
How Bags of Taste got me out of the ‘can’t cook, won’t cook’ habit
Blog Posts, NewsRead Esther's story, one of our students who did one of the first Bags of Taste Mentored courses.
Sometimes the most effective solutions come in the most seemingly unlikely places. If someone had said to me that a cookery course via WhatsApp…

Why being a Bags of Taste cooking mentor is so satisfying
Blog Posts, General
Amy has been a Bags of Taste cooking mentor for the last 18 months.
Find out more about her experiences and how rewarding she finds it.
When I first applied to be a cooking mentor with Bags of Taste in 2021, I was looking for a virtual…

Why what you eat is so important for mental health
Blog Posts, GeneralWhy what you eat is so important for your mental health

Cost of living crisis
Blog PostsRead our recent blog from our CEO, Alicia Weston on what we’re doing at Bags of Taste to support people during the cost of living crisis.

New healthy eating initiative in Newham run by Bags of Taste
Blog PostsBags of Taste have been commissioned by Newham Public Health to deliver their weight management initiative in the borough. The course is specifically for people who have a long term condition, a mental health condition, a learning disability or those who are carers.

A day in the life of a Bags of Taste Area Head
Area Heads, Blog PostsBoosting confidence and well-being and connecting across the community
We caught up with Caroline, our Area Head for Hackney who told us what she gets up to and why it's so rewarding.
Tell us about a day in the life of a Bags of Taste Area…

Dancing round the kitchen, feeling motivated and binning microwave meals – a view of 2021
Blog PostsAs 2021 is nearly over, we wanted to let you know what we’ve been up to at Bags of Taste.

The Ones that Got Away
Blog PostsIf Covid-19 has taught us anything, it is that every cloud has a silver lining. I had always wondered what happened to the people that didn’t show up to our in-person classes when we used to run them pre-pandemic.

Read the Bags of Taste impact report
Blog PostsRead our in-depth report that includes all the latest stats and figures from the results of our survey on the impact of the Mentored Home Cooking Course one year on.