Home For Dinner

A team building activity to connect in an authentic way while making a difference to the lives of WA families with ill or injured children

A home cooked meal is often taken for granted and it's for that reason we set up ‘Home for Dinner’. The program invites you to cook a meal from the heart, for families with ill or injured children who rely on Ronald McDonald House Charities WA.

After a long day of hospital appointments, cooking a meal may be the last thing on a parent's or carer's mind. For ten years, we’ve been proud to partner with Mineral Resources (MinRes) who employ two chefs, Tommy and Zi, to ensure our families have a nourishing meal at the end of each day. By simply helping Tommy and Zi to prepare a homemade dinner for our families, you can help make things a little easier at a time when they need it most.

The Home For Dinner experience allows corporate and community teams to cook a meal for families who rely on Ronald McDonald House Charities WA.

Each year on average, we will provide 50,000 home cooked meals for WA families staying across Ronald McDonald House at QEII, Ronald McDonald House on Park and Ronald McDonald House in PCH.  So, join us for a very special giving experience to share with your colleagues and friends.

What does it cost?

  • A Corporate Home For Dinner is $1,650 inclusive of merchant fees and GST.
  • A Community Home For Dinner is $1,100 inclusive of merchant fees and GST.
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  • Photo of participants in the Home for Dinner Program
  • Photo of team cooking in kitchen at Ronald McDonald House Nedlands for Home for Dinner
  • Photograph of 2 participants of the Home for Dinner program in the kitchen
  • Photo of a volunteer serving a child dinner
  • Photo of Home for Dinner participants in the kitchen of RMH Nedlands
  • Photo of team cooking in kitchen at Ronald McDonald House Nedlands for Home for Dinner

How Does it Work?

Your Home for Dinner experience will start at 2:45pm and finish at 8:00pm.

  1.  Select a date and register your booking date using our online booking system.
  2. Payment for your Home For Dinner experience is required at time of booking.
  3. Turn up to Ronald McDonald House at QEII at 2:45pm.
  4. We will take you on a tour of RMH at QEII where you’ll get an understanding of the programs and services available to families through Ronald McDonald House Charities WA.
  5. You'll do a kitchen induction with the MinRes in-house chefs and run through the dinner menu your team will be preparing.
  6. Get slicing, dicing, mixing and cooking!
  7. Dinner service begins at 5:30pm. Help serve the meal you've cooked to families in the dining room.
  8. Dinner time: we'll invite you to sit down at approx 6:30pm to enjoy your own meal! It also gives you the chance the chat to the families you've cooked for.
  9. Clean up: you'll help clean up the commercial kitchen.
  10. Your Home For Dinner experience finishes at 8pm.

Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

  • Is there a minimum age requirement? The minimum age for participation in the Home for Dinner program is 16 years.
  • Is there a maximum group size? We have a maximum capacity of 10 team members in our commercial kitchen.
    Any additional team members can get involved by decorating the dining room to a theme or setting up activities for families staying with us to enjoy over dinner.
  • Can we dress up? It’s always a big hit with families if one of their favourite movie characters serve them dinner! If you feel like taking full advantage of the experience, please feel free to choose your own theme to ‘dress up’ in.

Our Other Cooking Programs

Lovin From The Oven

‘Plate a difference’ in the lives of WA families with ill or injured children staying with us, by preparing a healthy morning tea for them.

Lovin From The Oven sessions start at 8:45 am.

The Big Breakfast

Terra Rosa team during their Big Breakfast expereince

Breakfast is one of the most important meals of the day, and when you’re caring for an ill or injured child, it’s the fuel you need to kick-start a morning filled with medical appointments.

Plan your menu and BYO ingredients, and then utilise the Ronald McDonald House at QEII kitchen.

The Big Breakfast sessions start at 7:30 am.

Min Res team in the commercial kitchen

A message from our in-house chef partners MinRes

“At MinRes, we know the importance of a good meal because we’ve seen firsthand how it impacts the wellbeing of our own employees. Just as we prioritise the health and wellbeing of our workforce, we want to extend that care to families going through a difficult time.

We hope that by providing a home-cooked meal it offers families comfort, stability and a sense of normality in a time of uncertainty. We encourage everyone to gather their friends, family or colleagues and join Tommy and Zi in the kitchen to help cook dinner – it’s such a rewarding experience.”

– MinRes Executive General Manager People Facilities and Logistics, Bethanie Ibrahim

Acknowledgement of Country

Ronald McDonald House WA acknowledge the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we are privileged to live, work and welcome families. We honour their enduring connection to Country, culture, and community, and pay our deepest respects to Elders past and present.

Here, on Whadjuk Noongar Boodja, we open our doors to families from across Western Australia when they need us most. Grounded in the enduring care and wisdom of the Traditional Custodians of this land, we offer comfort, safety, and a sense of home.

We recognise the strength and resilience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and we walk alongside them with humility, respect, and a commitment to listening, learning, and healing together.