Vetri Community Partnership
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Eat. Educate. Empower.
As food insecurity continues to plague our communities, it’s critically important that people not only have access to food but have access to the knowledge on how to prepare and eat that food. But too often, teaching people the skill of cooking and giving them the confidence to prepare nutritious, delicious meals falls to the wayside.
Through the Mobile Teaching Kitchen and free cooking classes in the Teaching Kitchen, Vetri Community Partnership is bridging this knowledge gap and prioritizing an oft-forgotten part of food access: cooking and eating.
💚 Make a gift today to make an impact in the lives of our neighbors in need: secure.everyaction.com/0rBO6ADQ_UuR6eup23qYpw2
Vetri Community Partnership is thrilled to announce the launch of our newest Culinary Medicine initiative: Cooking for Diabetes Prevention!
Building on 18 years of impactful nutrition education and the proven success of our Cooking for Heart Health program, this new program wil empower adults at risk for type 2 diabetes with the hands-on skills, practical knowledge, and community support to make lasting, meaningful changes to their health.
Starting on July 22, 2026 and running for the subsequent six weeks, the series will cover topics such as:
• Intro to diabetes prevention
• Complex carbohydrates
• Protein/plant-based eating
• Fat & fiber
• Sodium & added sugar
• Snacking & ultra processed foods
If you or someone you know would benefit from this six-week series, register here: vetricommunity.org/classes-events
06/16/2026
This week, the Vetri Community Partnership team is taking a moment for our 4th annual Program Pause. This is a week to rest, reset, and reconnect after the school year while spending time with one another in the Teaching Kitchen. We are so grateful for this team and their continued thoughtfulness, passion, and dedication to making Philadelphia a healthier, more joyful place to be!
06/15/2026
As food costs have skyrocketed, it feels important to ensure that our neighbors experiencing poverty are able to eat—and able to eat nutritious, delicious foods. Learning to cook can expand your entire world and give you the ability to feed yourself and your family for the rest of your life.
The Mobile Teaching Kitchen rolls all over the city but makes it a point to go to food distribution sites across the city and even in Camden to share samples, cooking techniques, and recipes using ingredients that you could find in a food box. Our recipes are simple, using affordable ingredients to make things taste good without breaking the bank.
💚 Donate today so we can continue offering our neediest neighbors the opportunity to lead healthier lives, link below.
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06/12/2026
Wishing all of our students a very happy, healthy, and delicious summer! ☀️🍎👩🍳
This semester, our Vetri Cooking Lab students learned to prepare nutritious meals, tried new foods, and built confidence in the kitchen. These young chefs are heading into summer with life skills for life.
And if you ask us, their words say it best:
💬 "I love getting to cook with you! You make cooking fun!"
💬 "My first time trying asparagus, and I like it!"
💬 "I'm gonna go home and make this again tonight."
💬 "I want to make recipes like this when I am grown!"
💬 "I could eat this recipe for the rest of my life."
💬 "I had the opportunity to leave early from school today, but I stayed just for this."
06/11/2026
On Tuesday, our Mobile Teaching Kitchen joined the community at Feast of Justice's food distribution, sharing recipe samples of our Carrot & Chickpea salad!
We're grateful for opportunities like these to connect with our neighbors and empower folks to use their ingredients to make a nutritious and delicious meal. 💚🥕
Want to make this dish at home? Get the recipe here: vetricommunity.org/recipes/carrot-chickpea-salad
06/08/2026
Calling all dietitians and nutrition professionals! Ready to take your nutrition expertise from the classroom to the kitchen?
Join us this summer for Applied Culinary Medicine for Hormonal Health and Longevity, a two-part professional development series presented in partnership with Villanova University's MacDonald Center for Nutrition Education and Research. Combine didactic learning with hands-on cooking experiences in the Teaching Kitchen!
• Vetri Community Partnership Teaching Kitchen (915 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123, suite 103)
• $125 per session or $225 for both
• 3 CPEUs per session (pending approval)
• Registration includes dinner, educational content, and hands-on cooking instruction.
Participants may register for one or both sessions. Walk away with practical recipes, counseling strategies, and tools you can immediately apply in your work with patients and clients.
Register today: www.villanova.edu/university/nursing/faculty-and-research/centers/nutrition-education-research/events/culinary-medicine.html
Happy Friday!
Check out this young chef showing off her knife skills! She loves cooking with her grandma and has recently graduated to using real knives in the kitchen. 🤩
One of the best parts of our classroom based nutrition education program is seeing students take hands-on learning and put those skills into practice at home. Whether they're chopping vegetables, trying new recipes, or cooking alongside family members, they're building confidence that extends far beyond the classroom.
As Vetri Cooking Lab spring semester comes to a close for the summer, we can’t help but reflect on all the progress our students have made! At the beginning of the semester, we asked each of these young chefs what they wanted to learn. By the end, they were chopping, sautéing, and trying new foods they had never tried before!
We are so proud to see these kids heading into the summer feeling more empowered to make more nutritious choice because they have confidence in the kitchen! Great job chefs 💚
06/02/2026
Pizzeria Salvy and Saddlehill Winery are joining forces to help raise money for Vetri Community Partnership's mission to nourish minds, bodies, and communities with nutrition education through cooking.
For a cool $35, you can enjoy a flight of Saddlehill wines alongside a selection of bites from Salvy. A portion of the proceeds of this menu item will go to Vetri Community Partnership!
In addition to the wines and snacks, a raffle of a three-course dinner for two at Salvy, a case of Saddlehill wine, a Salvy t-shirt, and a signed copy of Chef Marc Vetri's Mastering Pizza will be available to you for $10 per entry! 100% of raffle entries go to VCP.
Happy Hour is on June 11th at Pizzeria Salvy, in the basement of the Comcast Technology Center, starting at 5 pm. Come on out, sip some wines, nosh on snacks, and do a little good that goes a long way!
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