Edie Hollifield, 69, Enid Grey, 73, Beryl O'Hara, 69 and Linda Gregory, 65, have travelled to London today to attend Jamie Oliver's CEO Cook-Off as his guest.
Jamie Oliver was contacted by Val Barron, the Project Coordinator at Churches Together Durham, to highlight the work of the women to combat poverty in their community.
The ladies volunteer at the Billingham Church Holiday Club which was founded two years ago at St Aidan's Church.
After attending a meeting about the problem of hunger in the North East, Enid Grey decided to tackle the issue in Billingham.
She helped found the club to provide a place for families with young children to get a hot meal and meet together.
Enid said: "We only had 10 days until the summer holiday started - so we rallied around, organised a venue, set up menus and we we were off running. The response was fantastic and we did more than 500 meals that first summer."
The club was so successful that they set up another venue in the Port Clarence area of Billingham the following summer.
Edie said: "The community told us that groups normally stay a few weeks then we never see them again... they said you have stayed, worked with us and we feel that we have been helped and supported by the Church.
"One little lad came in whilst we were doing the food and all he wanted was a banana because he used to have them but his mum could no longer afford to get them for him.
"At the end of the summer we were presented with a glass plaque to thank us for helping them, that was such an honour."
Rev Bill Braviner, Team Vicar in Billingham said: "This is well-deserved, through their commitment and enthusiasm, they not only welcomed, engaged with, and fed hundreds of children and their parents/carers, they also inspired many other groups around our Diocese to do the same!"
A recent poll by Yougov found around one in three parents has skipped a meal in order to make sure their child eats properly.