OCC Recovery Kitchen

Society grows great when people plant trees the shade of which they will never sit in. Good people do things for other people. That’s it. The end.

Join us as we talk with Alexandra Yates about the importance of Recovery Kitchens, and how impactful culinary programs like Alexandra's are to communities on Episode 8 of Plentiful: An Abound Food Care Podcast!

Learn more about Abound Food Care's unique Food Care Solutions, including our work with Recovery Kitchens at aboundfoodcare.org/solutions

Visit our booth (OCC Recovery Kitchen, OCC Fashion and OCC Recycling Center at the Costa Mesa Earth Day Festival tomorrow from 10-3pm. The city is holding 2 amazing raffles and the proceeds go to the recovery kitchen!!!

Orange Coast College
City of Costa Mesa

Check this out!

One Day Only!! Friday 4/8/22 from 10 AM to 3PM Please come and pick out the best Vegetables and Color for your Gardens!

SAVE THE DATE….Join OCC Recocery Kitchen and our other sustainable efforts at Costa Mesa City Hall for Earth Day on April 22nd!

Save the Date! On Friday, April 22 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the City of Costa Mesa will hold an Earth Day Festival at City Hall. Visitors will be treated to a symbolic tree-planting event, picnic areas, EV displays, yoga, games and activities for youth, art displays and much more. Vendors will be on hand from the Costa Mesa Sanitary District, the OCC Recycling Center and Recovery Kitchen pro-green industries like IKEA and Tesla. Mark your calendars and we hope to see you there.

We are excited to share that OCC Recovery Kitchen has been recognized as the 2021 Food Recovery Challenge Award recipient for Education & Outreach by the .

Take a tour of our recovery kitchen Orange Coast College!

Amy Murray Wilson
Alexandra Yates

OCC Recovery Kitchen Tour Our partners at the OCC Recovery Kitchen have been behind the scenes addressing two problems at once: food waste and food insecurity. Watch how their culinar...

Mystery box week was a success!! We are so proud of these future heroes and so blessed to be a part of making this world a little better.

Thank you OC Food Bank!!

Amy Murray Wilson
Alexandra Yates

Fresh pasta! Roasted lamb! So many wonderful things to make fridays great. We really love what we do.

Amy Murray Wilson
Alexandra Yates

IT’S OFFICIAL!!!....The Foodservice Management Program is excited to announce our newest part-time faculty member.....Chef Instructor Amy Wilson!! Chef Amy Murray Wilson has been apart of since the very beginning when it was just an idea! Chef Amy is a major reason why we have been able to and continue to support so many people, families, and communities in need!

Alexandra Yates

Wednesday DP students tackled these pumpkins like champs! Being back on campus feels good...thank you The Original Manassero Farms for the tasty pumpkins.

Amy Murray Wilson
Alexandra Yates

Day 1 back on campus was a success!!

Well hello there beautiful! This food said...paint me like one of your french models. We are really getting the hang of these low sodium tailored meals...

Thank you...
Waste Not OC Coalition
Katella Grill

OCC Recovery Kitchen came in strong this week with 2,400 meals plus some additional

OCC Recovery Kitchen came in strong this week with 2,400 meals plus some additional

Feeding our communities and having some fun with it!!
Thank you to our partners...without them we wouldn’t have a kitchen to @ Katella Grill

Alexandra Yates
Amy Murray Wilson
Waste Not OC Coalition
OC Food Bank
Katella Grill

We just keep doing things!

September was a very busy month for our kitchen!! We are so happy to host culinary and baking students here at Katella Grill. Here’s just a few of our featured items recently...

Seared Bluefin Tuna
Curried Beef Croquettes
Made from scratch Fruity Pebble French Toast
Made from scratch BBQ Chicken Pizza
BBQ Ribs
Teriyaki Chicken
Vegan BBQ Jackfruit

A shout out and thank you to Ken, Brian and Kyle for being amazing fishermen and helping us with our cause! Our kitchen was able to produce 437 meals of fresh bluefin tuna with help from our Directed Practice students. Chef and I can’t wait to go fishing!!!

We spread the love. Thank you for taking some of this flour! And thank you for all you do!

Busy day at Katella Grill....nothing beats a 350 # batch of vegetable and barley soup!

We are so happy to share our meals with such wonderful organizations. Thank you for your support and dedication to the communities in need! Small businesses like this make such an impact! @ The Recess Room

We did good supporting communities today. We work hard, but more importantly we work together! Thank you OCC Recovery Kitchen and thank you to all the people that support us.

First day of DP classes at Katella Grill.