Impactful Experience

Fill the Fridge

Offered by: Upward Kitchen and Cafe

Overview

The Fill the Fridge experience connects delegates to Halifax’s vibrant food community through a hands-on cooking class hosted by Upward Kitchen and Cafe. Rooted in the belief that business can be a force for positive change, this intimate experience brings small groups together around a shared table and a shared purpose.

Participants don’t just cook; they help address one of Halifax’s most pressing community needs. Halifax faces some of the highest food insecurity rates in Canada, and Fill the Fridge is a delicious, meaningful way to take action.

How It Works

Groups of 10 to 15 delegates roll up their sleeves for a full cooking class led by the Upward Kitchen and Cafe team. Together, participants prepare 300 to 500 nutritious meals and deliver them directly to the community through partner organizations and community fridges—putting food on plates the same day.

The impact doesn’t stop there: this program works directly to support our Sharpen Up program, which brings community youth into our kitchens for month-long classes – extending the ripple of every chopping board and stovetop session long after delegates have returned home. This is not a traditional donation model. Instead, Fill the Fridge embeds social good directly into the experience, showing that the most meaningful contributions can happen right in the kitchen. Learn more about the impact of Sharpen Up here.