Ben, JJ, Maya, and Katherine from the kitchen team are thrilled to look back on a year full of meaningful partnerships and exciting new initiatives. This year, we had the pleasure of welcoming four new cohorts from the Miriam Foundation and launching an empowering collaboration with the L’Institut national pour l’Équité, l’Égalité et l’Inclusion des personnes en situation de handicap …
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An ever-evolving Meals-on-Wheels
The Roulant’s kitchen has been running at full capacity for several weeks now, exceeding our projections for 2024 by producing, with the help of our volunteers, around 140 meals a day for delivery, in addition to frozen meals for our community partners. This growth in the Meals-on-Wheels is part of a series of reflections and adjustments that began more than …
Sunshine on your plate for the Festive Meal
As fall approaches, we want to taste warm weather, spice, and mint tea… On Friday, September 22nd, we will be serving a festive meal with Moroccan flavours to brighten your weekly meal rotation. Dear clients, make sure to get your orders in, preferably 48 hours before the date! Call us at (514) 284-9335
New Faces in The Kitchen
The kitchen is the beating heart at the centre of the Roulant’s day-to-day action. Its team members, then, play a huge part in keeping things running beautifully! We welcome Ben and Kasha, who have joined the team to help run the Meals-on-Wheels and create a welcoming and engaging environment for everyone. Ben Heaslip (second on the right) A few weeks …
The Roulant at the heart of change
Despite the chilly temperatures of the past few weeks, the transition to the new agricultural season has already begun for our various teams. With every new season comes recruitment at the Roulant! This year we are looking for talent that will help the Roulant’s mission flourish in three of our core programs: our kitchen, urban agriculture, and Meals-on-Wheels program. Community …
Be on the Front Lines of Feeding Your Community
We are looking for new talent to join our farm and kitchen teams to grow the next chapter of the Roulant and feed your community! Farm Apprentice Seasonal – Full time Get your hands dirty and join our agroeducational farm for the 2023 season as a Farm Apprentice. Gain great experience in community engagement and sustainable agriculture! Farm Coordinator Seasonal …
Winds of Change in the Roulant Kitchen
The Roulant team has undergone a great deal of change over the past year, with some familiar faces leaving and new faces joining in. The kitchen team is no exception, as we thank Aaron and Andrew for their dedication over the past few months and welcome Katherine, who will be taking over the management of the kitchen programs and working …
What’s Cooking in 2022!
Every year the Roulant releases a new meal calendar, and 2022 is no different! Sprinkled with community photos and exciting new menu items, the calendar represents change for the Meals-on-Wheels clients as much as it does for our kitchen. At the heart is the desire to improve individual food security through delicious, varied, affordable meals, and to offer engaging experiences …
Working in the heart of the Roulant
They say that the kitchen is the heart of the Roulant. It’s where fresh ingredients that have grown on our farm, in our garden, or on our rooftop garden converge to be transformed into meals by a team of volunteers! The kitchen is also where care is brought to tailor our meals to the individual needs of our client community. …
Cooking with Adeline
This week, Adeline tells us about her experience in the kitchen preparing meals. The meal preparation takes place in the morning, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. That way the food assembly and the deliveries can be conveniently done in the afternoon. When I arrived at the Roulant, an employee greeted me and directed me to the kitchen. I met …
Nourish Your Community
OUR CULTURE Get ready to immerse yourself in a mindset of gratitude and care, and to embrace uncertainty, nuance and imperfection. We’re a small organization with lots of activity, creativity and big ideas, and we’re focused on connecting people, authentic relating and living our values as best we can. The Roulant treats people as gifts and takes a holistic and …
Comforting Kimchi
Aidan shares her homemade kimchi recipe with you! This is a perfect recipe to learn about rapid fermentation and to enjoy this staple of Korean cuisine.