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Preparing a Dish
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Are you a senior (50+) who's interested in learning how to share your cultural recipes and stories? Have you ever considered offering cooking classes? Join us for our Making Meals and Memories program at no cost, starting in October 2024! 

COOK-UP’s Meals and Memories Program for Seniors will encourage social participation and inclusion through cooking classes led by seniors, recipe sharing activities, storytelling around food histories and with a focus on culturally significant dishes and ingredients, and sharing meals together.

  • ​​Classes will be held twice per week for eight weeks.

  • Classes will be located at 1 Maiden Lane West in downtown Windsor.

  • Learn how to share your recipes, stories, and culture.

  • Gain skills to conduct meaningful, impactful cooking demonstrations and classes.

  • Obtain your Food Handler certificate.

  • The first cohort will begin in October 2024. 

  • Transportation support is available.

  • The Meals and Memories Program for Seniors, hosted by COOK-UP, is funded by the Government of Canada's New Horizons for Seniors program.

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​Commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

COOK-UP is dedicated to equity and inclusion, and encourages participation of woman-identified and non-binary entrepreneurs from underserved and underrepresented communities - including Indigenous and two-spirit women, trans women, women with disabilities, racialized women and newcomer women, and all other woman-identified people experiencing systemic barriers to success.

Interested parties may complete the program application

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For more information

Irene Moore Davis, Project Lead imooredavis@cookupinc.com

226-782-0433 ext. 5.

FUNDING PARTNERS

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COOK-UP is supported by the Government of Canada’s Supporting Black Canadian Communities Initiative and the Tropicana Community Services.

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