Podcast 71 – Is Meghan Markle going to collaborate on another charity Cookbook?

Meghan has once again displayed her cake baking skills in preparing a lemon olive oil cake using lemons from hers and Harry’s Montecito garden. The cake was a gift to volunteers.

This is not the first time since marrying Harry that Meghan has baked a cake by way of a thank you.

During 2018 tour of Australia, Meghan baked a banana bread loaf during her stay at Admiralty House and brought it with her to the Woodley family’s farm in Dubbo, along with a tin of Fortnum & Mason Royal Blend tea, as a gift. 

In November 2019 whilst still living in the UK, Meghan helped to celebrate the opening of the second Luminary Bakery social enterprise café in London. During her visit she helped prepare a beautifully iced cake. 

The recipients of Meghan’s most recent baked creation were the Chicago based volunteers, working  with World Central Kitchen through the YWCA Metropolitan Chicago and Fat Shallot restaurant. 

Meghan does not hide the fact that she is a bit of a foodie. Prior to dating Harry she had her own lifestyle blog called The Tig where she would share all of her favourite recipes with fans.

In her early days as a Royal, Meghan took this love of food with her to many of the charities that she visited, and it helped her to connect with people from many different cultures and faiths. 

One successful collaboration Meghan has is with the ladies of the Hubb Community Kitchen, in London. Meghan met with the ladies on many occasions. She came up with the idea of a cookbook containing recipes that the ladies were already cooking. It was a way for the Hubb  to raise funds to improve and expand their kitchen, and provide even more meals to the local community and beyond. 

Meghan has from time to time received royalties from the book sales which she has ploughed back into other good causes.

The most recent recipient of some of these funds was this past week when we heard that Meghan had donated about $13,000 dollars to a food bank and kitchen in a deprived area of Nottingham in England. The organization that Meghan donated to this week is called Himmah. Per their website the organization services the needs of the people in their local community in various ways; by tackling food poverty; and in campaigning about racism, gender equality, LGBTQ and people facing disability and mental health issues.

Working side by side Himmah is The Salaam Shalom Kitchen a joint Muslim / Jewish project to provide free meals to people in Nottingham who may be struggling.

You can see why Meghan donated to this organization. It ticks all the right boxes in terms of what Meghan stands for.

Having one charity cookbook under her belt I can see Meghan teaming up with Chef Andres at World Central Kitchen and doing another for the benefit of his organization.

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