The Common Table - Community Kitchen
About The Common Table
The Common Table is a brand-new community kitchen program launching at SSI's Parramatta office in mid-June 2025. It brings people seeking asylum and humanitarian entrants together through food — creating genuine opportunities to share culinary skills, build food safety credentials, form meaningful connections, and take early steps toward employment pathways in hospitality.
The program runs monthly cooking sessions (the Culinary Club) where participants cook together, share recipes from their own cultures, and build food safety knowledge. Every quarter, participants host an Open Table event — cooking for and welcoming guests from the broader community.
This is a pilot program with real ambition behind it. If it works the way we believe it will, The Common able will grow beyond Parramatta and become a model SSI can replicate across regions.
