Dressed off the thrift rack. Cooking like it's the best table in town.

Thrift to Table follows Kayla, a Newfoundland-raised cook with a sailor's nerve and an eye for a good find. She shops the thrift store, dresses for dinner and cooks something worth the outfit, in a new town every time.

Kayla twirling in a red and gold ball gown
Tonight's look

How an episode works

Every episode runs the same four moves. The budget is small. The dinner isn't.

  1. Thrift it

    Kayla walks into a thrift store with a few bucks and a menu in her head.

  2. Dress for it

    The best find becomes tonight's look. Fur, gold, a red lip, the works.

  3. Cook it

    A real dish from scratch, plated the way a good restaurant would.

  4. Take it on the road

    Then on to the next town, the next store and the next kitchen. Carlos comes too.

Off Kayla's stove

Real plates from her kitchen. No food stylist, no restaurant, just Kayla.

  • Brunch spread: bacon, egg and potato hash with sauce, toast, and a tomato and feta salad with balsamic
    Sunday brunch spread
  • Steak smothered in mushroom and onion gravy over mashed potatoes
    Mushroom gravy steak and mash
  • Fried eggs on toast with radishes, pickled beet slaw and sprouts
    Eggs, radish and beet slaw
  • Tostadas with slaw, jalapeno and roasted squash, with a side of guacamole salad
    Taco night

Have Kayla cook for your table

Private dinners, parties and destination events. She plans the menu around your guests, styles the table with thrifted pieces, cooks on site and leaves your kitchen clean.

Dinners for 2 to 6from $180per guest, groceries included Parties for 7 to 20from $150per guest, groceries included Cabin, lake or beachQuotedper trip

The crew

A cook, a chihuahua and the guy holding the camera.

  • Kayla in a leopard-print dress, up a tree

    Kayla

    Host, cook and chief thrifter. Raised in Newfoundland and scared of nothing.

  • Photo: Carlos

    Carlos

    Chihuahua and head of quality control. Nothing leaves the kitchen without a sniff.

  • Photo: Brendan, behind the camera

    Brendan

    Behind the camera and running the back end: filming, editing, the website and the bookings.

Meet Kayla

Get Sunday Supper

One recipe from the week, the best find off the rack and where we're headed next. Free, every Sunday.