Sherbourne Health Food for Good Café
The Food for Good Café represents Sherbourne Health’s next step toward its Healthy People. Healthy Communities. vision. We’ve transformed our lobby café into an an accessible community hub, expanding our approach to food security. The new space provides healthy food options to our neighborhood, creates employment opportunities, and builds strong, resilient communities.
The Sherbourne Health Food for Good Café is NOW OPEN
Serving coffee, cold drinks, bagels, sandwiches, soup and more! Download the full menu and drop by to enjoy fresh, affordable eats.
Hours of Operation
Monday to Friday
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Food for Good Café Apprenticeship Program
Are you interested in building a career in the food and hospitality industry?
Sherbourne Health is launching a Food for Good Café Apprenticeship Program. This is a free, 16-week, hands-on training program designed to help you gain barista, cooking, and job readiness skills to help kickstart your career.
Program Highlights
- Capstone Project: Participants complete hands-on projects such as menu creation or specialty drink preparation.
- Paid Honorarium: Participants will receive $50 per diem, with additional support for transportation during the duration of the program.
- Post-graduation Support: eight weeks of job search assistance and opportunities for networking.
Eligibility
- Individuals interested in food and hospitality careers
- Those facing barriers to employment, including newcomers, individuals experiencing homelessness and 2SLGBTQ+ individuals
- Must be eligible to work in Canada and commit to the 16-week program’s schedule: minimum 4 hours per day, from Monday to Friday.
Due to reaching capacity, registration for the information session is now closed. Those who attend the information session on Wednesday, April 23 will receive a link to submit their expression of interest.Due to reaching capacity, registration for the information session is now closed. Those who attend the information session on April 23rd will receive a link to submit their expression of interest. Expression of interest is due April 30th. Those selected will be notified in the first 2 weeks of May with confirmation of start date.
Expression of interest is due Wednesday, April 30. Those selected will be notified in the first two weeks of May with confirmation of their start date.
Our recipe for change recognizes that in order to assist people facing food insecurity, poverty, and social isolation, we need to expand our approach to include skills development along with nutritional education.
Our new lobby café is a part of the Sherbourne Health Food for Good initiative that offers healthier options, along with training and employment opportunities for our service users and community members. All of these enhancements are supplemented by creating an accessible space for gathering and using a social enterprise contractor to further expand training opportunities to those who need it.
Learn more about Building the Food for Good Café
The Food for Good Café is more than a place to eat. It’s a key part of our response to local food insecurity. Support of the café went directly towards creating a place where those looking to grow their skills can pursue job and training opportunities, as well as a place that’s accessible for community gatherings.
Through Sherbourne Health’s Food for Good initiative, people who attend our in-person programs have access to food supports. These supports can be culturally affirming, community-building, and bring people together.
We are so pleased to be working with Construct on the transformation of our Café. Construct is an employment social enterprise that provides in-class training, on-the-job work experience, and wraparound supports to help vulnerable individuals secure long-term, well-paying careers in the construction trades.
Thanks to our Generous Supporters
Ministry of Health
The Rotary Club of Toronto
La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso
Unifor Social Justice Fund
Andrea and Michael Barrack
John Rider and Karim Karsan
Will Pullenayegum, Partner, MNP
Joseph Callaghan and Matthew Perry
David Fry and Stephen Brown
Joe Goulart
Hazelle Palmer
Susan Philpott
Genevieve Mottard
Kelsey Goforth
Juliana French
Leighton McDonald
Doreen So
Emily Hao
Melissa Kronick
Art Jerome Lopez
Andy Newell
Vivian Ng
Thanks to Deloitte Digital Creative Studio for providing pro bono services towards the design and production of the Food for Good visual identity and poster campaign, The Printing House for pro bono print support, and Chad Brincheski and Event Services Partners (ESP Inc.) for event support.