Frequently Asked Questions
The concept of this cooking project
- Your budget is € 175 or a little more for grocery shopping.
- Organise a group of 4 to max 5 people.
- Prepare a meal for 50 homeless and 5 volunteers of the Stoelenproject (so 55 people altogether).
- The idea is to prepare a tasty, healthy and nutritious meal: e.g. a main course with a salad and a dessert.
- Please do not use pork and pork products.
- You can create your own recipe or choose one from the recipes on this site.
- Stoelenproject is open at 1.30 pm.
- The meal should be ready at 6.00 pm.
- Please clean the kitchen before leaving.
- In consultation with the coordinator of the Stoelenproject, you are welcome to help serve the meal and to eat at the Stoelenproject. If you eat with us, take this into account in terms of quantities.
- Stoelenproject is open at 1.30 pm.
- From the moment of arrival to the moment of departure the coordinator of the Stoelenproject is your point of contact. If you have any questions of concerns please ask her.
The menu
- Please prepare a healthy and nutritious meal: main course with green salade and a desert
- Refrain from using pork in the kitchen, or drinking alcohol
- The homeless prefer a main course with meat, but it is possible to cook vegetarian
- If your main course includes meat, please also prepare a vegetarian meal for 5 people
- if you like to join for dinner, prepare some extra food
- on this website, you will find different recipes you can use
- in case you use your own recipe, here are some standard quantities: 4 kilo pasta- 4 kilo rice – 20 kilo potatoes to make a hotchpotch – 7 kilo meat – 7 kilo vegetables
The kitchen
The Stoelenproject kitchen is well equipped:
- Refrigerator
- Freezer
- Large induction cooker
- Professional oven
- Big pots, pans, and baking trays
- Hand mixer
- Scales
- Cutting boards and knives
- Electrical rice cooker
- Salt and pepper
- There is a cupboard with leftovers. Please have a look before you do your grocery shopping
- Please take care of cleaning the kitchen after you have finished cooking.
Getting there
- Location Stoelenproject: Marnixstraat 248. The building is painted red with white stripes. (underneath the Qpark garage, next to Restaurant de Waterkant)
- Stoelenproject opens daily from 1.30 pm
- Parking: in front of the entrance of the Stoelenproject there is one free parking spot, parking at your own risk. A second free spot is in the Qpark garage. Please park your car outside and ask the coördinator in charge of the Stoelenproject for a ticket to enter
- You can reach the Stoelenproject by phone 020 – 4945727, daily from 1.30 pm onwards