Introducing our new Heat + Eat range.
Pick up a taste of Home Kitchen to share with your family and friends at home with our new Heat + Eat range.
We’re starting with our most popular dish, our special handmade Afghan dumplings, Ashauk and Mantu, traditionally shared with special guests or at celebrations.
Choose either a leek, spinach and spring onion filling, or beef and cabbage, both served with a rich tomato dahl. This is been one of the most popular dishes on the menu at our pop-up restaurants and we know they won’t last long!
A place where cultures unite, friendships are formed and stories are shared.
A place where everyone can call home.
Home Kitchen is a social enterprise focused on empowering former refugees to flourish by providing work and training opportunities whilst showcasing the diverse cultures that exist in the mighty ‘Tron.'
Our profits go towards providing more employment and training opportunities through Home Kitchen and supporting other refugee-led initiatives here in Aotearoa.
Home Kitchen launched in March 2019 with great taste experiences across our pop-up restaurant, cooking classes and catering.
We’re now cooking up something new in the kitchen! Follow us on social for new product releases as they’re launched!
Our Story
The Home Kitchen Team
For the love of food! Experience dishes from afar cooked and served with aroha by our passionate team of chefs and front of house team. Creating lots of magic in Kirikiriroa our team members are from origin countries such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Burma, Palestine and Syria each team member is passionate about sharing their amazing food and culture with the wonderful people of Aotearoa.
Home Kitchen Team (from left to right) Bkr Alzraiqi, Diaa Alreikat, Ali Alzvaiqi, Tania Jones, Nikbakht Danish, Frozan Aziz & Sofaidar Bin Ilyas. Not pictured; Nawahel Alzinati, Masooma Aziz and Mayssa Sheik Al Ard.
It all started when…
After following the Syrian refugee crisis and volunteering at Kara Tepe Camp in Lesvos, Greece, Tania returned to New Zealand seeking ways to better support those with a lived refugee experience to thrive, here in Aotearoa.
The inspiration for the name, Home Kitchen, came from volunteering with Katerina & Nikos of Home for a Day, a social kitchen supporting the refugee community living on Lesvos. Home Kitchen will run fundraising events to support refugee initiatives both at home and overseas, such as Home for a Day in Lesvos.
feeling the love with yalla yalla cafe
Yalla Yalla Cafe was a social enterprise, operating as a cafe and providing soulful kai to the people of Hamilton.
As part of their vision, to create connections within our community, the good folk at Yalla Yalla gave Home Kitchen a much needed start with the use of their cafe space - amazing! Big aroha to the team for giving us a leg-up & helping make Home Kitchen a reality!
Show some Aroha!
Join the Home Kitchen support crew….
The restaurant was just phase one of the Home Kitchen dream….
We’ve rolled out other great taste experiences like cooking classes, catering and fundraising events that support refugee community initiatives here and overseas. Get amongst it and join the Home Kitchen support crew!
Dine with Us
Come on in and dine with us! At Home Kitchen we're all about creating an authentic dining experience, whether your joining us for a meal with friends, whanau or solo, you can guarantee an amazing taste experience!
Volunteer
Love social media, copywriting or keen to use your skills for doing more good in the hood? Join the Home Kitchen crew as one of our amazing volunteers - we’re looking for creatives, business mentors and individuals passionate about supporting Home Kitchen to thrive!
Partner with us
By partnering with Home Kitchen you boost our impact, whether by donating the over-abundance of your garden, straight up sponsorship or people power. Whatever it is, we’re keen to work with you so we can achieve our mission together, community styles.
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