As part of ARRCC's campaig to encourage people of faith to consider reducing the amount of meat they consume, we are running a series of Meat-Free Cooking Workshops.

The workshops will be participatory and hands-on, with participants being able to get in there and make many of the meals, under the guidance of our expert, volunteer chefs. At the end of the workshop, everyone gets to sit down together to share the meal and enjoy the fruits of their labours.

George Vlamakis, one of our volunteer chefs, says that one of the barriers to people eating less meat is that they don’t know how to cook good vegetarian food.  “Vegetarian food is not about taking the meat out and leaving everything else the same. When I was a student, I was lucky enough to live with a couple of vegetarians who were really great cooks. I learned a lot from them, and I am keen to share what I know with others.”

Our first workshop was held in Sydney on the 29th May, with more than 10 people coming together to make 10 different meat-free meals! Read more about it.

Download recipes

Recipes from our first cooking workshop were created/collected by Devin and George, and were given to each participant in a handy booklet to take home with them. You can download a copy of the recipe book followed in the workshop and try them out yourself!

Be part of a future workshop

ARRCC will be holding more meat-free cooking workshops throughout the year, starting in Sydney and spreading to other major cities. To be kept updated on future workshops, or to help organise one in your local community, contact us!