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, business dedicated to nutritious and accessible food, has new CEO
The Cook's Nook has been addressing the crucial topics of food access and equity since it was founded in 2017 by Joi Chevalier. After five years, the company has entered a new phase, as Chevalier moved from CEO to president June 20 and welcomed Amy Bell as chief executive. Read the full article here!
upcoming events
Join us for The Cook’s Nook’s second annual fundraising dinner, A Texas Tale. We will highlight stories of food resilience, access, and equity in the Austin/Travis County community on December 8, 6:30-9pm! This year, proceeds will go to Farmshare Austin and Green Thumb Farming, two innovative, upstart organizations that are working to diversify our local food systems.
You can support these organizations by sharing an evening with amazing partners in the local food system, and enjoying an amazing holiday dinner prepared by some of our best local chefs—we will be serving a four-course meal designed by Joi Chevalier (The Cook’s Nook), Adrian Lipscombe (Uptowne Cafe), Todd Duplechan (Lenoir), and Michael Fojtasek (Olamaie). Purchase your table of 6 for $1,500!
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.