Project Feast

At Project Feast, food brings people to the table, transforms lives, and fosters mutual understandings across diverse cultures. Our work demonstrates the remarkable power of food to nourish more than just the body. We believe that immigrants and refugees possess incomparable wisdom, skills and knowledge to contribute to our communities. While refugees and immigrants find it a challenge to integrate into society, Project Feast’s work proves that these circumstances are not insurmountable. Not only do we empower amazing cooks from around the globe by equipping them with the hands-on vocational training to gain their footing in the food industry here in Seattle, we also connect them to opportunities to make a living and share their wealth of food knowledge with our greater Seattle community, a place with hunger and passion for excellent food. In the process, our participants become deeply integrated into local communities and economies. We enrich all our lives, one cook at a time.

Our mission is to transform the lives of refugees and immigrants by providing pathways to sustainable employment in the food industry, and enriching communities through intercultural exchange. While they need access to jobs, one area of strength for refugees and immigrants are their cooking skills and knowledge of their cuisine. Through our Culinary Apprenticeship Program, our graduates gain hands-on experience at our café, Ubuntu Street Café. We also host intercultural exchange programs with an aim to create a culture that is more inclusive and equitable for these communities because we care about the context in which they live and work.