Get to know
the munch team
We are a community led social enterprise based in Winchester, Hampshire.
our mission: Empowering Communities
Through Food & Nutrition
We are a community-led social enterprise based in Winchester, Hampshire, dedicated to bringing people together through food, nutrition, and fitness.
Our services include personalised events catering across Hampshire, Wiltshire, and The New Forest, as well as a variety of programmes such as cooking demonstrations, one-to-one cooking lessons, personalised nutrition consultations, personal training, community fitness sessions, and inclusive community cooking workshops.
At the heart of what we do is a belief that everyone should have access to healthy food and feel empowered to lead happier, healthier lives. We are passionate about reducing health inequalities, empowering communities, and inspiring individuals to make sustainable, plant-based changes to their diet and lifestyle.
All profits from our events catering and personalised services are reinvested into our community programmes. Our flagship Community Cooking programme offers fun, inclusive workshops for families, young people, and adults with learning disabilities. These sessions, available both online and in person, aim to remove the fear of cooking while helping participants build the skills, confidence, and knowledge they need to cook from scratch, adopt sustainable cooking habits, strengthen financial resilience, and reduce food waste.
Nothing brings people together like good food
– Unknown
Food Ethos
We follow a “towards plant-based” ethos in our catering, nutrition advice, and cooking lessons, encouraging reduced meat and dairy consumption while adding more vegetables and fibre. This approach benefits the environment, supports better health, and is often more cost-effective. We aim to make sustainable eating practical, affordable, and accessible for everyone.
We prioritise British, in-season produce and goods transported by sea while composting all food waste either on-site or industrially. Through our Community Cooking programmes, we help people develop skills to cook from scratch with healthy, sustainable ingredients, moving away from processed foods and excess packaging.
meet the team
Mary Needham
Director
Denzil Carlton
Director
Nikki Prentice-Jones
Voluntary Director
Sarah Pawson
Voluntary Director
Events Catering Staff
We’re proud to have an incredible team of events staff and believe in treating them the way we’d like to be treated. We provide fair, above-industry-standard pay, paid food breaks where they can enjoy our delicious food, and transport to and from events.
We prioritise comprehensive team training, covering everything from service standards to health, safety, and allergen awareness, ensuring excellence in every aspect of our work.
Our vision is a world where everyone has access to good, healthy food. Our operations hub is run by our core of four directors, each offering individual skillsets, knowledge and experience, which combine to drive the Munch vision forward.
Our Volunteers
Volunteers, as they say, are awesome and we couldn’t do it without them!
We have a wide range of volunteers from all different backgrounds and we find that, no matter what their motivation for volunteering is – whether it’s building their skillsets, gaining industry experience or giving back to their communities – they all get something personally beneficial from the hours they give to us.
We are proud of our relationship with Winchester Go LD, helping us to provide volunteering opportunities for adults with learning disabilities.
We are also very lucky to be able to work closely with Winchester College, who regularly send students to help with our Grub Club.