Jamie's Ministry of Food – Health and Wellbeing Queensland

Categories:

Education Healthy Eating

Region/s:

State-wide Far North Queensland North Queensland Central Queensland North West Queensland Central West Queensland South West Queensland Wide Bay Burnett South East Queensland Darling Downs

The Jamie’s Ministry of Food program is delivered through a partnership with The Good Foundation. The program delivers hands on food literacy and cooking skills courses, in a friendly, supportive and fun environment.

Program Inclusions

Five-week and five-day cooking courses are delivered from a Permanent Centre in Ipswich, a Mobile Kitchen that travels across the state to different locations and through an Outreach program to communities.

‘Train the Trainer’ and ‘local recruitment’ programs are also available and are designed to help build the capacity of local communities and organisations to sustain ongoing delivery of food literacy and healthy eating and cooking messages.

Program Benefits

The benefits of Jamie’s Ministry of Food go far beyond cooking. Many of our participants have stated they now have a healthier attitude towards food and a greater willingness to try new things. Social benefits also include a sense of belonging, the creation of new social networks as well as improved emotional connections with family and friends.

The program is committed to reaching the most vulnerable in the community including individuals/families on low incomes, single parents, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, young people, people with a disability and the unemployed.

The program is open to Queenslanders, 12 years and over. There is a cost associated with participating in the courses but course costs are at a significantly reduced rate for concession cardholders and students.

Like to learn more? Visit the Jamie’s Ministry of Food website