The new commercial kitchen about to be opened in the Flaxmere Community Centre will do double duty - used for training budding baristas and for hire to community groups holding functions in the centre.
There will be a grand unveiling next Saturday at which time the name for the kitchen, chosen by the community, will be revealed. The competition to name the room is open until Wednesday.
A full kitchen had been on the wish-list for the community centre for some time, said Hastings District councillor Henare O'Keefe, who is on the board of the Flaxmere Planning Committee.
"The kitchen is pretty impressive and it is something our community is going to be very pleased with. We do need somewhere people can cook for big gatherings being held in the centre; things like birthdays, church gatherings.
"This result is brilliant; perfect. It adds another spoke to the wheel of community connection; a place where our people can gather in the centre of our town for kai and korero. And that it can be used to train our young people who want barista skills is a much-welcome added bonus."