Cracking Good Food

Cracking Good Food We are a social enterprise working to alleviate food and kitchen kit poverty across Greater Manchester. Everyone deserves good food! 🫛🍒🍌

Established in 2010, we are a social enterpise working across Greater Manchester (and sometimes beyond!) to alleviate hunger, increase food security and foster a love of cooking from scratch in a diverse range of communities. Sustainability and inclusivity are at the heart of all of our work, which includes:

- Regular cookery school across a huge range of cuisines classes in Didsbury
- Foraging expeditions in Manchester, Macclesfield and Hebden Bridge
- Team Building activities
- Catering service
- Community cookery workshops and events
- Holiday Food & Activity Fund (HAF) food and activity provision
- Community food and cooking support projects
- Basic Food Hygiene Level 2 training days

As a social enterprise, the fees for our paid-for activities help to support our community support work. We work collaberatively with a huge range of community partners such as Housing Associations, charities, leisure providers, Local Authorities, food clubs, pantry schemes, church groups and homeless prevention hostels to deliver our work. We are also active members of Good Food Greater Manchester and the Greater Manchester Food Security Action Network to help strategise and campaign for a fairer food system for all.

29/09/2026

We're so excited to be bringing back our Festive Cook-Up! for December 2026. Get booking before we run out of tables! 🏃‍♀️

Cracking Good Food 🤝 Warburtons What happens when two amazing food entities come together? AMAZING THINGS!After a whole ...
29/09/2026

Cracking Good Food 🤝 Warburtons

What happens when two amazing food entities come together? AMAZING THINGS!

After a whole day of strategizing, Warburtons People Leadership Team spent an evening with us!

They donned their aprons, learnt creative chopping techniques, and cooked up and ate together after a hard day's work!

What can be better than that?

We'll tell you.... their support enables our work in engaging marginalised and underserved communities in learning to cook🧡

For those wanting to unite and treat their team whilst feeding and supporting deprived communities please contact [email protected] for more information on how you can get involved 💚👨‍🍳🥳

The Mott MacDonald Social team got social with Cracking Good Food With a team spread across the UK - from Edinburgh to B...
24/09/2026

The Mott MacDonald Social team got social with Cracking Good Food

With a team spread across the UK - from Edinburgh to Bristol and Brighton - they all gathered together in Manchester last month for an afternoon of teambuilding.

Their day kicked off with an AI workshop exploring emerging technologies and how they help teams to work smarter and create greater impact.

They then joined us at 422 Stockport Rd to volunteer and cook up a storm whilst learning about our work to combat food poverty across Manchester.

Always great to engage teams with our mission and increase awareness about issues of food waste and food poverty as well as educate on healthy eating!


Blink and you'll miss it! 🔥- There's only one week left to book your tickets 🎟️SOLD-OUT last year and with 3 tables gone...
21/09/2026

Blink and you'll miss it! 🔥- There's only one week left to book your tickets 🎟️

SOLD-OUT last year and with 3 tables gone already, grab your tickets whilst you can.

Join a room full of socially-conscious individuals on Tuesday 1st December to add to the 5,667 meals that have already been made across our 3 events.

The deadline is noon on Thursday 24th September 📆

Bring your team together differently. Connect and unite them through food 🫐🍓Last week we hosted a one-off cooking sessio...
17/09/2026

Bring your team together differently. Connect and unite them through food 🫐🍓

Last week we hosted a one-off cooking session focused on sparking conversations around food and sustainability at Ingredion Incorporated as part of their week

The group got hands-on making quesadillas, using the process as a way to explore topics like reducing waste, making thoughtful ingredient choices, and how everyday cooking habits can have a wider impact.

It opened up some great discussions while bringing people together around simple, accessible food 🌱

Feed your team. Feed your

Final call to book onto our South Indian cookery class this Friday! Turn off the TV and extend your evening - learning n...
16/09/2026

Final call to book onto our South Indian cookery class this Friday!

Turn off the TV and extend your evening - learning new cookery skills and spending quality time together 💗

Plus know that your booking has provided a meal for a homeless person. There's only a few places left, snooze on these tickets and you'll miss them!

🔗 in the comments to book 🎟️👀

15/09/2026

It's your LAST CHANCE to get your hands on tickets for our AMAZING South Indian cookery class this Friday (18th) at Manchester's Freight Island.

Create a quality evening for you and a loved one (friend, family member, partner) with moments you'll remember forever ❤️

Callout for kitchen kit items! (preloved and new) from people, businesses, offices, students and tenants for our Kitchen...
07/09/2026

Callout for kitchen kit items! (preloved and new) from people, businesses, offices, students and tenants for our Kitchen Kit Community Shop and future pop-up events across Greater Manchester.

We've had some really successful kitchen kit collections and events lately, which means we are low on stock again.

So start your clear-out, declutter your stuff (or encourage others to) and donate your things where they'll be given to the best possible home 🏠

Get involved and email [email protected] to arrange drop-off at 422 Stockport Rd (by appointment only)

There are loads of ways for you to get involved with our Kitchen Kit and contribute towards the circular economy as well as provide items for those that need them most 🧡

Feed your team, feed your community! 🥗 Our catering service not only provides nutritious, home baked food, but also help...
06/09/2026

Feed your team, feed your community! 🥗

Our catering service not only provides nutritious, home baked food, but also helps to support us on our mission to support our community who are at risk of hunger!

A minimum of 15% of your catering fee funds our community outreach projects, delivering essential skills and help to those who are the most vulnerable

Book now on our website and help make a difference! 💻

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 4pm

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