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Food for Good
Jewish Book Week 2025
| Speakers | Karan Gokani, Karen Mattison, Sarit Packer |
|---|---|
| Chair | Jonathan Freedland |
Food has the power to bring us together, to nourish not just our bodies but our communities. In conversation with Jonathan Freedland, three culinary pioneers share their insights on how food builds connections and drives positive change.
Cook for Good CEO Karen Mattison joins with Soup for Good, blending recipes from Nigella Lawson and Gordon Brown with the story of the Kings Cross social enterprise. Former Ottolenghi chef Sarit Packer, co-founder of Honey & Co, talks about creating spaces where food and people thrive together. Karan Gokani, founder of Hoppers and author of Hoppers: The Cookbook, reflects on how food fosters community and belonging. A celebration of food, friendship, and its extraordinary ability to transform lives.
This event will last approximately 1 hour, without an interval.
About the speakers:
Karan Gokani is the Co-Founder & Creative Director of the award winning restaurant Hoppers.
Karen Mattison is a serial social entrepreneur, having founded and led three award-winning social enterprises. Following 15 successful years at Women Like Us and Timewise, Karen embraced her love of cooking to co-found Cook for Good, which is tackling food insecurity, social isolation and barriers to work by connecting businesses with a community in Kings Cross. In 2024, she launched a fundraising cookbook, Soup for Good, which sold over 6000 copies in the first three months.
Sarit Packer, together with her husband Itamar Srulovich, co-founded Middle Eastern restaurants Honey & Co. and Honey & Smoke: Grill House and delis Honey & Co. Daily and Honey & Spice: Food Store. The couple have written four cookbooks, write regularly for FT Weekend and The Guardian and host a podcast Honey & Co: The Food Sessions.
Jonathan Freedland is a Guardian columnist and former Washington correspondent. He is the presenter of BBC Radio 4’s contemporary history series, The Long View, as well as two podcasts, Politics Weekly America for the Guardian and Unholy, alongside the Israeli journalist Yonit Levi. He is a past winner of an Orwell Prize for journalism. He is the author of the Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World as well as nine thrillers, mostly as Sam Bourne.
Concessions & Under 30s tickets
Kings Place Concessions Tickets
We want to ensure that people who may be struggling financially to purchase a ticket can still enjoy visiting Kings Place. A limited number of tickets are allocated for certain events (if the ticket type does not show in the booking pathway, it means they are not available for this event or have all been sold). Concessions tickets are accessible for people on the following criteria (for more information visit our FAQs)
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£10 ‘Under 30s’ tickets
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Getting here
Kings Place is situated just a few minutes’ walk from King’s Cross and St Pancras stations, one of the most connected locations in London and now the biggest transport hub in Europe.
Our address is:
90 York Way, London, N1 9AG.
The Venue
Our performance spaces are situated on the lower ground floor. Hall One, Hall Two and St Pancras are located in level -2, reached by stairs, escalator and lift from the ground floor entrance level.
Event Times
Door times indicate auditorium entrance times only. Visitors are welcome to enjoy the Kings Place seating areas, gallery-level art, canal-side terrace, café, restaurant and bar throughout the day and evening.
- Our events begin promptly at the advertised start time. Typically, there is no support unless otherwise stated.
- We recommend arriving in good time before the performance. The Hall doors will open 30 minutes before the performance to allow time to take your seats, or to choose a space for standing shows.
- Latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance where possible
Access
We aim to make your visit to Kings Place as comfortable as possible. For more information about the accessibility of Kings Place, including details about our Access Scheme, please visit this page.
If you would like to discuss your access requirements with a member of our team, please get in touch with the Box Office team at info@kingsplace.co.uk.
Food & Drink
Rotunda Bar & Restaurant
Rotunda, situated on the ground floor of Kings Place, offers a unique dining and drinking experience alongside Regent’s Canal. The concert bar in the venue foyer will also be open for select events.
Green & Fortune Café
Recently re-furbished and now open with a new look, the Green & Fortune Café is open for selected concerts. Serving hot and cold food and drinks, including sandwiches, salads, soup, stew and a pie of the day, alongside a choice of cakes made by the on-site bakery team. See here for selected concert dates and standard opening hours.