Pathway Essentials

07/08/2025

Cooked Food Van Daylesford Sunday Market

Connection, Community and Belonging 🤝

Our Food Van program creates a safe and inclusive space for our young people to develop work skills, build their confidence and be part of our community.

Pathway Essentials is committed to delivering opportunities for hands-on learning, promoting independence and growth mindset.

27/07/2025

Winter trade @ Daylesford Sunday Market
‘Cooked’ food van program provides opportunities for our cohort to consolidate their hospitality skills and be part of Daylesford community.

27/07/2025

Winter trade @ Daylesford Sunday Market
‘Cooked’ food van program provides opportunities for our cohort to consolidate their hospitality skills and be part of Daylesford community.

18/05/2025

Long Black and our signature Baklava, what a combo, ☕️🍮🙏. Spectacular day and super happy dad @ Castlemaine Steiner School Fair. Cooked continues to deliver meaningful hospitality training. Some happy snaps from this week from our Daylesford base, Creswick markets and festivals.

10/04/2025

We're excited to announce the launch of our sister website, Cooked Records!

Cooked Records is dedicated to showcasing emerging artists, supporting their growth, and celebrating their unique creativity. It’s a platform for self-expression, storytelling, and original music—a space where fresh voices can be heard and new stories can unfold.

https://cookedrecords.com.au/

04/04/2025

What’s cooking good looking?
Come find us at Creswick Primary School this weekend for Cresfest!

We have both our bbq and coffee van set up so come down for breakfast lunch or dinner.

The sun is shining, the bbq is hot and we are ready for a ripper day! See you all there.

26/03/2025

Today, we had another close encounter with the Australian top predator. Pleasure to witness Lynn Watson share her passion with our young people. Our animal assisted learning program is designed to engage school-refusals and young people connected with Youth Justice and Child Protection in a hands-on learning opportunity.

Next time you buy food from our Cooked Food Vans, you are directly supporting this wonderful engagement and encounter.

21/03/2025

We are hiring. Join our team 💪

Pathway Essentials is seeking a passionate Case Manager and Team Leader, position based in Daylesford Vic.

19/03/2025

Cooked van open for business!
9-2 Wednesday through to Friday at the Masonic hall.
Tomorrow is our community bbq so come on down for a Balkan roll and classic Aussie snag.

Catch us at the Daylesford Sunday Market every week!

Thanks for all the support and never ending patience as we train our program participants.

Have a great week and hope to see you all soon!

12/03/2025

What an amazing weekend that was celebrating Chillout. We had so much fun with our participants on both Saturday and Sunday at markets and festivals throughout Daylesford.

This week we are open for business at 16 Vincent street Daylesford. We are serving Burek, coffee and cookies today and our bbq on Friday, open 9-2 both days.

This Saturday you will find us at Creswick Farmers Market and on Sunday at Daylesford Railway Market with our Burek and coffee van.

We also have our newest addition available for individual sale or 6 packs.
⚡️Cookies DOG cookies⚡️

All our cookie packs are for sale at our vans or available for wholesale.

08/03/2025

COOKED VANS OPEN FOR BUSINESS!

Every week from Wednesday until Friday (16 Vincent Street Daylesford)
Every Sunday at Daylesford Market
Third Saturday of each month at Creswick Market
ChillOut Festival 2025
Cres Fest 2025

Happy Chillout! Hope you have an amazing weekend. Come say hi on Saturday at Vic park where we will be supplying our bbq service to the Chillout youth event from 11am.

On Sunday we will be at the Daylesford Sunday market serving coffee and burek.

Supporting our program means you are supporting youth engagement and job skill development of neuro diverse young people.

Can’t wait to see you all at our many location this week. Stay safe!