Gather food for the audience (4)
I believe the answer is:
meet
'gather' is the definition.
('meet' can be a synonym of 'gather')
'food for the audience' is the wordplay.
'food' becomes 'meat' (meat is a kind of food).
'for the audience' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'meat' sounds like 'MEET'.
(Other definitions for meet that I've seen before include "assembly at hunt" , "Come across" , "Touch; suitable (arch.)" , "Come together or run into" , "Hunt gathering" .)