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The Cooks Charity

The Cooks Charity: Charitable Funding

The general application route to The Cooks Charity (registered charity 297913), run by the Worshipful Company of Cooks of London. It considers requests that fit one of two areas: 'Craft', meaning the education and welfare of professional chefs and cooks and those training to become one, and 'City', meaning any charitable purpose connected with the City of London, preferably food-related. You apply with a short email to the Clerk. Funded projects are mentored or monitored by Company members with relevant experience. No grant sizes or deadlines are published.

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You could get
Amount not specified
no fixed round
Deadline
Rolling
apply any time
Effort
Light
short form, little evidence needed

Who can apply

  • Anyone whose project or activity fits one of the Charity's areas: the education or welfare of professional chefs and cooks and those training to be one (no area limit is stated for this strand), or a charitable purpose connected with the City of London, preferably food-related
  • The page does not say which kinds of organisation may apply or set any income or governance tests
  • Past support has gone to charitable training organisations, such as equipment for a college training restaurant and a chef trainer for The Clink Charity

What it funds

Projects or activities that fit one or more of these areas:

  • Craft: the advancement of education of professional chefs/cooks and those training to become professional chefs/cooks
  • Craft: the general welfare of professional chefs/cooks and those training to become professional chefs/cooks
  • City: any charitable purpose (with a preference for food-related projects) connected with the City of London

the third area, the Elizabeth Fund (small one-off grants to City Fringe food-related and/or cooking projects), has its own page and is listed separately.

How to apply

  1. Check that your project fits one or more of the Charity's areas (Craft, City or the Elizabeth Fund)
  2. Email your application to the Clerk at clerk@cookslivery.org.uk, including a concise description of the project and its relevance to those areas, your objectives and what a successful outcome looks like, a justification for the amount you need, your contact details, and anything else that adds context

if funded, the project is mentored and/or monitored on an ongoing basis by nominated members of the Company.

Have ready

Application email covering the project description, objectives, justification of the amount requested and contact details

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