Specialties
Open Kitchens Project is a community marketplace platform for at-home dinner salon events, while helping immigrants launch food startups. It's similar to Airbnb and Sofar Sounds, which manage reputation for community members. Immigrant food startups provide authentic food and volunteer hosts offer space in their home. Curators inspire connection between guests and may be writers, artists, activists or innovators.
History
Established in 2018.
In 2008, while working for a non-profit, Paul met immigrant moms who loved to share their native foods and wanted extra family income. So he partnered with a few to form Peace Dinners, an online subscription to home meal delivery. In 2018 a group of food activists in California, advocated for revolutionary new home cooking legislation and Paul was inspired to join with friends to launch the first Open Kitchens Project dinner event. Two dozen people enjoyed an Ethiopian meal prepared by Asmait, an original Peace Dinners cook, and Paul curated the conversation. Everyone wanted to join more at-home dinner salon events...and Open Kitchens Project was born.
Meet the Business Owner: Paul C.
Expand your connections in real life...and your culinary taste. Open Kitchens Project is a mashup of online community and dinner club. It's a fun way to meet people you've never met before, eat food you've not tried before, in a home you've never been to before