Alex Makes Meals

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We are a Melbourne-based not-for-profit organisation. Our mission: to provide tasty, nutritious meals for people experiencing food insecurity.

27/08/2026

Did you know Alex Makes Meals offers corporate volunteering? Get your team out of the office and into our kitchen…

Spend a morning with our chefs and volunteers to cook 200+ meals, packaged up for distribution to our network of charity partners.

🧑‍🍳 Get your hands dirty in our commercial kitchen
🥒 Get involved in every stage of the food prep and cooking process
🍝 Assemble and pack meals for delivery to our charity partners
🍞 Learn about our mission, and the people we support
📸 Get some snaps to share with your organisation
🍛 Includes lunch (a crucial taste-test!)

Find out more at the link in our bio ⬆️

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Image descriptions:

A series of images showing real examples of workplace teams working hard in our kitchen. In some images, the groups are posing with Alex Makes Meals tea towels and smiling. In others, individual team members are smiling: one at the washing up station; one operating our huge veggie dicer; and one opening a gigantic tin of lentils. In one image, four team members smile and point to a huge stack of silver insulated boxes, looking very proud of their work.

Two images feature text with testimonials, as follows:

“We had such an absolutely fab time cooking up a storm and helping to make a small but mighty contribution to all the hard work AMM do on a weekly basis! You’re all superstars 💫”
- Jessie, Merry People

“On behalf of the team, thank you so much for the opportunity to participate. Please pass on our sincere thanks also to Scott, Hazel and Eddie for the warm welcome. I know the team found the experience to be fun and we look forward to partnering again soon.”
- Sam, 67 Pall Mall Melbourne

The final image shows the Alex Makes Meals logo, with ‘Alex’ crossed out and ‘Your Team’ added in its place. Text underneath reads: ‘Join us in the kitchen for a corporate volunteering experience with outsized impact’.

13/08/2026

BTS in the AMM kitchen 🎥

This week, we welcomed the team from Nando's ANZ into the kitchen to make some content for their NanDonation program.

Alex Makes Meals receives about 100kg of chicken every month, donated from local Nando’s restaurants. Because of that support, we’re able to make meals like this delicious peanut chicken curry, packed with high-quality protein, veg and healthy fats.

We just love bringing partners into the kitchen to see our operations in action, and to meet the volunteers who make it all happen. ❤️

Image descriptions:

1. A row of freshly packed meal containers of peanut chicken curry with white rice, garnished with spring onions and peanuts.
2. A close shot of a huge tray of prepped chicken, ready to be mixed into the curry. In the background, head chef Heather is pouring stock into the bratt pan, our huge commercial cooking pot.
3. Volunteers sticking labels onto the packaging lids. They’re concentrating hard but still smiling.
4. Kathleen, one of our dedicated volunteers, scoops curry into a container, with a serious expression on her face (it’s serious business). She’s wearing a bodycam to capture a first-person view of the action.
5. The videographer’s smartphone sitting on a benchtop, showing the bodycam footage as it’s recorded. In the film, we can see the curry stewing in the bratt pan.
6. Crates of packaged and labelled chicken curry, ready for delivery.

06/08/2026

When feedback like this lands in our inbox, it reminds us why we do what we do.

This week is National Homelessness Week, and this feels like a timely reminder: When good food is delivered in partnership with incredible organisations like The Living Room (powered by Youth Projects), meals can help create lasting relationships that genuinely change lives. ♥️

*Quote from a real email sent to AMM, edited slightly for clarity and anonymity, and shared with permission.

Images:
1. Shawn Tung on Unsplash
2. FJ Paine on Unsplash
3. Alex Makes Meals
4. Michele Bonicelli | Photographer

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Four slides with texts overlaying images of Melbourne, and the Alex Makes Meals kitchen. The text shows a quote from a feedback email sent to AMM:

“I love Alex Makes Meals. I used to go to The Living Room at Hosier Lane, and indulge in your culinary delights…

“I’ve lived in my H2H (Homeless to Housing) place for five years now. It’s home…

“But even while I’ve lived here, if I struggled with bills, I went to Hosier Lane, and they don’t mind if I get a couple of meal containers…

“You are an important part of so many lives … we are healthy and functioning, mentally and physically, because of your gifting of meals.”

26/06/2026

Our team had the privilege of capturing the 2026 Feast to Feed Gala.

An unforgettable evening bringing together more than 400 guests in support of Alex Makes Meals.

The room was filled with philanthropists, hospitality professionals, chefs, media personalities, corporate partners, donors and community supporters including Matt Preston, Gary Mehigan, Emelia Jackson, Nat Thaipun, Andrea Vignali and host Sofia Levin, all united behind an incredible cause.

Together, the event raised more than $265,000 to help Alex Makes Meals continue preparing and delivering free, nutritious meals to people experiencing hardship.

Thank you to the Alex Makes Meals team for trusting us to document such a meaningful night.

📸 Melbourne Photographer & Videographer | Event Photographer

23/06/2026

Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who joined us at the National Gallery of Victoria on Saturday night, for our biggest Feast to Feed fundraiser yet.

We raised over $265,000 for food relief throughout Melbourne.

That’s thanks to the huge combined efforts of:

⭐️ Our main event sponsor, One Light Many Hearts Foundation;
⭐️ All our food and drink sponsors (and oh my gosh, how great was all the food and drink?);
⭐️ Our incredible team of chefs, Nat Thaipun Gary Mehigan Matt Preston Chef Andrea Vignali 🍴 and Emelia Jackson;
⭐️ MC extraordinaire Sofia Levin;
⭐️ All our prize partners and event partners;
⭐️ Everyone who bought a ticket and showed up, dressed up;
⭐️ And everyone who bought a raffle ticket, or bid in our live and silent auctions.

We are blown away by all your support and generosity. By your enthusiasm for a good cause and a good time.

We’ll have more pics and shoutouts to come. For now, once again, thank you.

What. A. Night.

18/06/2026

The countdown is on to Feast to Feed 2026. And with mere days to go, we’re getting the party started.

Our silent auction is now OPEN for business. 🎉

Head to the link in our bio ⬆️ to browse more than 30 exclusive experiences, luxury gifts and premium food and wine items.

Everything has been generously donated by our partners, and all proceeds directly support our kitchen operations, helping us feed more people across Melbourne.

The listings include items from:

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…and much, much more.

There’s truly something for everyone. What will you be bidding on?

💆🍝🚂🍪🍷🎾🛏️🥾🏉🥞

28/05/2026

Grab your thinking caps… It’s trivia time again!

Join us at in Preston for a night of head-scratching, prize-winning and a fundraising raffle for food relief in Melbourne.

Trivia starts at 7.30pm sharp, so head down early to get dinner and drinks.

Book at the link in our bio.

📅 Wednesday, June 3
⏰ 7.30pm - late (arrive early to grab a beer and order dinner!)
📍 Moon Dog World, 32 Chifley Dr, Preston
💰 Free!

21/05/2026

With just over four weeks to go, tickets to our Feast to Feed 2026 fundraising gala are disappearing fast!

Our incredible chefs are finalising their dishes, and our menu is taking shape beautifully.

This year, every course features premium Australian produce, much of it generously donated by our food sponsors.

We’re talking:

Tasmanian oysters
Scampi caviar
Queensland grouper
Roasted duck breast
Victorian goats’ cheese
Wagyu beef cheeks
A signature dessert (with dark chocolate ice cream)

🍷And every dish is paired with carefully curated Australian wines.

If you haven’t got your ticket yet, the time is now! Book at the link in our bio. ⬆️

We can’t wait to see you there.

14/05/2026

Thank you to our wonderful weekend volunteers, who braved a rainy day to raise a huge $1,900 for food relief in Melbourne 🌭

Every $1 we raise funds one meal in the community, so events like this create real impact, as well as driving awareness of food insecurity.

Thanks to everyone at , Collingwood, who stopped for a sausage and a chat. And thanks to singing tradies who paid us a visit to brighten up the afternoon ☀️

09/05/2026

Come and see us at in Collingwood today! It’s drizzly and chilly but our amazing volunteers are bringing the sunshine ☀️ and are bringing the snags 🌭 all raising funds for food relief!

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http://alexmakesmeals.com/

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