Nurturing Lives: Our UK Kitchen
Feeding Thousands Daily
Akshaya Patra provides employment opportunities to hundreds of local people. Most of our kitchens are large, state-of-the-art, factory-like and what we call ‘centralised’, as they have the capacity to produce huge amounts of food every day. We utilise some amazing, high specification technology in our kitchens. For example, our roti machines are capable of producing 40,000 rotis an hour, our rice cauldrons can cook 120 kilograms of rice in 20 minutes – enough to feed 1,000 children, and our dal machines can cook 1,000 litres of dal in two hours – enough to feed 6,000 children.
We would be delighted to give you a tour of one of our kitchens and can also arrange for you to visit a nearby partner school at lunchtime to meet the children we serve. Please contact us for more information
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Centralised &
deCentralised kitchens
Centralised kitchens are large kitchen units that have the capacity to typically cook up to 100,000 meals. These kitchens serve a set of schools located around the unit. They are automated and thus ensure the highest levels of quality and efficiency during the cooking processes. Our Hubbali kitchen in Karnataka is the largest kitchen in the world and can produce 185,000 meals a day.
In locations where factors like difficult geographical terrain and improper road connectivity do not support the construction of large infrastructure, the decentralised kitchen format is the ideal solution. These kitchens are run by women Self-Help Groups (SHGs) under the guidance and supervision of Akshaya Patra’s kitchen process and operations module.
how it all works
| State / Location | Type of Kitchen |
|---|---|
| DMC | Centralised Kitchen |
| Jhangirpuri | Centralised Kitchen |
| Badli | Centralised Kitchen |
| State / Location | Type of Kitchen |
|---|---|
| DMC | Centralised Kitchen |
| State / Location | Type of Kitchen |
|---|---|
| DMC | Centralised Kitchen |
| State / Location | Type of Kitchen |
|---|---|
| DMC | Centralised Kitchen |
| State / Location | Type of Kitchen |
|---|---|
| DMC | Centralised Kitchen |
| State / Location | Type of Kitchen |
|---|---|
| DMC | Centralised Kitchen |
| State / Location | Type of Kitchen |
|---|---|
| DMC | Centralised Kitchen |
| State / Location | Type of Kitchen |
|---|---|
| Jhangirpuri | Centralised Kitchen |
| State / Location | Type of Kitchen |
|---|---|
| DMC | Centralised Kitchen |
| State / Location | Type of Kitchen |
|---|---|
| Badli | Centralised Kitchen |
| State / Location | Type of Kitchen |
|---|---|
| DMC | Centralised Kitchen |
| State / Location | Type of Kitchen |
|---|---|
| DMC | Centralised Kitchen |
| State / Location | Type of Kitchen |
|---|---|
| DMC | Centralised Kitchen |
| State / Location | Type of Kitchen |
|---|---|
| DMC | Centralised Kitchen |
VISIT OUR KITCHEN
Akshaya Patra currently operates 61 kitchens in 14 states & 2 union territories of India.
Every morning our dedicated kitchen teams cook nutritious meals for thousands of children studying in our partner schools surrounding the unit. We would be delighted to give you a tour of one of our kitchens, and can also arrange for you to visit a nearby partner school at lunchtime to meet the children we serve. Please contact us for more information or send us a message with details of your preferred date and location. We will get back to you as soon as possible.