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Strengthening our local food system one chef-made meal at a time. Local food. Local workforce. Local resilience. To donate, visit: www.sonomafamilymeal.org

Sonoma Family Meal came together in the worst moments of the raging California Wildfires to feed a population not used to asking for help, but desperately in need. Heather Irwin, a restaurant writer in Sonoma County, created the nonprofit to bring families displaced by the fires together with hundreds of chefs who desperately wanted to help. Since 2017, we have served more than 450,000 meals made by some of the Bay Area’s best chefs, packed up and ready to take home for anyone who asks. What started as a simple plan to hand out prepared meals donated by renowned restaurants like Single Thread in Healdsburg, Two Birds One Stone in Napa and San Francisco’s Aster has now turned into a full-on professional cooking operation with a staff of more than 20. We value great food, and since launching have served vegan tofu masala, ahi tuna with farro, stuffed acorn squash and more. All made with ingredients donated by local farmers and ranchers, much of it organic, and prepared by local chefs.

10/29/2026

ATTENTION: Temporary Relocation of Unity kitchen Services beginning 10/28
To better serve our clients and continue improving our services, Unity Kitchen will be undergoing renovations and will be temporarily closed starting October 28th, 2026. Meal service will continue Monday thru Friday from 10:00am - 1:00pm at the Tiny Homes: 18820 Sonoma Hwy, Sonoma, CA 95476. We appreciate your patience and understanding during this closure as we make much needed improvements to our facilities. We look forward to welcoming our community back to Unity Kitchen in the new year!

Para servir mejor a nuestros clientes y seguir mejorando nuestros servicios. SFM Unity Kitchen permanecerá cerrado temporalmente por reformas a partir de 28 de octubre de 2026. Durante la renovación, continuaremos ofreciendo servicios de lunes a viernes, 10:00AM - 1:00PM en las Casas Pequeñas: 18820 Sonoma Hwy, Sonoma, CA 95476. Agradecemos su paciencia y comprensión durante este cierre temporal mientras realizamos mejoras en nuestras instalaciones para brindar un mejor servicio a nuestros clientes. ¡Esperamos darles la bienvenida nuevamente a Unity Kitchen el próximo año!

10/29/2026

ATTENTION: Temporary Relocation of Unity kitchen Services beginning 10/28
To better serve our clients and continue improving our services, Unity Kitchen will be undergoing renovations and will be temporarily closed starting October 28th, 2026. Meal service will continue Monday thru Friday from 10:00am - 1:00pm at the Tiny Homes: 18820 Sonoma Hwy, Sonoma, CA 95476. We appreciate your patience and understanding during this closure as we make much needed improvements to our facilities. We look forward to welcoming our community back to Unity Kitchen in the new year!
Para servir mejor a nuestros clientes y seguir mejorando nuestros servicios. SFM Unity Kitchen permanecerá cerrado temporalmente por reformas a partir de 28 de octubre de 2026. Durante la renovación, continuaremos ofreciendo servicios de lunes a viernes, 10:00AM - 1:00PM en las Casas Pequeñas: 18820 Sonoma Hwy, Sonoma, CA 95476. Agradecemos su paciencia y comprensión durante este cierre temporal mientras realizamos mejoras en nuestras instalaciones para brindar un mejor servicio a nuestros clientes. ¡Esperamos darles la bienvenida nuevamente a Unity Kitchen el próximo año!

10/24/2026

Three local households. One hundred and fifty family dinners. Thank you to Nancy and Tony Lilly, Jackie and Tim Reuling, and Lea Baylis for sponsoring Knife's Edge 2026 at the Chef de Partie level. Each gift puts a warm meal on the table for 50 families facing food insecurity. Families showing up for families: that's Sonoma County at its best. See you tonight at our annual Knife's Edge culinary showdown!

10/23/2026

Tuesday, 11am: our kitchen is loud, the ovens are full, and 500 meals are on their way to neighbors who need them. Behind days like that are partners like Aurea and Steve Herrick, whose Sous Chef sponsorship of Knife's Edge 2026 makes the whole shift possible. Thank you for keeping us cooking!

10/22/2026

Here's to Rebecca Hermosillo, Chef de Cuisine sponsor of Knife's Edge 2026, and the reason our training kitchen's shelves stay full for eight straight weeks. Generosity you can literally taste. See you (and thank you!) October 24th at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds!

10/20/2026

What does it take to turn a beginner into a working cook in eight weeks? Practice... and thousands of reps with real ingredients. Janet and Michael Verlander stepped up as a Chef de Cuisine sponsors of Knife's Edge 2026 and covered all of it: every vegetable, every protein, every pantry staple our students will train on. We couldn't do it without partners like this!

10/20/2026

Picture week one of culinary training: the walk-in is stocked and the mise en place is ready, a student ties on an apron, picks up a knife, and starts with the basics. That's what Chef de Cuisine sponsor, Judith Walsh, just made it real for an entire cohort. 🙏 Eight weeks of ingredients, from first chop to graduation dinner. Come taste the results October 24th at Knife's Edge! 🎟️

10/16/2026

We had a great time welcoming teens from Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley Teen Services for a hands-on cooking workshop! Students learned to make ramen from the ground up, preparing every element themselves and building new skills along the way. 👩‍🍳👨‍🍳

A big thank you to Teen Services for joining us! We love creating opportunities for young people to build their culinary skills, try something new, and discover what’s possible in the kitchen. ❤️

10/16/2026

Fifty families will sit down to a hot meal because Clear Blue Commercial stepped up as a Chef de Partie sponsor of Knife's Edge 2026. That's what community looks like in practice ~ neighbors making sure neighbors eat.

Thank you Clear Blue Commercial!

10/13/2026

Cheers to Traditional Medicinals Foundation, our Chef de Partie sponsor for Knife's Edge 2026! 🔪

In a professional kitchen, the chef de partie runs their own station and every station matters to the plate. Each of these gifts puts a warm meal in front of 50 local families.

See you October 24th at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds!

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