Everybody Eats

Exciting news! We're thrilled to announce that Everybody Eats featured in the latest episode of My Dream Green Home TV on TVNZ 1 !

Earlier this year, we had the pleasure of hosting the Raw Sisters at our Onehunga restaurant while filming the show, where they learnt about what we do and how people can use our approach to reduce food waste in their own homes.

Head to TVNZ+ to watch Margo and Rosa in action at Everybody Eats. Let's keep making a difference together!

Watch My Dream Green Home S1E7 on TVNZ+ : https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/my-dream-green-home/

Visa Wellington on a Plate: Next Gen Cook Off is back for its third year at Everybody Eats Wellington!

Enjoy a pay-as-you-feel three-course dinner using perfectly good surplus food that would otherwise have gone to waste, prepared by a different up-and-coming Wellington chef each night.

Diners and a panel of judges will assess the meals and crown one chef as a winner. Next Gen Cook Off is supported by Pure South.

Mon 5 Aug - Lewis Heath, Graze
Mon 12 Aug - Chandrika Khullar, Floriditas
Mon 19 Aug - Byron Bunny, Neo Cafe
Mon 26 Aug - Aoife Gallagher-Forbes, Concord Bistro

No Reservations | Walk-ins only

Everybody Eats Onehunga is unfortunately CLOSED tonight (Sunday, 28th July) due to staff shortages.

Glen Innes & Wellington are OPEN as usual, 6-8pm

Ngā mihi e te whānau

Exciting News! Tomorrow night, Guest Chef Blake Chandler returns to Tātou, Everybody Eats Glen Innes!

Blake's back with fresh inspirations from his recent adventures sailing from the Caribbean to French Polynesia, & is ready to create magic in our kitchen. Here's what he has to say:

"My love of cooking started at home and has been driven heavily by my love of travel and new experiences. I hope that shines through in the dishes I bring to Everybody Eats, giving our guests a peek into my journey."

Join us tomorrow, Monday 22nd July, 6-8pm for a unique culinary experience that, as always, celebrates community & sustainability. Menu posted later today.

Pay what you can, and pay it forward if you are able. Everyone is welcome!

📍 Everybody Eats at Tātou, 133 Line Road, Glen Innes, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.
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Join us tomorrow night (Wednesday, July 3rd) for a collaborative feast celebrating sustainability and conscious dining!

We're thrilled to partner with WithWild and Citizen for an unforgettable evening at our Glen Innes restaurant. Savour exquisite venison from With Wild, paired with innovative drinks from Citizen - all crafted & sourced with a focus on reducing food waste and promoting conservation.

This culinary collaboration showcases our shared commitment to sustainability, reducing food waste, and supporting local ecosystems. It's the perfect pre or post-event stop for the Glen Innes Matariki Te Ara Rama Light Trail!

As always our meals are prepared with incredible professional kitchen equipment, generously provided by Stoddart New Zealand.

Don't miss this chance to indulge in delicious food while supporting kai conscious initiatives. See you tomorrow! 🍴

Join us at our Onehunga restaurant on Monday 1st July for a special culinary experience with guest chef Shrijana Shah!

Originally from Nepal, Shrijana works in Auckland hospitality and is excited to share her cultural cuisine with our community. This marks her first time representing Nepalese food through the Everybody Eats concept, embracing zero food waste.

Shrijana has always loved cooking for others and is thrilled to introduce diners and volunteers to authentic Nepalese flavours. Don't miss this opportunity to savour her creations, including the famous momos!

We're grateful to Head Chef Archana for connecting us with Shrijana and helping bring this unique dining experience to life. Come be part of this cultural exchange and enjoy a delicious meal for a great cause!

Warm up your winter with a nourishing meal at Everybody Eats.

In these tough times, we believe everyone deserves access to nutritious food and good company. Whether you're flying solo or bringing the whole whānau, our doors are open to all, on a pay-what-you-can basis.

New menus posted daily, so come in & join us for a hearty meal that'll feed your body and soul. Together, we can make winter a little warmer and a lot tastier.

Celebrate The Feast of Matariki (Matariki Heri Kai) with us at Everybody Eats!

Join us on Thursday 27th anytime between 6-8pm at all three of our restaurants (even our Wellington location!) for a pay-as-you-can three course set menu. Our chefs have curated menus inspired by the stars of Matariki, honouring the wonderful food we produce in Aotearoa and those who gather and harvest it.

Matariki is a time to reflect on our environment, celebrate our hapori, and look to the future. We extend our gratitude to The Kai Ika Project for providing kaimoana and to all our food donors and supporters.

Everyone is welcome, so we hope to see you there.

It's National Volunteer Week (Te Wiki Tūao ā-Motu), so let's shoutout to our amazing volunteers at Everybody Eats! Today and every day, we celebrate your hard work and dedication to our cause.

Your selfless acts of kindness have helped us make a real difference in the lives of those around us, and we're so grateful for your contributions. From sorting donations to serving meals, every hour counts and every volunteer matters.

If you're interested in joining our team, sign up through our website and help us continue to feed bellies, not bins!

Listen to Everybody Eats General Manager speak to flea.fm Saturday at noon, in this interview recorded last year.

Join us for a special week at Everybody Eats Wellington, LTD, Level 1, 60 Dixon St!

We're celebrating our former refugee community by inviting three groups to share their incredible cuisine with our rescued food. It's going to be a week of amazing kai, incredible kōrero, and unique community building.

🗓️ Dates: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, 17th to 19th of June
🕕 Time: 6-8pm
💰 Pay as you can

The week will conclude with a special evening on Thursday, 20th June, hosted by our friends at Voices of Aroha. Join us for stories and poems from former refugees in our wonderful city, Pōneke.

Don't miss out on this unique celebration!
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Recently in Pōneke we've had the opportunity to purchase an Electric Van, thanks to the generosity of Energy's Certified customers! 'Evie' the EV will enable us to rescue more good quality surplus food from all around the city, and continue our mission to feed bellies not bins.

With this electric vehicle, we can reach more suppliers and rescue more food efficiently. It’s not just about reducing food waste; it’s also about lowering our carbon footprint and contributing to a healthier planet.

Get in touch if you have any food you'd like to donate, and make sure to give Lauren a wave if you see her driving around on a food rescue !

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Photos by: Stellar Studios, Angelo Giannoutsos

Who else loves TV3's Food Rescue Kitchen!? If you or your friends and whānau have been inspired by the creativity of the talented people creating three-course meals out of rescued food then why not come and experience it first-hand at Everybody Eats!

Come in for dinner to taste the incredible creations made from quality, surplus ingredients by our fantastic chefs, or sign up to volunteer and have your own food rescue kitchen experience! Who's in?

Food Rescue Kitchen Join foodie influencer and home baker Naomi Toilalo as she challenges Top Chefs around Aotearoa to create a three course meal out of food she's rescued.

Scoops of Feijoa Jam Doughnut 💚
Our much loved collaboration with a cause is coming to an end. This flavour and the mahi behind it have seen incredible support, and we’re not surprised!

If you’re a fan of the Feijoa Jam Doughnut get in quick and stock up, supplies are limited and will likely be gone by next week.

Our next Pay What You Can Night is just around the corner! Thursday 6 June, visit our friends at Everybody Eats for a delicious dinner, then zip on down the road to the Dolphin to catch our preview performance of Shakespeare's original romcom, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING! Pay what you can at each venue. Helluva deal for a great night out!

Kings Birthday - Our Onehunga, Glen Innes & Wellington restaurants will be closed on Sunday 2nd June & Monday 3rd June in observance of Kings Birthday.

We will resume service on Tuesday 4th June.

Join us at Everybody Eats Onehunga this Wednesday, May 29th for a night celebrating the underdogs of Autumn & Winter.

Onehunga Head Chef Archana Kurup will be bringing to life a vegetarian feast celebrating the often overlooked autumnal & winter vegetables like daikon, chokos, and brussels sprouts.

Enjoy a seasonally inspired culinary adventure, with North East Indian green chilli pickle available for koha on the evening. Don’t miss out on this flavourful evening!

Farewell to our incredible Wellington Head Chef, Ellis Robbins. Since joining Everybody Eats in 2022, Ellis has created hundreds of unique menus, and fed thousands. Her creativity, dedication, and passion for Everybody Eats’ cause has not gone without notice, and her impact to the Pōneke community will always be remembered, and her presence greatly missed.

From all of us, we wish you the best on your adventure to France, and beyond. Remember, there will always be a place for you at Everybody Eats 🫶🏼

🎄✨ Exciting News from Everybody Eats and Dress Smart Auckland! 🌟 As proud members of the vibrant Onehunga community, we're thrilled to share a heartwarming collaboration this Christmas 🤝

🛍️ For every $20 spent on a Dress Smart Gift Card in December, they're generously donating $2 to Everybody Eats. Yep, Dress Smart are helping us feed bellies, not bins.

💖 Every $10 donation to Everybody Eats provides a restaurant quality three-course meal to a Kiwi in need, using good food that otherwise would be wasted. Let's make this festive season brighter for everyone!

🌟 For a meaningful gift this holiday season, consider a Dress Smart gift card. Get yours at https://auckland.dress-smart.co.nz/buy-gift-cards/ or head into Dress Smart 151 Arthur Street, Onehunga - that's just a short 4 minute stroll from us at 306 Onehunga Mall. In fact, once you've done your shopping and gift card purchase, join us for a pay-what-you-feel 3-course set menu 6-8pm Sunday - Thursday. All welcome, always. Bring the whole whanau 🥗 🥰

👉 This year, International Volunteer Day (5 Dec) recognises the power of collective action - collective action we are privileged to see firsthand everyday with our volunteer whanau.

🥰 Volunteerism is an enormous resource for social, economic and environmental problem-solving in Aotearoa. In just a few hours a week our volunteers make a real difference, helping to reduce food waste, food poverty and social isolation one dinner plate and conversation at a time.

🍽 Together in the last 12 months, our volunteers made up of community-minded individuals and corporate groups have contributed 31,725 hours, serving over 50,680 guests a restaurant quality 3-course meal with a smile. Clearly we can't do this work without our volunteer whanau. Volunteers are the hands, heads and hearts of what we do on the daily. Ngā Mihi to each of you!

🤲 To volunteer, go to www.everybodyeats.nz/get-involved. No experience necessary. It's fun, you'll feel good and have a good time, we promise.

👋 Foodies, community builders, pottery fans - this is on tonight! Everybody Eats x The Clay Centre presents the EMPTY BOWLS Fundraiser. Founded in the '90s by an art teacher and students, Empty Bowls is a grassroots movement by artists and crafts people in cities and towns around the world to raise money for food related charities to care for and feed the hungry in their communities.

Join us! You'll get to:
👉 Select your own unique hand crafted ceramic plate thrown by The Clay Centre
🥃 Enjoy a Six Barrel Soda mock-tail
🥗 Be served a VERY special 3-course meal and nibbles by Everybody Eats' own Head Chef Archana Kurup - including a blockbuster dessert with award winners Foundry Chocolate (see image!)
🍽 Take your bespoke ceramic plate masterpiece home (clean of course!), AND
🥰 Help support our mahi feeding bellies, not bins with every $75 ticket also supporting meals for a Kiwi in need for 7 nights, a week.

Tickets available at https://events.humanitix.com/everybodyeats-emptybowls.
Some door sales available too.
Everybody Eats Onehunga
Fri 1 Dec, 6.30pm.
See you there. In the meantime, keep an eye on our stories for stunning foodie shots of this stand out menu! 👍

👋 Hey foodies, community builders and food waste warriors, GivingTuesday reimagines a world built upon shared humanity and generosity. And we’re so here for that! Here’s a reminder of some easy ways to give back, feel good and have a good time at the same time.

🥗 DINE IN. COME FOR KOHA KAI, STAY FOR KORERO.
Help us tackle food waste, food poverty and social isolation one dinner plate and one conversation at a time - simply dine in!
All welcome, 6-8pm:
Onehunga and Glen Innes, Tamaki Makaurau Auckland Sun-Thurs
Pōneke Wellington Sun-Wed (Thurs for events)
For group booking of 6 or more, see link in bio.

🙏 DONATE. CAN YOU SPARE A TENNER THIS TUESDAY?
Just $10 pays it forward to feed a Kiwi in need a restaurant quality 3-course meal in one of our warm and welcoming restaurants.
To donate a tenner, see link in bio. Thank you.

🦸‍♀️ VOLUNTEER. IT'S FUN. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. WE’LL GUIDE YOU.
We have day time and evening time slots for food prep, food service and front of house roles.
To sign up, yes, see link in bio.
Keen to offer your time and skills another way? Message us!

🧑‍💻 SHARE. SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT EVERYBODY EATS.
Tell your whanau, family, friends, colleagues and customers about us. Invite them along to dine, donate, or volunteer all together! 👍 🥳

🥳 Kicking off the week with good news about our take on a doggy bag that does good too. Decent Packaging NZ new Goodie Bowls are out! Serving the same awesome purpose as the Goodie Box, this new smaller Goodie Bowl is perfect for packing up any leftovers to take home after dining out. And yes, there are lids to help keep your food secure on the journey home to your fridge.

🤔 So, how does the Goodie Bowl work?

😪 1 in 6 Kiwis will go hungry this week. But you can help change that. The Everybody Eats x Decent Packaging Goodie Box and Goodie Bowl are a doggy bag that in a moment of too much food, asks you to think about those with too little.

❤️ Once you've put your leftovers in a Goodie Bowl, you can scan the QR code on the side of the Bowl, and make an optional $5 donation to Everybody Eats.

🤩 Then take your Goodie Bowl home to enjoy your delicious leftovers later.

🥗 Everybody Eats uses your donation to help provide a fresh three-course meal to a Kiwi in need.

What a good way - no, a great way! - to avoid food waste, pay it forward, and answer that midnight craving or next day, lunch time dilemma.

👉 No Goodie Bowls or Boxes at your favourite local restaurant? No worries! Send them to Decent Packaging NZ or to the link in our bio to get on board! Thanks!

🥳 We’re really LOVING the food scraps collection service across Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, and the smarts and science behind it. Auckland’s food waste is undergoing an incredible transformation and will end up feeding and heating the city as it looks towards a sustainable future. Yay!

🤔 Did you know your food scraps bins that are collected and emptied weekly - with tea bags, meat bones, paper towels, fruit and vegetable skins, bread, dairy products and coffee grounds - get taken from the roadside to a pre-processing plant before being trucked to a purpose-built facility where the real magic happens?!

🧚‍♂️ Our collective food scraps are transformed into useful biogases and fertilisers. Bravo! So rather than all these useful nutrients being lost in landfill our food waste kai is growing more kai that’s kinder on the planet and all the people that live on it.

For a little bin, it’s making a BIG difference. Yep, we love that.

🌏 Need more info? Go to aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/foodscraps

🤪 WOWSER. 30 sleeps until Santa rocks up! 🎅 Stuck on how and where to celebrate the holiday season? Spread some cheer with us! Grab your whanau, colleagues, family and friends and dine in, have a darn good time, and do good for Kiwis doing it tough. Every $10 donation pays it forward to feed a fellow Kiwi in need, at our place 👍

🏃‍♀️Walk-ins are welcome, and bookings for groups over 6 are recommended. Book here https://everybodyeats.nz/our-restaurants 🧑‍💻

🥳 Hope to see you around our table in Everybody Eats Onehunga and Glen Innes Sun-Thurs 6-8pm, and in Wellington Sun-Wed 6-8pm (with Thurs for private events). All welcome, always 🥰

👋 Hey you! It’s a Friday appreciation post. We’ve recently hosted our 2023 Fundraising Gala, and we're just coming up for air and down to earth now!

😍 Frankly, we were nigh overwhelmed by the aroha and generosity both in the room, and online with our fundraising auction. Thank you to all that attended, donated auction items, bid on auction items, sent well wishes and worked seamlessly and tirelessly behind the scenes - from the incredible band of volunteers, to the stellar suite of supplier partners, to the extraordinary team at that went above and beyond, and to our awesome Everybody Eats chefs, front of house and ops team that show manaakitanga every day.

🥰 We were also touched by the incredible generosity of our Gala event food and beverage partners. So we’d like to take the opportunity to give a shout out to those that pitched in to feed and water us, and to make this such a successful evening for our kaupapa, and our community.

🗣 More updates to follow. For now, three cheers for all our food and beverage partners. If you can support them, as they’ve so kindly supported us, that would be appreciated 👍

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🖐 IN BREAKING NEWS. Today at 2pm The Kai Ika Project will be bringing in some fresh fish heads and frames to our Glen Innes restaurant, Tātou, 133 Line Road 🐟 And yes, for free 😍

The Kai Ika Project is all about encouraging the utilisation of the whole fish - zero waste and feeding communities. Our kaupapa too 👊 Fish heads and frames are a valuable, nutritious and delicious resource, and a delicacy in many communities and cultures 😍

👉 These fresh fish parts will be distributed on a first-in, first-served basis. Numbers are limited, so we’ll try and get these to as many people as we can 👍 If you’d like this to be a regular occurrence, with the Kai Ika Project adding Everybody Eats Tātou as a regular spot, let us know in the comments or when you come by for some kaimoana later today 😁 Come get some while they last! 2pm today 👍

👋 Howdy fellow human. If we must shop, shop GREEN this BLACK FRIDAY! For every $10 donation, we take perfectly good surplus food once destined for landfill, and our sustainability-minded Chefs create a restaurant quality 3-course meal for a Kiwi in need. To donate or to grab a personalised GIFT CARD this holiday season AND help a Kiwi in need, head to https://everybodyeats.nz/gift-cards. Let’s turn Black Friday Green! The planet - and all the people that live on it - will love you for it. 👍❤🌏