LA Kitchen

L.A. Kitchen is a sustainable social enterprise organization dedicated to eradicating poverty through multiple initiatives including the operation of a training kitchen, reduction of food waste, and advancement of health and well being for low-income seniors within the Los Angeles community.

The kitchen provides recently released inmates and former foster care youth with apprenticeship opportunities in the culinary arts for eventual job placement.

Sourcing healthy fruits and vegetables that are either cosmetically imperfect or unsold from farmers markets or food wholesalers, L.A. Kitchen is able to reconstitute perfectly good food and reduce food waste.

Founded by Robert Egger, a social enterprise visionary and founder of DC Central Kitchen in Washington, L.A. Kitchen strengthens the community with multiple sustainable partnerships that facilitate the evolution of students into culinary professionals and reclaimed food into healthy and profitable dishes.

This virtuous cycle saves the state and taxpayers large amounts of money while producing healthier meals at a fraction of the cost for distribution to the hungry and indigent.

    Blue Chip Foundation  , one of the first donors to L.A. Kitchen, is committed to the ongoing support of Robert Egger’s holistic sustainable development frameworks.