Two determined women, a fiery passion for good food and a seven-kids-between-them-deep
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understanding of dinnertime stress. That’s where this began.
Throwback to 2007, Sydney’s eastern suburbs. Sophie Gilliatt and Katherine Westwood
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decide to take their pan-wielding prowess in pleasing picky crowds beyond their own kitchens.
Armed with all the glamour of two camp stoves atop a holiday trailer in Katherine’s backyard shed,
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they made meals for overextended friends and family. Heartfelt , homely, ready-to-heat, delivered to their door. Demand grew, orders increased, they called themselves The Dinner Ladies.
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Cut to today and, well, the quantities are different but the recipe’s the same.
There are a few more hands on deck
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but each dish is still something they’d happily serve at home. Sydney’s still looked after but the delivery method’s expanded ever-so-slightly beyond the backseat of Sophie’s car
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(hello customers in VIC, QLD, SA, ACT & WA). They’re cooking up more meals than ever but the dedication to quality, local ingredients and snap-freezing lives on — no preservatives, just heaping serves of wholesome comfort.

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And, while the kitchen’s now slightly more sophisticated, the sentiment’s the same as that very first day in the shed: we’ll do dinner, you do life.
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Now whack the oven on, we’re on our way.

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