MEET THE FOOD DOULA, KATE
I’m Kate Longden, The Food Doula: Self Taught Chef, Nurturer, Cooking Coach and Founder of the original food hug meal delivery service offering edible support across the UK. Back in 2018 I begun delivering home cooked meals across the UK, after having my first child, Olive, and realising time to nourish yourself in the way you *really* need during the fourth trimester is.. a challenge!
Thousands of meal deliveries later, to all corners of the UK, I continue to support those most needing a food hug, new parents, folk recovering from operations or undergoing treatment, people following frameworks guided by nutritionists to support their health or anyone navigating life's ebbs and flows, needing nourishment when time is tight or times are tough.
I’m certain the most loving and thoughtful gift, to yourself or others, is food. Gifting food not only offers nourishment, but is the gift of time and the opportunity to rest. Food is a love language we can all speak. It says, I care for you, and is a way of being there, even when you can’t be there in person.
You can gift yourself this too, in cooking, through harnessing energy when you do have it, to batch cook (make extra) food for those times you possess no energy or willing to cook. Batch cooking/ fridge prep is a gift to your future self, who you should always have in (kind) mind. The Food Doula headline is … you are the special guest. The further into business, motherhood and life I go, the more I have come to realise that my main priority should be my nervous system, because it is quite literally the control centre for how my hours, days and weeks play out, and how they feel.
