Downtown library prepares to open community kitchen
March 8, 2022 ·
The Pulse
By
Sharon Yeo
The Kitchen, a learning and community kitchen facility located on the second floor of the Stanley A. Milner Library, is finally ready to open to the public this month.
The in-person grand opening celebration
will take place on March 16, while a
virtual tour will run March 19.
Although the renovated downtown branch of the Edmonton Public Library has been
open since September 2020, many of its plans for group-based, in-person activities were postponed due to the pandemic. Now, with the further lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, The Kitchen can operate as intended.
“The primary objective of The Kitchen is to create learning opportunities to help increase knowledge and grow interest in food literacy and nutrition, and to teach skills that would be transferable into a home kitchen environment,” said Karen Chidiak, the EPL’s manager of marketing and communications.
The facility will offer courses in cooking, baking, and other food-related matters either directly or through partner organizations.
“We also want to make The Kitchen available to community groups and others looking to build connections or share cultural practices with food,” Chidiak said. “Finally, we hope to make our space available to entrepreneurs looking to explore starting food-related businesses and in need of space and equipment to help them start out.”
The Kitchen, a learning and community kitchen facility located on the second floor of the Stanley A. Milner Library, is finally ready to open to the public this month.
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