HOPE DELIVERY

Neil Perry officially retired from Rockpool Dining Group in July but remains in service thanks to his Hope Delivery initiative. The social enterprise launched in March, creating restaurant-standard meals for those in need – from the homeless and unemployed to migrant workers ineligible for JobKeeper and JobSeeker. Partnering with OzHarvest to distribute meals, as well as handing them out to people in the street in Sydney and Melbourne, Hope Delivery has shared more than 200,000 meals since it launched – and is still going strong. As Perry told GT in September: “A restaurant belongs to the community, and part of being in a community is taking care of people who are less privileged.” Perry has certainly stepped up to the mark, both manning the pans to cook for Hope Delivery and working the phones to raise funds to keep the initiative going.