The Community Lunch program offers an opportunity for food and fellowship to marginalised members of our city community. This ministry was born out of the realisation that the marginalised within our city are never extended the invitation to dine in an upmarket restaurant. The concept of the community lunch offers these citizens the dignity and courtesy of dining in a restaurant of this class as the Salvation Army Benson Hall is transformed into a fine food restaurant.

Up to 100 people are invited through our Community Support Service and the Soup Run to come and sit down to a 2 course meal. Tables are set and up to 10 people are served by a host for each table. Patrons are then treated to the kind of service they would receive at a restaurant and once served, volunteers are encouraged to sit and share a meal.

A more recent development is the international student cooking classes. Study Adelaide has partnered with CitySalvo’s in order to host this event. It involves Study Adelaide’s International Student Coordinator and renowned chef named Promila Gupta hosting a cooking class aimed at teaching international students how to cook various foods. It is this food that is served as a meal to our community lunch Patrons.

Community lunches are currently run Fridays on a monthly basis. We strongly believe that ministries such as these are fundamental in rebuilding the dignity and self-worth required to rebuild broken lives.
Volunteers arrive on Friday morning at 10.00 am finish at about 3pm.