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Grenfell-Inspired Hubb Community Kitchen Confirms It Has Stopped Operating

Born from post-Grenfell relief efforts, the project drew early backing from Meghan Markle.

Overview

  • The organization’s spokesman said its work has "stopped," offering no detail on whether the halt is temporary or permanent.
  • Survivors established the kitchen at West London’s Al Manaar mosque in 2017 to provide refuge and home‑cooked meals for bereaved families.
  • Meghan Markle made the initiative her first solo royal project, helping publish Together: Our Community Cookbook, writing its foreword, and hosting a Kensington Palace launch attended by her mother, Doria Ragland.
  • The cookbook sold about 39,000 copies in the UK and raised roughly £210,000, funding a redesign of the kitchen’s facilities.
  • Following the couple’s 2020 step-back, Meghan’s direct engagement dwindled, with the last reported outreach in 2022, and People reports the hub was intended as time‑limited and wound down as families were rehoused.