About Joyfull Greens

Food is connection.

Food is at the heart of our existence. Cooking and eating together brings people together and changes lives.

We started Joyfull Greens (based in Godalming, Surrey) in response to major global and local challenges, from health disparities to food access and climate change. All directly threatening our quality of life. We live in a chronic disease epidemic & the state of our health urgently needs to be addressed.

These interconnected issues drive our mission to bring about positive change in the areas of community, health and environment with delicious, culturally varied, nutritious plant-based food at the centre of all we do. We want people to learn about the benefits of eating well in the health of people and the planet alike.

Our cookery sessions in Surrey are opportunities to come together, share skills and cultural cuisines, learn new ones, deepen community connection and inspire joyful and sustainable behaviour change.

We believe that good food is a right for all.

Our focus is on making healthy and sustainable eating accessible for everyone, regardless of budget and cooking skills.

Cookery Classes

Our vision is for a just, sustainable, healthy world.

Meet the Joyfull Greens team

Frédie

Frédie has over 20 years' experience in education and a background in community engagement.

She has always seen health & wellbeing as a foundation for life. Frédie believes in the power of food to nourish, self-care, nurture, celebrate diversity, bring people together in kindness & solidarity and to connect us to the Earth. Driven by positive change, she has enjoyed facilitating projects in her community and cooking is an obvious offshoot from Frédie's core values plus she was already sprouting all sorts of seeds on her university window sill!

Jhenn

Jhenn is a professional chef with over 20 years’ experience.

Born in Midwestern America, she became vegan in 2001 and moved to Japan where her obsession with food exploded. After graduating from culinary school, she became a chocolatier and moved to the UK. Working throughout London, she has progressed from line chef to head chef in restaurants at the forefront of vegan and vegetarian cuisine. Always championing Japan’s traditional washoku with her business, Ronin Dining, she was awarded the “Certification of Cooking Skills of Japanese Cuisine” by the Japanese government in 2018.

Cinzia

Cinzia has over 20 years of experience in food, sustainability, chemistry and communication.

Cinzia is a food designer with sustainability and the love of food at the heart of what she does. She combines her Italian heritage with her passion about environmental sustainability and food systems, which aligns perfectly with Joyfull Greens’ mission. For Cinzia, food is not only the perfect way to reconnect with your roots, but also a medium to get in touch with your emotions and expression. She is the founder of Amò Food Design.

Laïla

Laïla has always had a passion for food and cooking, transmitted by her Moroccan father and her French mother, both keen cooks.

Laïla has a background in speech & language therapy and teaching. In the past 10 years she has developed a particular interest in plant based diets as her children and husband experience respectively food intolerances and a chronic disease. Laïla has always recognised the power of food to nurture, bring people together and connect us to the earth as well as the indisputable link between food and health.