A Hub for Food Access, Equity & Resilience
The Cook’s Nook is working to promote and advance food access, equity, security, and sustainability.
We provide food and nutrition services for various organizations and are the proud producers of packaged Mosaic Meals and Mosaic Meals To-Go. Nutritious and delicious, our ready-to-eat meals and grab-and-go quick foods are designed to expand access to affordable, fresh food by providing organizations with healthier choices for their clients and customers.
We also serve as a community for culinary professionals, help create businesses and events, and advocate for policies that align with our values.
Austin’s Collaborative Hub for Culinary Impact
The Cook’s Nook is a community of culinary professionals working to promote and advance food access, equity, security, and sustainability. We provide food and nutrition services, help create businesses and events, and advocate for policies that align with our values.
We’re also the proud producers of packaged Mosaic Meals and Mosaic Meals To-Go. Nutritious and delicious, these fully cooked meals and ready-to-eat fare are designed for and delivered to people with limited access to affordable fresh food, providing them with healthier choices.
For Organizations, We Serve …
The Cook’s Nook is Central Texas’ leading food and nutrition services group, providing fresh, healthy meals for food-insecure and nutritionally challenged communities. Through government organizations, school districts, agencies, nonprofits, and retailers, we provide thousands of people with daily access to nutritious, delicious meals, helping improve their whole health and well-being, as well as our region’s food security overall.
For Impact, We Connect …
The Cook’s Nook actively engages with other organizations essential to Central Texas’ food ecosystem – farmers, investors, suppliers, retailers, elected officials, advocacy groups, and community organizations – helping ensure food policy, justice, and access remain high on local decisionmakers’ lists of priorities.
For Entrepreneurs, We Grow …
The Cook’s Nook is a proven culinary incubator, providing organic-friendly shared production space and business development opportunities to help Austin-area artisans, startup caterers, CPG businesses, mobile vendors, virtual restaurants, and others grow their culinary companies.
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Recent News
The Cook’s Nook at Travis County Commissioners’ Court
This November, the Travis County Commissioners' Court approved $3.1 million in funding to expand access to fresh food for low-income and other marginalized county residents, in addition to an earlier approval in March this year for $1.8 million for prepared meal services, like The Cook's Nook, that provide county residents in need with nutritionally-dense meals. Our CEO, Amy Bell, spoke to the Commissioner's Court to help elaborate the community benefits that 2022's nearly $5 million dollar investment will have.
The Cook’s Nook Featured on Austin PBS
Cottonwood Baptist Church had been looking for a way to serve their local community for years. An opportunity finally arose in September 2020 with The Cook’s Nook. Food insecurity in Travis County disproportionately affects Black and Brown communities. According to a study by Austin Public Health, 11% of African American Austin residents and 9% of Austin Hispanics live in areas with limited access to healthy foods. We are honored to help be a part of solving this demanding issue.