DELIVEROO AND THE FELIX PROJECT LAUNCH COMMUNITY KITCHEN

• Charity partnership will see Deliveroo provide a bespoke-fitted kitchen with annual rent and £25,000 towards project costs, as well as a year’s supply of cooking oil.

• Co-op will support the charity partnership to help turn surplus fruit & veg into healthier bakes like courgette cake and beetroot brownies, arranging a donation of 6000 kilos of bakery supplies.

• This supports The Felix Project’s 2025 Summer campaign, launched after new research highlighted 64% of London teachers are concerned at least one child in their class will experience hunger during the summer holidays.
  
  London, 20th August 2025:Deliveroo and The Felix Project today announced the launch of ‘Felix Bakes with Deliveroo’, a new community kitchen to support the charity’s vision of a London where good food is never wasted, and no one goes hungry.
  
  

Alongside a bespoke kitchen unit, tailored specifically to meet The Felix Project’s requirements, Deliveroo is providing the kitchen space rent-free, covering all overheads, including oil, and contributing an additional £25,000 towards project costs. The partnership is also set to include a donation from Deliveroo’s longest-standing grocery partner, Co-op, which has committed to donating 6000 kilos of bakery supplies over 12 months.

The ‘Felix Bakes with Deliveroo’ kitchen is projected to produce the equivalent of over 2,000 meals a week. This will include loaves of bread and healthier bakes such as banana bread, courgette cake and beetroot brownies, which will be made using over 200kg of surplus produce. These goods will then be distributed by The Felix Project to the community organisations they supply, including food banks, community centres, shelters and primary schools, all of whom are feeding people experiencing food insecurity.

As part of the charity partnership, Deliveroo has completely transformed one of its delivery-only virtual kitchen units, providing The Felix Project with much needed space and equipment to turn surplus food donations into delicious, healthier baked goods. With sustainability as a central consideration in the design and construction of the new kitchen, Deliveroo has worked with industry-leading equipment suppliers, including AutoDose and Quintex to ensure a high-performance kitchen with a minimal environmental impact.

Eleanor Garnier, Senior Policy Advisor from Deliveroo, says: *“As a hyperlocal business deeply embedded in the communities where its customers, riders, and partners live and work, Deliveroo is committed to giving back to and supporting these neighbourhoods - something that ‘Felix Bakes with Deliveroo’ will allow us to achieve.

The partnership links to one of Deliveroo’s six sustainability pillars of action, to tackle food insecurity in local communities by establishing the right partnerships and taking direct action where possible. Launching this community kitchen is a key priority for us in 2025.”*

As London’s largest food redistribution charity, the partnership with Deliveroo will further bolster The Felix Project’s aim to see a London where no good food is wasted and no one goes hungry.

Nick Kerle, Head of Production at The Felix Project says: “This is a really exciting and innovative partnership. At Felix we are always trying to find new ways to reduce food waste. During the UK harvest season, more food is available, in the past limited capacity has meant we have had to turn down seasonal gluts of produce, but having the Felix Bakes kitchen will mean we can take more produce and turn it into food we know people will want and enjoy.”

The opening of the kitchen is being marked by one of the charity’s celebrity supporters, Martyn Odell, or Lagom Chef. Odell recently visited the brand new facility to test out some of the equipment and share one of his favourite recipes.

The launch also coincides with the charity’s Summer campaign which aims to help combat hunger during the school holidays with new research highlighting that almost two thirds (64%) of London teachers are concerned at least one child in their class will experience hunger during the summer holidays. This could equate to 98,000 school children in London experiencing holiday hunger.

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