Offering free cooking classes for people living with cancer, Riley has hosted multiple pop-up cooking masterclasses at locations across the UK, and now the organisation has a new home in the North East.
After a successful fundraising campaign and support from local and national businesses such as Sir Robert McAlpine and Ryder architecture, the cookery school will launch on Tuesday 4th June with an official opening by Nigella Lawson in Mowbray Park Sunderland.
Life Kitchen was set up after Riley's mum struggled with loss of taste and appetite during chemotherapy treatment. In a bid to help people living with cancer, he founded Life Kitchen in 2018 to bring back the flavours and joy of cooking and eating through accessible and creative recipes.
Riley has been ‘instrumental’ in the menu creation, having worked closely with Professor Barry Smith from the University of London who specialises in senses to help create a menu that is suitable for cancer patients and their sensitive and changing tastebuds.