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Hello, my name is Jimmy Fameraywa,

and this edition of the Food Program

is all about older men and retirees who didn't really learn to cook in their younger years,

learning to love and embrace it as they approach later life and the real value that we can all find in forging

connections in the kitchen and really discovering the joys of cooking.

Okay so welcome back to us. Nice to have you here. Now I'm aware that a few...

It's lunchtime and in Lewis Community Kitchen in East Sussex a group of men are gathering round a pile of onions and butternut squash.

We're going to add the squash, the onions, and our lentils to 2 liters of vegetable stock

and just cooked for about 5 minutes.

Then we're going to add some coconut milk

cook it for another five minutes and then blizzard. There are all ages here but most

are retirement age and some of the men have been widowed. They're at a follow-up

...