The Community Kitchen Project

The Community Kitchen Project An food canteen providing people from refugee backgrounds a paid space share their food & culture. A Tas Community Fund project.

The Sunlight Kitchen is an initiative of Friends of Refugee Communities (TAS) and provides work experience and an opportunity to practice English for women from a refugee background living in Hobart. The Sunlight Kitchen is in the Old School Room, Building 1831
St Johns Park, New Town

The Community Kitchen Project continues tomorrow with Eritrean food cooked by the wonderful Mama Abebea!With coffees con...
30/04/2026

The Community Kitchen Project continues tomorrow with Eritrean food cooked by the wonderful Mama Abebea!

With coffees continuing from 9am, and kid sized meals for $10.
This week's menu includes:
🍗Zigni Derho - spicy chicken
🍠Duba - spicy pumpkin
☕🫚And some particularly awesome Eritrean coffee with ginger!

🍚 All served with rice and yoghurt

Fridays, The Old School Room, Kickstart Arts.

9am - 2pm for coffees ☕
11:30am - 2pm for lunch 🍽

The Community Kitchen provides paid work, opportunity to practise English and share culture to people from refugee backgrounds living in Nipaluna/Hobart.

The Community Kitchen Project continues Friday with Karen food from Myanmar cooked by Kwa! Imagine warming home-styled ...
02/04/2026

The Community Kitchen Project continues Friday with Karen food from Myanmar cooked by Kwa! Imagine warming home-styled food similar to Thai food. So delicious. 🍋🌱

With coffees continuing from 9am, and kid sized meals for $10.
Fridays, The Old School Room, Kickstart Arts.
9am - 2pm for coffees
11:30am - 2pm for lunch

The Community Kitchen provides paid work, opportunity to practise English and share culture to people from refugee backgrounds living in Nipaluna/ Hobart.

The Community Kitchen Project continues tomorrow with Afghan food cooked by the wonderful Fatima and Fatima!With coffee...
02/04/2026

The Community Kitchen Project continues tomorrow with Afghan food cooked by the wonderful Fatima and Fatima!

With coffees continuing from 9am, and kid sized meals for $10.

Fridays, The Old School Room, Kickstart Arts.
9am - 2pm for coffees
11:30am - 2pm for lunch

The Community Kitchen provides paid work, opportunity to practise English and share culture to people from refugee backgrounds living in Nipaluna/ Hobart.

Tomorrow is a public holiday, so The Community Kitchen Project will be taking a week off. We'll be back next Friday for ...
02/04/2026

Tomorrow is a public holiday, so The Community Kitchen Project will be taking a week off. We'll be back next Friday for another delicious lunch with lovely people.
See you next week!

The Community Kitchen Project continues Friday with Karen food from Myanmar cooked by Kwa! Imagine warming home-styled ...
06/03/2026

The Community Kitchen Project continues Friday with Karen food from Myanmar cooked by Kwa! Imagine warming home-styled food similar to Thai food. So delicious. 🍋🌱

With coffees continuing from 9am, and kid sized meals for $10.

Fridays, The Old School Room, Kickstart Arts.
9am - 2pm for coffees
11:30am - 2pm for lunch

The Community Kitchen provides paid work, opportunity to practise English and share culture to people from refugee backgrounds living in Nipaluna/ Hobart.

We officially have our new name: The Community Kitchen Project!We loved all your suggestions over the last few weeks, an...
06/03/2026

We officially have our new name: The Community Kitchen Project!

We loved all your suggestions over the last few weeks, and we felt this one really represented who are.

Same project, same community of folks, and same delicious meals cooked and shared by all our friends.

See you Fridays ❤

WE'RE BACK!We're making some changes this year, including a new name, but don't be alarmed, it's still us! When you com...
10/02/2026

WE'RE BACK!

We're making some changes this year, including a new name, but don't be alarmed, it's still us! When you come and get a delicious lunch there'll be an opportunity to help us brainstorm.

Come and enjoy the Friday afternoon sunlight in the Kickstart Arts courtyard with a meal cooked by some fabulous women from refugee backgrounds. That's the heart of it, and that's never going to change.

Friday
Coffee 9am on
Meals 11-2pm
The Old School Room, Kickstart Arts

☀🍊❤️

Lots of weeding today at the Sunlight Garden. Lovely to see families working together to tidy up their garden beds.
07/12/2025

Lots of weeding today at the Sunlight Garden. Lovely to see families working together to tidy up their garden beds.

07/12/2025

A bouquet of radishes from the Sunlight Garden today. The Garden is operated by the Afghan Hazara Community and has been running for nearly three years now. So great to see all the lovely produce coming out of the garden today despite the challenging weather conditions this year.

The Sunlight Kitchen Project continues tomorrow with Eritrean food cooked by the wonderful Selam!With coffees by Samira ...
09/10/2025

The Sunlight Kitchen Project continues tomorrow with Eritrean food cooked by the wonderful Selam!

With coffees by Samira continuing from 9am, and kid sized meals for $10.

This week's menu includes:
🍗 Derho – a spicy chicken stew
🥔 Alicha – mild potatoes and vegetables
All served with:
🫓 Injera – traditional flatbread to enjoy with the dishes

Fridays, The Old School Room, Kickstart Arts.
9am - 2pm for coffees ☕
11:30am - 2pm for lunch 🍽

The Sunlight Kitchen provides work experience and opportunity to practice English for women from a refugee background living in Hobart.

Address

The Old School Room, 1831 South, Kickstart Arts
Hobart, TAS
7008

Opening Hours

11am - 2pm

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