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The profits from the cookbook's sales were used to renovate a community kitchen that the women will use to prepare meals for their families and neighbors.

The women are now able to use the kitchen seven days a week, and have been empowered to gain qualifications and start their own new projects helping others in their community to benefit from the kitchen. #CookTogether pic.twitter.com/KE0kClF1At

— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) November 21, 2018

Today marks the culmination of an exciting and important project for our client @LedburyUK . The Duchess of Sussex visited the Hubb Community Kitchen this morning to see how the proceeds from 'Together: Our Community Kitchen' have helped locally. #CookTogether 1/2 pic.twitter.com/E162z9N6dn

— Industry Publicity (@Industry_London) November 21, 2018

Now, the women will be able to prepare 200 meals in just one day, according to Kensington Palace. The meals will be delivered to local groups in the community.

Meghan wore a Club Monaco maroon coat and a matching maroon dress with a velvet point collar.

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Once inside, Meghan reunited with the women in the newly-revamped space and got to work in the kitchen. Wearing disposable gloves and apron, Meghan and the women worked together to prepare fresh meals that will be delivered daily to the homeless and to women's shelters, according to Kensington Palace.

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PHOTO: Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex with chef Clare Smyth as they visit the Hubb Community Kitchen to see how funds raised by the 'Together: Our Community' Cookbook are making a difference at Al Manaar, North Kensington, Nov. 21, 2018 in London.
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'More than a cookbook'

Meghan personally wrote the forward for the cookbook, which quickly became a bestseller when it was released in September. She described the project as a labor of love and something that brought the women together after last year's fire.

“Together is more than a cookbook,\" she wrote. \"This is a tale of friendship, and a story of togetherness. It is a homage to the power of cooking as a community, and the recipes that allow us to connect, share and look forward.”

Profits from the sales of 'Together' will support the Hubb Community Kitchen, helping to keep it open for up to seven days a week and to widen its reach to others in the community #CookTogether: https://t.co/PfmFOfei8w pic.twitter.com/qt0vD25H3U

— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) September 17, 2018

The Duchess of Sussex first visited the kitchen in January 2018 and has continued to make regular private visits to the kitchen.

\"I immediately felt connected to this community kitchen; it is a place for women to laugh, grieve, cry and cook together,\" Meghan wrote in the foreword.

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\"Melding cultural identities under a shared roof, it creates a space to feel a sense of normalcy – in its simplest form, the universal need to connect, nurture, and commune through food, through crisis or joy –- something we can all relate to,\" she wrote. \"Through this charitable endeavour, the proceeds will allow the kitchen to thrive and keep the global spirit of community alive.\"

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PHOTO: This undated handout image released by Kensington Palace on Sept. 17, 2018 shows, Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex cooking with women in the Hubb Community Kitchen at the Al Manaar Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre in West London.
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