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"When
Positive News visited Home Kitchen last year, the Primrose Hill
restaurant was already doing something unusual. On the face of it, this was a
polished north London dining room serving scallop ceviche, guinea fowl and
monkfish from the former home of long-standing restaurant Odette’s. Behind the
scenes, however, it was trying to prove that fine dining could open up new
routes into work for people who had experienced homelessness.
Now the project has entered its next chapter. Home Kitchen Diner has relaunched
as 130 Primrose, become a registered UK charity, and appointed Monica Galetti,
the chef, broadcaster and
MasterChef judge, as its executive chef and a
trustee.
The restaurant, based at 130 Regent’s Park Road in Primrose Hill, opens on 8
May with a new name, a new menu and the same central mission: to recruit, train
and employ people with lived experience of homelessness, offering paid work,
accredited training and a stepping stone into long-term hospitality careers.
Seating 50 covers, 130 Primrose will be open seven days a week from 9am,
serving breakfast, lunch and dinner in a relaxed, brasserie-style setting, with
additional street-side seating. Its à la carte menu will draw on Mediterranean
influences, with touches of Galetti’s Samoan heritage to be introduced later.
At lunchtime, sandwiches and salads will also be available, while evenings will
feature an additional charcuterie and cheese offering. A speakeasy-style
cocktail bar is set to open on the lower ground floor later next month.
Galetti, who is also a regular volunteer at Soup Kitchen London, will shape the
restaurant’s food and training offer, while head chef Eric Zhang will lead the
kitchen full time.
“I’ve seen first-hand how, with the right support, people can rediscover hope,
dignity and purpose through opportunities like this,” said Galetti."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
