About us

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What we do.

🎉Rising Kitchens is your go-to connection hub for skilled chefs, bakers, and cooks eager to elevate their food businesses. We specialize in discovering early-emerging food entrepreneurs and showcasing these talents to local companies seeking delectable offerings for their cafés, employee events, and retreats.

🎂Additionally, we connect early-emerging food entrepreneurs with individuals seeking top-notch catering services for occasions like dinner parties, birthdays, and friendly gatherings.

Learn more about how Rising Kitchens works.

A smiling couple cooking together in a kitchen, with one person offering a taste of food from a spoon to the other. Ingredients like cherry tomatoes and herbs are on the counter.

What sets us apart.

🌟Rising Kitchens is committed to spotlighting and uplifting entrepreneurs who have historically faced barriers to entry.

👩🏽‍🍳We are dedicated to discovering and promoting culinary talents in our community, with a focus on empowering women, people of color, and immigrants.

Read our blog to explore our team’s unique perspectives and stories.

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It’s called a win-win.

For Our Early-Stage Food Entrepreneurs:

🌱 Grow your culinary dreams with Rising Kitchens! We serve as your dedicated marketing and PR allies, connecting you to business opportunities and expansive social networks. Additionally, you have access to trainings and mentorship from local chefs and established food entrepreneurs.

For Our Supportive Communities:

🍽️ Indulge in local goodness! Through our connections, you, your colleagues, and your friends and neighbors not only savor new, diverse, and mouthwatering food ventures but also champion local entrepreneurs. Support the heart of your community by discovering and enjoying the extraordinary flavors that Rising Kitchens brings to your table.

Discover our Rising Kitchens today.

“I was talking to the owner of a local restaurant and he shared that his busboy’s mother made amazing tamales. Every week, his restaurant staff placed tamale orders and the busboy delivered their requests to his mother.

My first thought was, ‘I’m missing out. I want to try these tamales.’
My second thought was, ‘because I don’t work at this restaurant, I’ll probably never discover these tamales.’
And my third thought was, ‘I bet there are people like me who would also want to try these tamales. I wonder how I can make these connections.’

And that was the beginning of Rising Kitchens.”

- Lauren Silverstein, Founder

About us

What we do.

What sets us apart.

It’s called a win-win.

“I was talking to the owner of a local restaurant and he shared that his busboy’s mother made amazing tamales. Every week, his restaurant staff placed tamale orders and the busboy delivered their requests to his mother.

My first thought was, ‘I’m missing out. I want to try these tamales.’

My second thought was, ‘because I don’t work at this restaurant, I’ll probably never discover these tamales.’

And my third thought was, ‘I bet there are people like me who would also want to try these tamales. I wonder how I can make these connections.’

And that was the beginning of Rising Kitchens.”