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Co-Cooking HK
Develop a 6,000-square-feet co-cooking space and unleash the cooking talent of the grassroots
ABOUT
Year Established: 2016
Beneficiaries: Grassroots women
共廚家作 | |
Towards homemade, confidence, self-reliance |
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SOCIAL ISSUES
- A lot of women and middle-aged people have cooking potential. but the cost of operating a restaurant is high
- It's difficult for grassroots and social welfare organisations to hold cookery activities due to a lack of space and food license issue
SOCIAL INNOVATION
- The first co-cooking area in Hong Kong which aims to alleviate poverty by providing food and beverage training to social welfare organisations and unleashing the cooking talent of the grassroots
- A 6,000-square-feet co-cooking area that complements the development of "Sharing Kitchen", furthering chances of grassroots entrepreneurship
EXCEPTED SOCIAL IMPACT
![]() | 100 grassroots women to be received 440 training sessions to enhance their cooking skills and confidence |
![]() | $7,000,000 expected income for grassroots women |
![]() | 1600 training sessions and times of usage for 20 social welfare organisations and their beneficiaries |
![]() | 12 restaurants that continue to participate in the programme as part of the expansion of "Sharing Kitchen" |
BUSINESS MODEL
Co-Cooking HK operates the co-cooking space; food sales as revenue
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PROGRAMME CONTENT
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Co-cooking area
Develop a well-equipped 6,000-square-feet co-cooking space for the grassroots for large-scale food production
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Food & beverage-related trainings
Provide trainings on sourcing production, marketing and monitoring for grassroots women and social welfare organisations