Description

Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program (MCHPP) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located in Brunswick, Maine. Our mission is to offer dignity and empowerment by providing all members of our community with access to healthy food. We are the largest hunger relief and prevention agency in the Midcoast region of Maine.

MCHPP operates a soup kitchen, food bank, and food pantry out of our Food Access Facility as well as additional programming. As part of MCHPP’s new warehouse and administrative facility on the Brunswick Landing, we are excited to announce the launch of our Community Kitchen, a shared-use kitchen space that is available for businesses and community groups to rent to the community and also used for MCHPP’s internal food processing.

The mission of the Community Kitchen at MCHPP is to support an equitable, just, and sustainable food system by providing users with access to a certified commercial kitchen and high-quality equipment. We recognize that funding is a barrier to access for many and have implemented sliding-scale pricing to address this challenge. Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) led or serving groups have been prioritized in recognition of the systemic racism and barriers that have impacted Maine's BIPOC people and businesses for generations.
For the first year, MCHPP is offering kitchen rental opportunities Monday-Friday 8am-4pm to users for both one-time uses or on a long-term, regular basis. It is anticipated that access and hours will expand following the first year.

The kitchen encompasses nearly 700 sq ft with an additional 700 sq ft of dry, cold, and frozen storage. Renters have access to the complete kitchen, a fully equipped dishwashing station, and a three bay sink. Current kitchen equipment available includes convection ovens, baker’s oven, six burner range with oven, 40-gallon tilt skillet, commercial immersion blender, household food processor, household blender, large cutting boards, knives, stock pots, strainer pots, roasting pans, sheet pans, speed racks, rolling carts, as well as a variety of small wares. Four prep tables are adequately spaced throughout the kitchen, giving each renter or volunteer group space to efficiently work on individual processing. MCHPP provides restrooms, compost, laundry, trash, and recycling services as well as gloves, hairnets, and aprons for volunteers and renters. All utilities are included in the rental fee.

The Community Kitchen welcomes MCHPP volunteers into the space weekly for processing excess produce from the Food Bank that will in turn be preserved and used in future Soup Kitchen meals as well as meal prep for off site distribution sites.

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