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This article showcases Startup Pill’s top picks for the best cooking startups. These startups are taking a variety of approaches to innovating inside of the cooking industry and around the world. They are all exceptional startups well worth a follow.
We selected these startups for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
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1. HakkoBako
The idea behind this startup: Smart Fermentation Chamber for professional chefs
Headquarters: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Industries: AgTech, Consumer Electronics, Cooking, Food and Beverage, Hardware, Smart Home
Founders: Tommy Leung
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]2. Qummy
The idea behind this startup: Qummy is a food-tech startup technology allow to arrange cafe on 2 sq.m without cooks and kitchen.
Headquarters: Krasnodar, Krasnodar, Russian Federation
Industries: Cooking, Food and Beverage, Food Delivery
Founders: Aleksey Kislun, Artem Simonyants, Evgeniy Pisarev
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]3. The Tiny Chef Show
The idea behind this startup: The Tiny Chef Show is a developer of stop-motion videos intended to help children to learn cooking.
Headquarters: Glendale, California, United States
Industries: Cooking, Internet, Training
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]4. Defiant Food Group
The idea behind this startup: Defiant Food Group develops and produces the highest quality, most nutritious, easy to use ready to eat proteins available.
Headquarters: Richmond, Virginia, United States
Industries: Cooking, Food and Beverage, Nutrition
Founders: Benjamin Pasternak
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]5. Khal
The idea behind this startup: Dedicated cooking profiles for Chefs and people who love to cook
Headquarters: Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Industries: Cooking, Professional Networking, Social Media
Founders: Samir Tendulkar
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]6. CookinGenie
The idea behind this startup: CookinGenie is a digital restaurant connecting culinary experts to end users. The cooking happens in the users kitchen
Headquarters: Hudson, Ohio, United States
Industries: Cooking, Food and Beverage
Founders: Sabah Drabu and Abhijit Ganguly
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]7. Digiplay
The idea behind this startup: Digiplay, a SAAS Specially Designed for Restaurant to start accepting order for free .
Headquarters: Unknown
Industries: Cooking, E-Commerce, Food Delivery, Reservations, Restaurants, Software
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]8. THUCPHAM.COM
The idea behind this startup: CÔNG TY TNHH THUCPHAM.COM
Headquarters: Hanoi, NA – Vietnam, Vietnam
Industries: Cooking, Farmers Market, Food and Beverage, Food Delivery, Food Processing, Grocery, Organic Food, Recipes, Seafood, Snack Food
Founders: Hieu Nguyen Trong
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]9. NutriSense
The idea behind this startup: Custom meal plans, personalised recipes and grocery lists to help Australians save time and eat better
Headquarters: Unknown
Industries: Cooking, Recipes
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]10. BonAPI B.V.
The idea behind this startup: World’s first data-driven ingredient replacement algorithm. Substitutions are based on diet, allergies/intolerances and cooking technique.
Headquarters: Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
Industries: Cooking, Food and Beverage, Recipes
Founders: Fabian Apel, Moritz Pill
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]11. Kitchen Season
The idea behind this startup: Definitive Guides to Kitchen Products And Design
Headquarters: New York, New York, United States
Industries: Cooking
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]12. Souledout
The idea behind this startup: A FoodTech brand redefining post pandemic dining through a selection of our finest Home chefs and exotic DIY Meal kits.
Headquarters: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Industries: Bakery, Catering, Cooking, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Food Delivery, Food Processing, Recipes
Founders: Aditya Belwal
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]13. Whatz2eat
The idea behind this startup: Whatz2eat is a mobile application for cooking.
Headquarters: Palm Desert, California, United States
Industries: Cooking, Mobile Apps
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]14. MyKitchenNeeds
The idea behind this startup: MyKitchenNeeds is an online shop that delivers kitchenware and cooking equipment.
Headquarters: Brunssum, Limburg, The Netherlands
Industries: Consumer Electronics, Cooking, E-Commerce, Shopping
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]15. Heeren van de KooK
The idea behind this startup: Heeren van de KooK is a cooking studio and catering service provider.
Headquarters: Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
Industries: Catering, Cooking, Training
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]16. Cheffe
The idea behind this startup: Guided cooking, as easy as following Google Maps
Headquarters: Unknown
Industries: Cooking, Software
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]17. SUMMER-FRIDAY
The idea behind this startup: SUMMER-FRIDAY is an online bakery that provides cookies, cakes, and pastries.
Headquarters: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
Industries: Bakery, Cooking, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]18. DX.XI
The idea behind this startup: DX.XI is an online store for outdoor cooking accessories.
Headquarters: Berghem, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
Industries: Cooking, E-Commerce, Sales
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]19. DONUTS-WINKEL
The idea behind this startup: DONUTS-WINKEL sells donuts, muffins, sugar waffles, and stroopwafels on the web.
Headquarters: Assen, Drenthe, The Netherlands
Industries: Cooking, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]20. Panza
The idea behind this startup: The first mobile app in Latin America that connects artisan chefs and culinary entrepreneurs directly to their own local communities
Headquarters: Unknown
Industries: Cooking, Food and Beverage, Food Delivery, Social Media
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]21. OM Easy Cooking
The idea behind this startup: We’re all about good recipes, and about quality home cooking.
Headquarters: Unknown
Industries: Cooking, Organic Food, Recipes, Restaurants
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]22. YHANGRY
The idea behind this startup: YHANGRY is a private chef platform where users can book a professional chef to come cook for them at home.
Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom
Industries: Cooking, Food and Beverage, Marketplace
Founders: Heinin Zhang, Siddhi Mittal
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]23. Betaalbare Bento
The idea behind this startup: Betaalbare Bento is an online seller for bento picks and rings.
Headquarters: Woerden, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
Industries: Cooking, E-Commerce, Sales
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]24. Sweetly
The idea behind this startup: Dessert Baking Kit
Headquarters: Unknown
Industries: Bakery, Cooking, E-Commerce, Subscription Service
Founders: Sergio Stephano
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]25. Parawan’s Thai Home Cooking Classes
The idea behind this startup: Come to learn to cook Thai food with Parawan in her home on Koh Tao, classes have a maximum of 4 students or take a private online course
Headquarters: Unknown
Industries: Cooking
Founders: Parawan Takasila
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