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Training Cafe for NEET 18-24 year olds, Thanet.

30/10/2026

Serving steaming bowls of Soap Azteca for Dia De Los Mu***os this Sunday WHERE ELSE? MARGATE with Reggy Brown to remember and celebrate our loved ones.

With flavours of chipotle, charred tomato, pepper and courgette build a vibrant warming base for our soup with crispy fried tortilla on top. With chicken or hominy for veg/vegan/ meat options.

12-4
Whereelse - The Centre Margate

Raising funds for The Death Cafe providing a free informal peer-lead space to explore grief, bereavement and loss.
*Sign up via Reggy's bio link for tiered donation tickets!*

13/10/2026

A HUGE thank you to Olia Hercules for her warmth, generosity and kindness in volunteering her time to cook alongside our TPPTG trainees and share her knowledge and inspire us all. Finishing in a fundraising feast, the community came out to enjoy a Ukrainian menu and support the future of our work at The Perfect Place to Grow.

It was an emotional one with many of our regular volunteers, customers and supporters sharing kind words about the work we do with young people locally and reflecting on the impact so far! Reminiscing about the journeys of trainees who have now moved on to brighter futures.

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We couldn't have done it without the wonderful ladies of the Ukrainian Community Thanet. We laughed, drank lots of tea and learned so much about each other's cultures — from the good, to the sad, to the hopeful. It was a real privilege to connect with such supportive, motivated and optimistic women, sharing food, stories and experiences around the table.

Days like these remind us how food brings people together, creates connections and gives us space to learn from one another.

💙💛 Please show some love and visit them for their regular bake-sales, held on the final Saturday of every month at the Ramsgate Salvation Army site. Go along, enjoy some delicious treats and support this wonderful community!

Again, thank you, Olia, Felix, Casey and the Ukrainian Community Thanet for making the time so meaningful. We feel very lucky to have shared it with you all!

05/10/2026

When one door closes and another opens....

We've been building the kitchen garden with loyal and dedicated volunteers for a year or so now. And we're pleased to say thanks to all your help and support. It's where we can continue sessions - especially while the weather is on our side!

Whilst this month, we’re saying goodbye to our cafe space at TKE Studios — it is NOT goodbye to the work.

We’re excited to take The Perfect Place to Grow out into the gardens, and welcoming community spaces across Thanet, reaching more local young people aged 18–24 who are NEET and creating more opportunities to connect, learn, grow and thrive. 💚

And there’s a lovely continuity in knowing that all the love and energy poured into our kitchen garden at Quex this year gives us a space to keep supporting young people straight away. 🌿

The cafe chapter is ending. The mission isn’t.
We’re taking everything we’ve grown with us. 🌱

Before we go, we need a few extra pairs of hands!
ALL THE HANDS

📦 Can you help us clear the café on 12 October?

Thanks to the incredible generosity of a very kind partner, we have storage for the things we need to keep our work going.

If you can spare a few hours to help us pack, move and clear, please get in touch. 💙

Here’s to the next chapter — and to reaching even more young people across Thanet.

AND BIG UP TO TRAINEE SID FOR THE MAGIC SIGN-MAKING 👏👏👏👏👏

22/09/2026

We apologise for the silence over the past month but we have some important news to tell you all…

After three wonderful years we are leaving the training kitchen & cafe space at TKE Studios. We are extremely grateful to Tracey Emin and her team for getting us up and running when no one else would take a chance on us. Without this gift of the old morgue, we would never have been able to change the futures of so many young people in Thanet. However, it is time for pastures new.

During our time at TKE Studios we were very fortunate to be able to take part in some incredible events and had opportunities presented to us that we are deeply grateful for – so to Dame Tracey and all of her wonderful team we we say, thank you, thank you, thank you.

We are unsure what that the future looks like for The Perfect Place to Grow at the present time but we do know that this is not the end. It has been, at times, hard for both the team and the trainees, but we know every young person who came through those doors left in a better place than when they started. We also know that the young people in Thanet need our support more than ever.

We have assessed what we do, and how we do it. We know we are great at some things and need to work at others. However we are as committed to changing the futures of young people in Thanet as we were at the start of this project nearly five years ago and our work with the trainees will continue unabated.

It does, however, mean that we are looking for a new site and are open to ideas and options going forward, however crazy they may seem. Please do get in touch if you have an idea!

We also have lots of events, fundraisers and parties planned for the next couple of months until we leave the site full time so please look out for those.

The future is full of possibilities and we intend to embrace them head-on, and we look forward to an exciting new direction!

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17/09/2026

A little piece of coverage recently on what we do at TPPTG.

Connecting young people to a world of opportunities, teaching transferable skills so that they change their futures for the better. Building confidence and community by sharing good grub at the same time.

Thank you to everyone who has shaped us and supported us since 2023.

Excited for the next term with a whole new cohort of young people about to take their next steps

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16/09/2026

Join us for a weekend in the gardens. It's the perfect place to grow....connect, touch grass, meet people, sew seeds for the future. Come to chat or come to chill at your own pace.

Everyone welcome!
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Let us know if you're heading down so we can know how much snackage to bring! (Email [email protected])

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Saturday 19th and Sunday
10-4
OPEN DAY

24/07/2026

That was our last cafe service this term. 🌞

We are so grateful for your patronage in the cafe as it is one way we self-fund this project! (Trusts, foundations and sponsorships too!)

The cafe helps trainees to practice newly learned skills in a real-working environment. Hospitality as a tool to wellbeing and employment has a huge impact on the journeys of young people locally.

However, outside of customer facing service we work persistently side by side, creating tailored individual plans for every trainee to support physical and mental health challenges, navigating a wide range of very personal barriers. Guiding towards careers that they never knew were possible, not just in hospitality but across all industries.

This break from service gives us more time to focus on specific needs and goals of the trainees. We need to do what's important for them and are always grateful for community members who support us to support them.

Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to support the 2025-2026 cohort who are now moving onto their next chapters.

Especially our volunteer therapist, the professionals who come to their employability journey, take trainees on placement or work experience, as well as the mentors who have supported in their working fields from chefing to carpentry, creative writing.

For that we are very grateful.

See you in the autumn term.

16/07/2026

Grain bowl of the moment: spelt, red rice, and bulgar dressed in a delicious herb gremolata. Giardinara (garden pickles) dressed gem, beet-top cime di rapa, smoked almonds. We recommend you add a boiled egg and buttered toast for a really full rounded lunch.

We're using the best of the seasons in the kitchen garden and local gleaned goods so the grain bowl will vary each week but be just as delicious every time!

Also don't miss the last few bowls of the Soutzakakia! A delicious cinnamon and tomato meatball dish giving us the Mediterranean vibes we need this summer. Get it while stocks last!

See you tomorrow - Friday treats!

16/07/2026

Summer pudding with olive oil ice-cream on the menu. 🍓🫒

15/07/2026

SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER.

Please keep dining with us until 24th July Tue-Fri 10-3………..

The Perfect Place to Grow Trainee Kitchen & Cafe will be taking a break in August while we prepare for the autumn term and welcome a new cohort of trainees.
Our current trainees are moving on to their next chapter, and we’ll be using this time to get everything ready for the months ahead. We can’t wait to shape up, reset, and meet the next group of trainees joining us this autumn.

In the meantime keep your eyes peeled for Friday night feasting with pop-ups from local chefs, heeding the way for September supper clubs, including our fundraising feast with Olia Hercules and for our next installment at the Turner Contemporary this autumn.

Thank you to all trainees, volunteers, customers and our wonderful staff who have made this term a huge success. See you in the cafe after the break for more seasonal, wholesome meals. From us, at The Perfect Place to Grow.

Address

99 Victoria Road
Margate
CT91TR

Opening Hours

Tuesday	10am - 3pm
Wednesday	10am - 3pm
Thursday	10am - 3pm
Friday	10am - 3pm

Website

http://www.theperfectplacetogrow.org/

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