Why Bronx Eats?

  • Bronx Eats provides cooking education to make healthy plant-based eating more accessible, appealing, and achievable.

  • Bronx Eats brings dignity to its participants through a social model that eliminates the element of “food shaming” commonly associated with pantries or soup kitchens. Bronx Eats is more than a handout.

  • Participants build connections and skills as they prepare healthy food, creating healthier lifelong eating habits. 

  • Bronx master chefs and local cooks have opportunities to share and showcase their recipes and cultural favorites.

  • Bronx Eats addresses multiple borough-wide needs in a holistic and coordinated manner, including health education (cooking skills, nutrition, and diet education), food insecurity (hunger and access to healthy produce), community-building (social opportunities for improved mental health), and local eating (sustainability and reduced carbon footprint). 

  • Bronx Eats offers a win-win model, relying on the idea that food is a powerful convener of people and community.

  • Lehman College School of Continuing and Professional Studies offers a badge to participants who attend five Bronx Eats’ classes which they can add to their LinkedIn accounts or resumes.

  • The multiple incentives to attend Bronx Eats’ classes define its ambitious mission--to improve health, food, and cooking knowledge, address hunger and access to fresh food, build new friendships, and advance professional skills.

  • No other program addressing food insecurity puts education at its core. Bronx Eats is more than just a handout.