Gastrotargi SMAKKi
3rd International Trade Fair for the HoReCa Industry
9-10 April 2025
EXPO XXI Warsaw
Gastrotargi SMAKKi
3rd International Trade Fair for the HoReCa Industry
9-10 April 2025
EXPO XXI Warsaw
It is the learning of essential life skills.
It is a sense of agency, independence, belonging to a group, and teamwork.
It is a place for important conversations, building relationships, and fostering hope for a better future.
Since 2022, the Jan Kaczkowski Foundation, together with Patryk Galewski—co-protagonist of the film Johnny and a professional chef—has been using the kitchen and dining table to implement the PAKA Inne Garowanie project. Experts in the penitentiary field refer to it as a new dimension of juvenile rehabilitation in Poland.
PAKA cooks and spends time at the table with young people who have had less luck in life, made mistakes, and are currently in juvenile correctional facilities and rehabilitation centers.
PAKA also operates in schools. Meetings and culinary workshops with Patryk Galewski serve as a “pre-psychological” impulse for young people, encouraging them to seek professional support.
At the PAKA Inne Garowanie booth, you could:
Delicious food and spending time at the table were some of the simple pleasures of Fr. Jan Kaczkowski.
We are happy that this is exactly what connects the activities of the PAKA project, our beneficiaries, and the HoReCa industry.
We thank all the sponsors and chefs for their support and assistance in organizing this event.
A humble boy from Puck, whose story has inspired many young people and proven that even in life’s toughest moments, hope can still be found.
Patryk is the real-life inspiration behind the protagonist of the acclaimed film Johnny (NEXT FILM), in which the outstanding actor Piotr Trojan portrayed his character.
Known as “Son” of Fr. Jan Kaczkowski, he is a figure who both inspires and moves people. His story, told in the book Synek ks. Kaczkowskiego, is a tale of a difficult childhood, legal troubles, and addiction – yet also of an extraordinary transformation made possible through his friendship with Fr. Jan Kaczkowski. He is a guest chef in the Dzień Dobry TVN kitchen and has honed his culinary skills under the guidance of renowned chefs such as Kurt Scheller and Wojciech Modest Amaro.
Today, he is a happy husband and father of three children.
He is the initiator of the PAKA – INNE GAROWANIE project, launched under the auspices of the Fr. Jan Kaczkowski Foundation.
His work is not only about his passion for cooking, but also about supporting others – proving that life is worth fighting for.
