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Our new partner - Matchbox

The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation is excited to announce a new partnership with popular Australian kitchenware and cookware specialists Matchbox.

This creative, long-term partnership features financial, resource and high-quality kitchenware product support to help grow and sustain the educational outcomes of the Kitchen Garden Program nationally.

The partnership is being launched with a national online competition to find the best recipes by kids in Australia. With more than $20,000 in kitchenware prizes for students and their schools, children are being encouraged to create a tasty recipe using fresh, seasonal produce of their choice.

Entry is open to children Australia-wide, aged 8-12 years old. Children (and adults!) who are outside the age range can still win prizes by voting for recipes. The competition closes on 31 October 2010. For more information and to enter click here.

Matchbox is delighted to partner with the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation. As dads of young children soon to start school, the directors of Matchbox, David and Charles Cohen, have a very personal belief in the Kitchen Garden Program and a desire to see it roll out to all primary schools across Australia:

'Building a healthy relationship with food and nutrition at a young age should be available to all kids, wherever they live in Australia. It's so rewarding to be a part of the Foundation's mission to integrate the Kitchen Garden Program into the school curriculum for all schools. It would be great to look back and know we had a small part in the pleasurable food education revolution!'

Matchbox is Australia's leading kitchenware and cookware specialist, with stores Australia-wide. An independent, family-owned retailer, Matchbox does much more than simply supply cookware and kitchenware. They are focused on turning customers into professional home cooks through a fun and engaging in-store experience. Matchbox stocks over 50 premium brands including Anolon, Scanpan, Maxwell & Williams, KitchenAid, Circulon, Mundial, Jamie Oliver, Magimix, Global, Cuisinart, Essteele, Wusthoff, Swiss Diamond, Riedel and much, much more.

We welcome Matchbox to the kitchen garden community and extend a big thank you for their investment in our work!

Please visit the Matchbox website to locate a store near you.