Date Friday 17 October 2025
Location Castlehaven Community Association
Overview
Join us for a educational yet fun evening at Camden's very own Castlehaven Community Association, home to one of Camden's Food Banks, free community workshops, Community Gardens and so much more!
At our Anti Food Wastage challenge, learn some tips and tricks on how to maximise your ingredients without compromising the taste of your dish, as well as some food hygiene essentials so you'll know how to tell if something in your fridge has gone bad. Then, with your newly acquired knowledge, put your skills to the test at our cooking competiton and stand a chance to win attractive prizes!
How it works:
-All participants are to bring a leftover/unwanted ingredient to the competition while following the guidelines*
-5 contestants will cook it off in the kitchen by using as many ingredients as they can WITHOUT wasting it
-25 audience members can watch or assist the chefs, or enjoy some laid back activties to build their food maximising skills
-At the end of the cook-off, the audience members will vote for 2 dishes: the most delicious, and the dish that successfully used the most ingredients
-The winners will win attractive prizes! Everyone will leave with a fresh cooked meal and a goodie bag
Why come?
-Learn invaluable tips and hacks on how to reduce food waste + tell if your food has gone off
-Enjoy a laid back evening of cooking, activities, mix and mingling and delicious food made by your president + friends
-Free goodie bags containing exclusive snacks, souvenirs and our very own recipe booklet
Excited? So are we! Sign up now, and make sure to fill our allergen form so that we're made aware of any dietary restrictions you may have. Contestants will be required to fill up a separate form. Make sure to join our Whatsapp Community for more updates, announcements and more!
Allergen form: https://forms.gle/PhtwnjuGx3sDxKcDA
Contestant Registration Form (only 5 slots): https://forms.gle/ttKgWSjwUhJWJxvM6
*You must bring all ingredients in a sealed container, bag or bottle/jar.
Make sure that none of your ingredients are within 2 days of their expiry dates.
Please do not bring any opened packet of raw meat, yoghurt or cream.
Do not bring any ingredients that have changed in appearance, taste or smell from its original/normal state. Wilted vegetables should be fine as long as there is no mould or foul smell/taste.