Mary Mags Dinners Cooks Information

Each Saturday night, an amazing team of cooks donate their time, energy, money and culinary skills to prepare a 3 course meal for our hungry and lonely neighbours

Costing? The cooks generously fundraise to cover all the food costs involved — each night costs between approximately $600-$900, feeding 100 dinner guests and takeaways, if there’s leftovers

Who currently cooks? We have incredible cooks ranging from churches, schools, community groups and workplaces
[click here to see the current list of cooks]

Cooks Commitment? Cooks give availability and sign up to 1-3 nights between February - December

If you would like to find out more about joining the roster with a team of cooks, please email cooks@marymagsdinners.org for any enquiries


What’s involved for the cooks regarding catering?

- 100 serves of soup [1-2 options max]
-120 serves of a main meal [1-2 options max]
- 100 serves of dessert [1-2 options max]

*with at least 4 serves of vegetarian for soup and main

- 7 loaves of sliced bread [3 white & 4 wholemeal, no multigrain]
- 1kg of butter

- 5L of Sugar Free Cordial
- 5L of Long Life Milk


The majority of the food is prepared during the week externally (delegating widely highly recommended), on your rostered Saturday, 7-10 cooks are in the kitchen heating, chopping, preparing and serving food from 4.30pm - 7.30pm

We supply a more in-depth catering document once cooks have signed up to the roster

Age Policy: The minimum age to volunteer at Mary Mags Dinners on the nights beyond 5.30pm is strictly age 16 & each cooks team has to have a minimum of 4 adult cooks, therefore allowing 3-6 cooks aged 16-17