Cakes and connection as migrant women get skills in kitchen and beyond
The Beyond the Kitchen project provides migrant women with essential cooking and hospitality skills over a nine-week course. Funded by Lotterywest, the program aims to boost participants' confidence and help them establish their own businesses. The initiative fosters community connections and personal growth among women from diverse backgrounds.
- ▪The course is run by the Multicultural Services Centre of WA and targets women from migrant, refugee, and asylum seeker backgrounds.
- ▪Participants learn cooking, menu design, budgeting, and food safety, while also practicing barista skills at an onsite cafe.
- ▪Many women report increased confidence and aspirations to start their own businesses after completing the course.
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Beyond the Kitchen project gives migrant women skills in cooking and beyond MBy Mya KordicLBy Lucy MartinTopic:WomenSun 17 May 2026 at 11:32amSun 17 May 2026 at 11:32amSun 17 May 2026 at 11:32amThe women refine their cooking skills, while getting the chance to share it with others through opportunities like catering. (ABC News: Mya Kordic)In short: Beyond the Kitchen is a nine-week course run by the Multicultural Services Centre of WA for women from migrant backgrounds.The course aims to equip women with cooking and hospitality skills to give them the confidence to set up their own business.The program, funded by Lotterywest, will run until December 2028.abc.net.au/news/beyond-the-kitchen-gives-migrant-women-cooking-skills-and-more/106684492Link copiedShareShare articleIn a takeaway shop…
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