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    19 local organizations to watch: PichaEats

    A Malaysian catering business training refugees to become chefs.

    By Devex Editor // 13 November 2024

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    PichaEats is a catering business that enables refugees to provide home-cooked meals. It trains refugees to become professional chefs while the organization handles the remaining business elements — from designing the menus and packaging, running branding and marketing, and arranging logistics to deliver the food cooked by the chefs.

    The organization’s services include catered events, gift boxes, and food delivery. It also offers “Picha Experiences” such as open houses where customers are welcomed into a chef’s home to meet their family, learn their story, and enjoy a home-cooked meal together.

    In contrast to typical catering companies, it trains refugees as chefs to provide income-generating opportunities to disenfranchised groups.  

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