Who is the Mixing Bowl?
Photo taken at our 'Platter and Natter' fundraising event on 20th September 2025 in aide of the Banchory charity Forget Me Not Club
From left to right: Tracey Slater, Sarah Misra, Rachel Gambro, Lamya Atrakchi, Jana Lough (back), Alison Hamel, Kalpa Tan (front), Shirley Butler, Penny Johnson (front), Karen Simpson, Lynn Mutch and Karen Smith (not present)
Kalpa Tan and Rachel Gambro originally set up the group in 2014 and by 2016 a committee was formed and the constitution written. Since then membership and ideas have grown ... and many good times have been had.
More About The Mixing Bowl
The Mixing Bowl Aberdeen was launched in June 2014 with the aim to bring people together to learn, discover and share good food.
Prior to Covid the group met monthly during term time and was open to everyone. We ran over 60 events including talks, tastings, demonstrations and workshops by inviting local people to share their passion of good food with others; whether it be a dish from their country, a new skill they have learnt or a hobby that they love.
The Mixing Bowl also organised the annual Deeside Local Food Festival each September in Cults creating a fun food day for over 3500 visitors and providing a stage for over 70 very local food and drink businesses to showcase their products. 90% of the exhibitors, chefs and other participants came from within an AB postcode - a unique event that we were thrilled to create. During Covid the festival morphed into the Deeside Food Hub which allowed customers access to our locally produced food in a safe and distanced way. Since then we have lead outreach workshops with various groups around the city and run charity fundraising events.
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