Sushma’s Community Cookery School CIC

15/10/2026

Join us for gem coaster crafting... Halloween edition. 🎃☠️🦇

All materials, refreshments & snacks provided. ☕🍬

Bring your friends for a spooky evening with your own coaster to take home!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/halloween-coaster-craft-evening-tickets-2002273497932

15/10/2026

🎉 WE ARE LIVE! OUR WEBSITE IS HERE! 🎉🌱

I’m so excited to share that Sushma’s Community Cookery School CIC now has its very own website! ❤️

👉 https://www.sushmascookerycic.org.uk/

This is more than just a website. It’s another step towards a mission that is very close to my heart — reducing food waste, saving money and protecting our environment, one meal at a time. 🌍💚

Through our Waste to WOW project, we want to show people that the food we often throw away can be turned into something delicious! 🍞🥔🥕

Our aim is to help individuals, families and communities learn practical cooking skills, make the most of their ingredients, save money on food shopping and understand how small changes in our kitchens can make a BIG difference to our planet.

With the support of our Awards for All funding, we’re looking forward to taking our sessions across Greater Manchester! 🙌

📣 Do you run a community group, school, charity or organisation in Greater Manchester? Would you like to be part of our journey?

We’d love to hear from you!

Please visit our website, share this post, and help us spread the word. The more people we reach, the bigger the difference we can make together. ❤️

Because food belongs on our plates, NOT in the bin! ♻️🍲

15/10/2026

With The National Lottery Community Fund – I just got recognised as one of their top fans! 🎉

13/10/2026

🍽️ UNDER A TENNER? WE SMASHED IT! 🙌🔥

This morning at The Hub At Westhoughton, we were cooking up something special — a delicious chicken lasagne for a family of FIVE, cooked entirely on the hob in a wok! 😍

And the total cost? Just £6.18! 🤯👏

✅ Cooked completely from scratch
✅ Fresh ingredients
✅ No additives
✅ Budget-friendly and absolutely yummy!

Who says you need an oven, expensive ingredients or a big budget to put a delicious meal on the table? 💚

But do you know what made my morning even more special? ❤️

One of our cooks is a fussy eater who normally doesn’t eat curry or cheese. But today, they tried our chicken lasagne and absolutely LOVED it! 🥰

THAT is what cooking is all about! Building confidence, trying new things, learning new skills and discovering that homemade food can be easy, affordable and delicious.

At Sushma’s Community Cookery School CIC , we believe everyone deserves the confidence to cook tasty, nutritious meals without breaking the bank.

💚 Cooking on a budget. Cooking from scratch. Changing lives, one meal at a time.

Who’s up for a challenge? Can you feed a family of five for under £10? 😉

13/10/2026

👩🏽‍🍳🔥 All set up at The Hub At Westhoughton for this morning’s cooking-on-a-hob session!

Right then, lovely peeps… any guesses what’s on the menu today? 🤔😋

Something tasty, budget-friendly and made from scratch, of course! 💚♻️

Drop your guesses below! 👇 Let’s see who gets it right! 😂🍲

09/10/2026

Now what do you suppose the three of us spoke about today at The Old Courts that got us so excited?!!….Well you’ll just have to be READY to find out…….STEADY NOW!!!

09/10/2026

✨ SOME MEETINGS ARE JUST THE BEGINNING OF SOMETHING SPECIAL… WATCH THIS SPACE! 👀🔥

I was invited to meet the lovely Gregory from Pianos Pies and Pirouettes CIC, after he’d heard about me and what I do.

Well, what can I say? Sometimes you meet someone and within minutes, it feels like you’ve known them for years! 🙌❤️

When you meet someone who shares your vision, your values and your way of thinking, you know there’s something special there. The conversation flowed, ideas were shared, and let’s just say… there’s plenty to get excited about! 👀✨

A huge thank you to Baxter for connecting us and making this wonderful meeting happen. I’m so grateful for the introduction and for the conversations we had.

You know me — when I believe in something, I’m ALL IN! 💪🔥

I’m READY. I’m STEADY. And I’m ready to make things happen!

I can’t reveal too much just yet, but keep your eyes peeled… because something exciting could be on the horizon! 🚀

WATCH THIS SPACE! 👀❤️

02/10/2026

🎉 WE’VE DONE IT! A BIG WIN FOR WASTE TO TASTE! 🎉

Super proud to announce that Sushma’s Community Cookery School CIC has been awarded a grant from the The National Lottery Community Fund to deliver Waste to Taste by Sushma across Greater Manchester! 💚

We’ll be helping communities cook on a budget, reduce food waste, build confidence and rethink food. 🌱👩🏽‍🍳

Are you a community group, organisation or venue that would like to work with us?

📩 Get in touch — let’s make something amazing happen together!

A cookery school secured £19,000 for Greater Manchester workshops teaching affordable, healthy meals, food waste reduction and sustainable cooking.

22/09/2026

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1708535977946721&id=100063710046522

09/09/2026

🌟 Turning funding into real community impact! 🌟

I’m incredibly proud to have delivered two community cookery sessions at Padiham Town Hall with The Hub Hugs4Free CIC, made possible through funding from Smokefree Lancashire .

Across the two sessions, 32 people learned practical, affordable ways to:

🥘 Cook nutritious meals on a budget
🛒 Make the most of everyday cupboard staples
♻️ Turn food that might normally be wasted into something delicious — Waste to WOW!
🚫 Reduce reliance on processed foods
💷 Save money while still cooking from scratch

And we didn’t stop at the session!

Thanks to the funding, we were able to provide every attendee with a goodie bag packed with ingredients, giving them the opportunity to go home and recreate what they had learned.

That’s what meaningful funding can do — not just pay for a workshop, but give people knowledge, confidence, ingredients and practical skills they can continue using at home.

Thanks you NCRC for your support for this event .

A huge thank you to for introducing me to Smokefree Lancashire and for the continued support they have given me and my CIC. 🙏

I’m passionate about taking these sessions into more communities across Greater Manchester and beyond. There is a real need for practical support around food costs, healthy cooking, food waste and cooking from scratch.

💚 With the right funding, we can reach even more people and turn small investments into lasting skills and positive change.

If you are an organisation, funder or community group looking to support projects that make a real, measurable difference, I’d love to hear from you.

This is only the beginning… and there is so much more we can do! 🚀

We even had Marie take all the food wastes for her compost.