Final of the Cooking School 2025
In the menu: three theatrical dishes & the cookbook launch
Tickets: free entry
We invite you to the finale of this year’s edition of the Cooking School.
We will cook three theatrical dishes from recipes submitted in an open call:
1. Egg in a basket by Andrei Novik, a Belarusian director and actor associated with the BYteatr group,
2. Toadstools for moods by Maja (Ola) Kowalczyk, actress at Teatr 21,
3. Pasta for the theatre company according to a recipe by Joanna Klass, curator and creative producer of international theatre projects.
And as a farewell gift, we will hand out a cookbook with all the recipes from this year’s edition for you to cook at home.
About Cooking School
That ‘School’ in the name is a bit of a stretch to refer to where we operate – it’s a former millennium school. The whole thing is less about teaching and more about spending time together at the table. We peel, cut, stir together. We get to know each other from the kitchen.
And we cook because we like to feed. It’s always been that way. And in the house in Ponurzyca, which we ran still as Komuna Otwock, and a little later, on Lubelska Street. We always had some kind of cake for guests, homemade bread and something meatless to go with the bread. Most of us don’t eat meat, we promote plant-based cuisine and a healthy approach to the planet.
We are growing as a social cultural institution, our programme and ensemble are growing, and that doesn’t change – at the Komuna Warszawa Theatre, like at house parties, the most interesting conversations take place in the kitchen. Since we’ve been on Emilia Plater, every summer we move with the table to the garden. It’s a green island in the concrete centre of Warsaw.
About the Host
Junona Lamcha-Grynebrg is a food stylist, recipe writer and editor, runs cooking workshops, teaches cooking and styling of vegetarian dishes from different cuisines of the world. She enjoys reading and discussing food. She has been with Komuna Warszawa Theatre’s Cooking School since its first season.
Patronage
The event is held under the Honorary Patronage of the Mayor of the Downtown District of capital city of Warsaw.
Cooperation
We would like to thank Ludwik Majlert Farm for sharing the harvest.
Co-financing
The event is co-financed by the City of Warsaw as part of the project Komuna Warszawa – Social Institution of Culture.
