Pay What You Can Class: Make Your Own Tofu!

Tofu is at the heart of plant-based cooking: a healthy, protein-packed, and incredibly versatile ingredient. But did you know you can make tofu at home from scratch?

Join our in-house professional chef Flo for a hands-on 2-hour cooking class where you’ll learn how to turn soybeans into fresh soy milk and then into silky, homemade tofu using a natural coagulant.

In this class, you’ll:

• Discover the basics of tofu-making from soybeans and plant-based milk
• Learn how to turn your freshly-made silken tofu into both sweet and savoury dishes
• Enjoy a shared community meal with fellow participants
• Learn tips on tofu pressing and explore how to make other forms of tofu at home

Whether you’re a beginner or a plant-based cooking enthusiast, leave inspired with the skills to make fresh, delicious tofu at home!

About the chef

Floella (Flo) Francis is the Community Made Head Chef at Made In Hackney and is cherished and appreciated by all in the MIH family. She has been delivering cookery classes and catering events since 2020. She is passionate about sharing the flavours of different cultures and creating welcoming spaces where food brings people together.

About Pay What You Can Tickets

At Made In Hackney, we love bringing people together through plant-based cooking. For over a decade, we’ve offered free community cooking classes open to all. But with 1 in 3 households in Hackney experiencing food poverty and demand growing, we’ve introduced a Pay What You Can model to ensure no one is excluded.

If you’re able to give a little more, your generosity directly funds ingredients, classes and resources for people who might otherwise miss out. This approach helps us reach more people, run more classes and make the best use of our limited resources, while keeping our classes inclusive and welcoming.

Importantly, we’ll continue to run free community classes alongside this model. This is a trial, so if you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us at classes@madeinhackney.org.

Suggested contributions per place

• £10 – suggested minimum donation
• £20 – covers the full cost
• £30 – pays it forward for someone else

If you cannot afford the minimum donation but would still like to attend, please email classes@madeinhackney.org. We will try our best to ensure that no one is turned away for lack of funds.

When you come to a Made In Hackney cookery class, you enjoy an enriching culinary experience and help us fight hunger in our community.

Refunds: Please understand that our charity needs time to resell your tickets as we rely heavily on the income generated by our classes. We require a minimum of 7 days’ notice for any cancellations or transfers once you have booked onto a class.

At Made In Hackney we believe access to good food is a human right – not a privilege. If you would like to learn more about our work, please click here.

For information: classes@madeinhackney.org / 020 8442 4266 / WhatsApp message +44 07833685894