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Cook & Dine is our annual fundraising lunch celebrating & showcasing all that is great about the UK's hospitality industry. The unique event brings together industry guests and volunteers from all backgrounds, experiences, and seniority levels who cook, serve and dine together!
Over the next five years it is estimated that there will be around 1.3million vacancies in the hospitality industry. At the same time, the number of people who are facing or are at risk of becoming homeless is rising. Only A Pavement Away has set out to place 5,000 people back into employment by 2029.
Congratulations.
We are thrilled to announce that this year’s Cook & Dine held on the 24th September, 2024 at the Honourable Artillery Company - attended by 350 hospitality professionals smashed last year’s total and raised a phenomenal £40,000!
Greg Mangham, CEO and Founder of Only A Pavement Away, said "We are delighted by the success of yesterday’s Cook & Dine fundraising event, where we were once again able to come together and demonstrate the magnitude of the support from our industry dedicated to helping those facing hardships. The £39k raised at this year’s Cook and Dine event will be vital in helping us place even more people facing homeless into meaningful employment across this fantastic industry. The event served as a great opportunity for us to also recognise all those who have supported us in so many ways throughout the past year.”
Our sincere thanks to all of our generous and invaluable sponsors and supporters for making the event such a success; The Honourable Artillery Company and Searcys for allowing us to host the event, to our Patron Tom Aikens and our Event Partners Caterer and Greene King. Event Sponsors, Asahi, Growth Partners, HIT Training, Switch4Profit, Mapal, Toast and Zonal. Additionally, Cook and Dine would not have been possible without the generosity of all its supporters & suppliers, Brakes, Bethnal Greene Fish Supplies, Britvic, Dennys Brands, Faber, Firebird Events, Hops & Chops, Lakeland Dairies, Liberty Wines, Paddy & Scotts, Smith & Brock, Woods Foodservice.
Money raised from this year’s event will go towards delivering the resources needed to enable Only A Pavement Away’s mission to provide pathways out of homelessness into purposeful employment within the hospitality industry.