There have been many new stories related to inflation and the soaring cost of food items in recent months. Canada’s Smartest Kitchen is pleased to provide support to the local community fridge network in our region when possible: examples include donating extra vegetables and food products following food styling client sessions, and other packaged food […]
Sprout
Welcome to SPROUT, CSK's corporate social responsibility platform!
This website details all the community activities that Canada's Smartest Kitchen staff undertake with the public, including volunteer efforts, meetings with public and youth organizations, educational activities at the post-secondary and secondary level, and other outreach that our team participates in to give back to those in our region. Some of the programs and project overviews include culinary, nutrition, agriculture and health & wellness initiatives along with many others. We are so pleased to share our expertise and give back to the community through SPROUT: contact us at (902) 566-9674 or csk@hollandcollege.com if you are interested in connecting with CSK on future culinary and educational opportunities!
CSK Supports CMHA Annual Holiday Dinner – Dec 2022
After a couple of years hiatus, the team at Canada’s Smartest Kitchen was pleased to be able to provide the preparation support to the CMHA-Fitzroy Centre annual holiday dinner for their clients and staff. The CMHA-Fitzroy Centre staff do a wonderful job of coordinating the event, collecting donations for the food items, and the CSK […]
CSK at Holland College Wellness Week – Nov 2022
The staff at Canada’s Smartest Kitchen were pleased to support the Holland College – Wellness Week inaugural event activities, by providing complimentary healthy snacks with helpful nutritional info for students, staff and members of the public at the Tourism & Culinary Centre campus. The mission of CSK’s support was to promote positive living habits and […]
CSK Supports Annual Holland College Fundraiser
Canada’s Smartest Kitchen – Product Developers and Professional Chefs Krista MacQuarrie and Christine Murnaghan were pleased to support the annual Holland College Foundation & Holland Hurricanes Golf Tournament with some delicious healthy snacks on September 17 2020, to help keep the participants fueled through all 18 holes. Every year, this community event played at Belvedere Golf […]
STUDENT OUTREACH – HOLLAND COLLEGE PRACTICAL NURSING
The Practical Nursing program and Applied Research Department completed a college-wide student survey to determine what food insecurity looks like for college students. CSK demonstrated brain boosting smoothies, the importance of healthy eating and how proper nutrition can impact students’ academic performance at two campus locations as a support to this initiative. CSK observed over […]
OUTREACH SESSION – DIGITAL SKILLS FOR YOUTH
CSK led an experiential sensory evaluation exercise with 16 youth exploring career options. This included a hands-on demonstration of how Product Developers taste and evaluate food products during research and development.
