Sarah Bentley On Why The World Needs Community Kitchens The Plant Based News Podcast

Welcome back to another episode of the PBN Podcast!

Today's guest is the incredible Sarah Bentley, the visionary behind the plant-based community cookery school and charity Made In Hackney. Sarah has nurtured its evolution from a local project to an influential organization with a national and international reach, advocating for a shift towards plant-based diets without losing sight of its core mission of communal care.

Under her leadership, Made In Hackney has empowered over 400,000 individuals to embrace plant-based eating and has collaborated with more than 200 community partners.

Sarah is now focusing on penning a debut cookbook featuring a decade's worth of community-inspired plant-based recipes and launching a consultancy to drive significant, positive change for the environment and society through the third sector and committed corporations.

Host: Robbie Lockie
Editor: Polly Foreman
Audio Editor: Phil Marriott
Social Media: Darrell Sawczuk
Producer: Xisca Taylor

00:00:00 An Introduction to Sarah Bentley from Made In Hackney
00:03:00 Discovering the vegan lifestyle
00:13:20 Getting into Music Journalism
00:17:25 Food sovereignty
00:22:07 Why The World Needs Community Kitchens (incl. TedTalk clip)
00:21:48 The inception of Made In Hackney?
00:39:12 Ambassador Andi Oliver visits Made In Hackney Community Meal Service (clip)
00:40:45 Why we need to see more Made In Hackney’s around the world
00:42:20 “We will open!” (TedTalk clip)
00:42:57 Making a stand and taking control
00:51:08 Expanding the movement
00:57:58 The partnership with Fuller’s pubs: creating a “plant-based hero” on the menu
01:00:05 The noise around Plant-based meats
01:14:58 The future of Made In Hackney / New roads ahead
01:17:41 Stranded on a desert island