Jon Bon Jovi opens charity restaurant

Jon Bon Jovi has opened a new charity restaurant to help fight hunger in New Jersey.

Soul Kitchen welcomed customers in the borough of Red Bank for the first time this week.

The diner features a pay-what-you-can system, which allows people the chance to pay what they feel is appropriate to cover the meal. Customers who don't have money to contribute to the dinner can instead lend a hand with the cleaning duties.

Bon Jovi's Soul Foundation will subsidise the location to keep the property afloat and the musician will be heavily involved in the project behind the scenes, as he simply 'can't cook.'

He tells the Associated Press: "Last Friday, I was at the White House, serving on the Council for Community Solutions, got on a train, changed in the bathroom and got here in time to wash dishes Friday night. I'm the dishwasher, for real. I can't cook a lick."