When wagamama opened their restaurant at Merry Hill in 2023, they invested £5,000 in Ekho Collective and then kept showing up. The team has cooked outdoors at our community festivals, feeding residents for free and are planning MasterChef-style events at the Village Kitchen, bringing their professional skills to local people. wagamama are a great example of our Hawthorn Partnership - developing a real relationship over time between a business and the community on its doorstep