Empowering women,
one meal at a time.
For over a decade, Amal has welcomed courageous women into our kitchens in Marrakech, turning hands-on culinary training into dignity, independence and a future of their own making.
Meet the women
Pick a face to read her story.
Come hungry. Leave inspired.
Every plate you enjoy and every class you join directly funds a woman’s training. Choose your way to taste the mission.
Classes · Brunch · Events
Amal Targa Center
Our garden kitchen for daily cooking classes, brunch, and events & catering, where guests cook, gather and give back.
Restaurant · Flagship
Amal Gueliz Center
Where it all began, our flagship restaurant, serving market-fresh Moroccan cooking every day.
IFM · CLC · Coffee
Sign Café Marrakech
A café staffed by our deaf community, order with a smile and your hands. Now at IFM & CLC.
More than a restaurant. A turning point.
Amal creates a community around a common thread: we believe in the power of good food to change lives, to bring people together and nourish body and soul. Our students are at the heart of everything we do, and we've built Amal around them, their needs and their aspirations. We want every woman who comes through our program to know, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that you deserve to be here.
Be part of her story
There’s a place for everyone at Amal, whether you give, give your time, or partner with us.
Donate
Fund a woman’s training, every dirham, straight to the mission.
Hover to flip ↻Give with impact
Just $50 covers a week of culinary training, and 100% of your gift is reinvested in the next woman.
Give today →Volunteer
Share a skill, host a class or lend a hand in our kitchens.
Hover to flip ↻Give your time
Teach a skill, host a cooking class or join a community project, a few hours goes a long way.
Find a role →Partner
Cater with us, sponsor a cohort or build something lasting together.
Hover to flip ↻Work with us
From a corporate event to a multi-year commitment, partnership is how the ambitious work gets built.
Work with us →The whole story, in one download.
Didn't make it to the impact page? Take the report with you. Every woman trained, every meal served and exactly where each dirham went, published in full.
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Stories from our kitchens
Letters, news and recipes from the women who make Amal, the small moments that add up to changed lives.
Meet the 24th cohort
Twenty-five women graduated in July, and 82% were already working within weeks, their year inside our kitchens, in their own words.
TIZI: honey from the mountains
In Ighil, six families and 60 beehives are rebuilding a livelihood after the earthquake, and you can taste their TIZI honey at Amal.
A recipe: our seven-vegetable couscous
The dish we make every Friday, passed down among the women who taught us. Bring it to your own table this weekend.
When you choose Amal, she rises with you.
Reserve a table, book a class, or make a gift, and turn a simple meal into a movement.