The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, made secret trips to a community mosque to cook with Grenfell Tower victims after the horrifying inferno that left 72 dead, it has emerged as she helped to release a new cookbook – ‘Together: Our Community Cookbook’.
In her first solo project as a member of the royal family, Meghan Markle has written the foreword to the new book produced by cooks from the Hubb Community Kitchen, an initiative based near the site of the West London tower.
The Duchess, who said she “immediately felt connected” to the kitchen at the Al Manaar cultural centre, first visited in January and has made other secret trips to the centre to meet volunteers and learn more about their work.
One of the contributors to the book, Munira Mahmud, 34, told how Meghan donned an apron and mucked in with the cooking, including washing rice.
The Duchess says in her introduction for Together: Our Community Cookbook: “I immediately felt connected to this community kitchen; it is a place for women to laugh, grieve, cry and cook together.”
To celebrate its official release on September 20, the Duchess of Sussex and women from Hubb will cook some of the recipes for guests at Kensington Palace.
The lucky diners will include members of the local community and representatives from Ebury Press, Al Manaar MuslimCultural Heritage Centre, and The Royal Foundation, according to a press release.
The proceeds from Together will help keep Hubb Community Kitchen open for up to seven days a week and widen its reach in the community, according to the Palace.
