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Food for Good

03/02/2025
60 min
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Food has the power to bring us together, to nourish not just our bodies but our communities. In conversation with Jay Rayner, three culinary pioneers share their insights on how food builds connections and drives positive change. Cook for Good CEO Karen Mattison joins with Soup for Good, blending recipes from Nigella Lawson and Gordon Brown with the story of the Kings Cross social enterprise. Former Ottolenghi chef Sarit Packer, co-founder of Honey & Co, talks about creating spaces where food and people thrive together. Karan Gokani, founder of Hoppers and author of Hoppers: The Cookbook, reflects on how food fosters community and belonging. A celebration of food, friendship, and its extraordinary ability to transform lives.

An event from Jewish Book Week 2025

About the speakers

Sarit Packer

Sarit Packer, together with her husband Itamar Srulovich, co-founded Middle Eastern restaurants Honey & Co. and Honey & Smoke: Grill House and delis Honey & Co. Daily and Honey & Spice: Food Store. The couple have written four cookbooks. Image © Patricia Niven
Jay Rayner

Jay Rayner is an award-winning writer, journalist and broadcaster, perhaps best known as the restaurant critic since 1999 for The Observer. Jay appears regularly on TV, including on Masterchef. 
Karan Gokani

Karan Gokani is the Co-Founder & Creative Director of the award winning restaurant Hoppers
Karen Mattison

Karen Mattison is a serial social entrepreneur, having founded and led three award-winning social enterprises. Following 15 successful years at Women Like Us and Timewise, Karen embraced her love of cooking to co-found Cook for Good, which is tackling food insecurity, social isolation and barriers to work by connecting businesses with a community in Kings […]

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Food for Good

03/02/2025
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60 min

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Sarit Packer

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Sarit Packer, together with her husband Itamar Srulovich, co-founded Middle Eastern restaurants Honey & Co. and Honey & Smoke: Grill House and delis Honey...

Jay Rayner

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Jay Rayner is an award-winning writer, journalist and broadcaster, perhaps best known as the restaurant critic since 1999 for The Observer. Jay appears regularly...

Karan Gokani

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Karan Gokani is the Co-Founder & Creative Director of the award winning restaurant Hoppers

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Karen Mattison

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Karen Mattison is a serial social entrepreneur, having founded and led three award-winning social enterprises. Following 15 successful years at Women Like Us and...