Top Scottish chef Tom Kitchin has added his support to Fresh Start’s Cookers for Christmas appeal. The Michelin-starred chef launched Fresh Start’s appeal to buy recently homeless people a cooker for their new home and promised a £1 donation from every bill paid at his award-winning The Kitchin restaurant for a month.
The Cookers for Christmas appeal allows Fresh Start to buy cookers to pass on to Edinburgh families and individuals who were previously homeless but who have recently been found a home. It gives the new householders the opportunity to make a fresh start by offering them one of the most important tools to help them.
Tom Kitchin made a trip to the Fresh Start warehouse in Ferry Road Drive to lend a hand and said: “This campaign is one close to my heart. Scotland boasts some of the best local produce available and eating well can be incredibly affordable. Giving people the tools to allow them to support themselves and their families is vital. A kitchen should be at the heart of a home and what better way to help families who have been homeless than giving them the means to cook in a secure and safe environment.”
Fresh Start Managing Director Keith Robertson said: “The people who receive the appliances have just been allocated a property and are often starting out with nothing – they don’t have the means to buy such an expensive item. Clearly, the most economical way to eat well is to cook at home, so by providing a cooker we are supporting new householders to take an important first step by helping them financially and physically.”
To find out more or donate to Fresh Start’s Cookers for Christmas appeal, visit the Fresh Start appeal page
Fresh Start’s Cookers for Christmas appeal is also going ‘social’ this year through the charity’s social media sites so if you’re on Facebook or Twitter, please share or retweet the appeal. For Twitter, the hashtag is #cookerforchristmas