in the context of food, cookery and catering, and offers its knowledge and expertise to individuals and organisations with similar objectives to facilitate their charitable giving. The vast majority of grants are awarded for educational projects. Grants are available for charitable activities that educate children about food and cooking, charitable cookery training organisations to enable and enrich the education of their students (young and old), and community initiatives associated with the catering trade. Projects should comply with one or more of three areas: Education (the advancement or assistance of education associated with the catering industry), Skills and training (for the preparation and advancement of careers in cooking), and/or Community welfare (the support of charitable organisations and the general welfare of persons associated with the City of London and/or the catering trade). There are no minimum or maximum grant award levels and no matched funding requirement. Applications may be made at any time by email with no specific application form required.