Join our Meals from the Heart programme 

After spending a day in hospital, preparing a meal is the last thing on the mind of the families who stay at Rānui. We want to take this stress away – and that’s where we need your help!

The idea is simple. You bring your ingredients and energy and use Rānui’s well-equipped kitchen to get creating. Don’t worry – you don’t have to be a fabulous foodie or culinary genius. A simple home-cooked meal prepared with love and care is all we need to make the world of difference to our Rānui families. 

So gather your friends, family or colleagues for this fun and rewarding way to support our Rānui families, and book your Meal from the Heart today. 

We haven’t forgotten those who live outside of Christchurch. You can gift a Meal from the Heart by giving a donation to Rānui – we’ll organise the rest!  

 Your group kindly supplies the ingredients for dinner and dessert. All meals must be prepared onsite unless you have opted to have the meal catered (yes you can arrange with a local restaurant to deliver dinner to Rānui as a special treat for the families!).  

On average, catering is for 30-40 people plus your team – families love it when the guest Chefs join them for dinner. 

We suggest four to six people cook dinner to enable your team to work easily within our kitchen space – this also ensures families aren’t overwhelmed. If there are more than six of you who want to get involved, you can book out several nights in a row – a company cook-off is always great fun and hugely entertaining for everyone. 

If you would prefer to offer a breakfast, lunch or join us to do some baking, please get in touch with our team to discuss – anything is possible. 

How do you sign up? 

It’s really easy! 

Have a chat with your team to decide which weekday evening would suit to come and cook – and then get in touch! We’ll book you in and provide any information you need. 

Contact us at info@bmct.org.nz or call on (03) 377 2515.