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Opportunity for Refugees, Nourishment for New Yorkers

Manal Kahi — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 16:00:28 +0000

Although the Trump Administration views refugees as security risks, and despite the fact that they are being denied entry to the United States in historic numbers, delicious counter-narratives are emerging throughout the country and particularly in the New York area. Americans are breaking bread with refugees in homes, offices and restaurants — devouring food prepared with ancient recipes from the old country and techniques taught by grandma. In the process, new financial, emotional and social opportunities are opening up for refugees. View Article

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World Refugee Day: Refugees on finding hope through cooking in the US: ‘It’s really a sharing of the story’

Manal Kahi — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 15:55:18 +0000

After she arrived in the U.S., Nasrin, a former food stall owner at a Tehran gym, said she was struggling to rebuild her life. But she said everything changed in March 2017 around Nowruz, the Persian New Year, when she found a job at Eat Offbeat, a New York-based catering company, which is run only by refugee chefs from different parts of the world including Eritrea, Algeria, Senegal, and China. Called “culinary journeys,” the menus served by Eat Offbeat are a combination of dishes from the home countries of the refugee chefs. “When I first came my English was very bad, and all those people who were working with me were from different countries,” Nasrin said. “We got deeply attached with each other [and] the working atmosphere [was] very friendly. This was… to me, a world with no boundaries we were respected each other just like a family.” View Article

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A Festival Where Refugees Cook for New York

Manal Kahi — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 15:50:05 +0000

In the United States, Nasrin missed cooking professionally until last March, right around Nowruz, the Persian new year, when she started a new job at Eat Offbeat. There, 25 refugees, most of them women, work as catering chefs, producing the traditional dishes of their home countries from a commissary kitchen in Long Island City, Queens.” View Article

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A market featuring refugee vendors is coming to Times Square next week

Manal Kahi — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 15:48:01 +0000

“If that wasn’t enough, the market will also have free food courtesy of Eat Offbeat, an organization that provides refugees with jobs cooking the foods of their home countries. (If you’re interested, you can also hire them to cater any events you might be throwing.)” View Article

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Refugee-Run Eat Offbeat is blazing it’s own food delivery trail

Manal Kahi — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 15:46:35 +0000

The fact is, of the cultures currently represented in our kitchen, women traditionally hold the role of home cooks. And statistically, there are more women refugees than men,” Kahi explained. So while Eat Offbeat’s primary focus remains on immigration issues, it’s addressing gender disparities in the food industry as well—providing not only entry into a predominately male business, but shining a much-needed spotlight on the worthy women within it View Article

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A Group of Refugees Are Bringing a Tapestry of Culinary Delights to New Yorkers: ‘This Is a Way to Connect’

Manal Kahi — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 15:45:01 +0000

You can only imagine the type of issues and hostility that these refugees were facing, amongst many other issues,” Manal says. “There was a little bit of guilt that we felt by not being able to do anything about it. But then there was this opportunity to do something here in the United States. View Article

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Feeding Kickstarter, Estée Lauder And Google, Refugee Chefs Fuel Catering Startup Eat Offbeat

Manal Kahi — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 15:41:30 +0000

Our chefs happen to be refugees by status, but they are first and foremost chefs by nature,” continued Kahi, clicker in hand. One of the enormous presentation slides behind her had the catch phrase, “Come for the mission, stay for the food.” She rattled off countries where Eat Offbeat’s chefs originate—Nepal, Syria, Eritrea, Senegal, Algeria—among others, 15 countries in total; 12 languages spoken in the kitchen. Eat Offbeat’s dishes are authentic, prepared as they would be in the chef’s home. View Article

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New Neighbors, New Considerations

Manal Kahi — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 15:39:50 +0000

Manal Kahi, a founder of Eat Offbeat, a New York City catering company staffed with refugees, said of her employees: “They are chefs. We emphasize that they are chefs before we mention their refugee status.” View Article

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For Refugees, Cooking Provides Path to Security

Manal Kahi — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 15:36:53 +0000

The organization strives to spread “a more positive story and somewhat rebrand the word ‘refugee,’ highlighting all the value that this community actually brings,” says Manal. And she hopes some of the chefs will go on to start their own restaurants or businesses. View Article

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Des réfugiés partagent leurs recettes et leur histoire dans un livre de cuisine

Manal Kahi — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 15:35:09 +0000

C’est l’initiative originale d’Eat OffBeat, start-up new-yorkaise de restauration qui emploie des chefs réfugiés : publier un livre de cuisine détaillant d’authentiques recettes de leur pays tout en racontant leur histoire. Voir l’article

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This Founder Is Broadening Americans’ Culinary Horizons While Empowering Refugees

Manal Kahi — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 15:31:34 +0000

In addition to providing jobs to refugees with untapped talent and giving Americans the chance to taste new cuisines, one of Eat Offbeat’s major goals is to change the narrative around refugees, Kahi explains. She says that the company tries to avoid framing its chefs based on their status, as refugees, and avoid constructions such as “refugee chefs.” In all of the company’s external communication, Kahi says it strives to portray its chefs as happy, courageous and resilient, while erasing the negative connotation of refugees as people who are vulnerable or need help. View Article

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n livre de cuisine signé par des réfugiés, l’initiative d’une startup libanaise à New York

Manal Kahi — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 15:29:59 +0000

Aujourd’hui, cette startup est sur le point de lancer son propre livre de cuisine : Eat Offbeat, The Cookbook. Présenté comme étant “le premier livre de cuisine en son genre”, l’ouvrage est “écrit par des réfugiés qui racontent leur propre histoire et partagent leurs recettes”. Au moins 20 chefs originaires de 15 pays livreront leurs secrets en 80 recettes. Voir l’article

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Eat Offbeat is delivering meals to New York, and jobs to refugees

Manal Kahi — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 15:26:08 +0000

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Founders of Venmo and Foursquare Explain How Entrepreneurs Can Help Immigrants

Manal Kahi — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 15:24:24 +0000

Eat Offbeat, a service that sells meals prepared by refugees, only hires chefs who have never worked in a professional kitchen, then trains them. All of the company’s chefs are refugees, but it is careful to avoid limiting their identities in this way. View Article

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3p Weekend: 7 Companies Led By Refugees

Manal Kahi — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 15:18:26 +0000

Eat Offbeat’s menu features authentic ethnic cuisine from around the world — and it’s all cooked by refugees, most of them women. Founded last year by a brother and sister team originally from Lebanon, Eat Offbeat was a fast hit in the already flooded NYC food scene. View Article

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This cookbook for refugees will leave you speechless

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 17:04:56 +0000

What they want is to create a reliable, well-crafted, and professional resource for home cooks — one that just happens to be a collection of recipes by a cadre of skilled cooks who came to this country as refugees. Manal reveals their priority is to do whatever will help them create a “top-notch book worthy of our chefs.” View Article

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A Cookbook of Refugee Recipes Is a Hit on Kickstarter — Here’s How It Came Together

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 16:50:15 +0000

The purpose of the project, however, extends far beyond giving readers a glimpse into different cuisines as they exist today or, say, how to properly cook lentils the Eritrean way. It will share the stories of the chefs themselves, explaining why they’ve chosen particular recipes, and what the dish means to them. It will go into the personal tweaks they’ve made along the way, whether because of an allergy or in favor of a particular ingredient. More importantly, it’s about giving a voice to these often-voiceless people. Ones whose own stories they often have little control over, and who are almost always whittled down to simply being victims. View Article

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Refugees Are Writing A Cookbook Full Of Delicious Dishes & Inspiring Stories

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 16:47:50 +0000

Last year, a catering company called Eat Offbeat launched in New York City. The company’s three goals were to provide New Yorkers with a unique food experience that is “off-the-beaten-path,” create jobs for home cooks with refugee status, and demonstrate the value that refugees bring to America. Now, Eat Offbeat is creating a cookbook with all those same goals in mind, and anyone can help bring it to life. View Article

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20 refugees created a cookbook of mouthwatering dishes from their homelands

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 16:43:45 +0000

The cookbook will include more than 80 recipes from 20 chefs hailing from 15 different countries, Eat Offbeat founder Manal Kahi said in an email. Featured countries will include Iraq, Nepal, Syria, Eritrea, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Central African Republic, Algeria, Egypt and more. View Article

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Pioneer Works Supper Club

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 16:42:26 +0000

On March 15th, Vivian Chui, Curatorial Assistant at Pioneer Works brought Manal Kahi, CEO of Eat Offbeat into our studio for an informative discussion about how both organizations hope to help refugees in New York City and across the world. Eat Offbeat serves meals conceived and prepared by refugees who now call New York City home.Their menus are hand-prepared by their chefs, who marry centuries-old culinary traditions with their personal touch as newly trained professional chefs. In a single meal, you can enjoy dishes from four or five different countries and regions that, even in New York City, are off-the-beaten path recipes new to most. The meals are layered with generous flavors developed with a judicious hand and, by nature, are very accommodating to a wide variety of dietary needs. Listen to radio show

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This New Cookbook Features Recipes From Refugee Chefs

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 16:38:17 +0000

The whole idea about Eat Offbeat was to highlight all of the value that these refugees are bringing with them,” says cofounder and CEO Manal Kahi, who is originally from Lebanon. “We are focusing on recipes that we like to say are in their minds. They probably traveled light, but when they came here they had all these traditions and that knowledge that they brought with them.” View Article

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This Catering Company Hires Refugee Chefs

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 16:36:34 +0000

Eat Offbeat officially launched in November 2015. Already,  it has served more than 15,000 meals to companies  and universities, families and nonprofits, to groups of 10 to  700 people. One of the reasons for the success, says Manal,  is that “people want to help.” She notes, with a faint smile, “Some people find us by Googling ‘How to help refugees in New York.’” They come back, however, for the food. “We always emphasize,” she says, “that our cooks are refugees by status but chefs by nature.” View Article

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NYC Kitchen Run Entirely By Refugee Chefs Spreads Tolerance Through Food

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 16:35:36 +0000

And when it comes to Eat Offbeat, the refugee chefs, all women, hailing from Syria, Iraq, Eritrea, Nepal and Guinea-Conakry, take much pride in sharing their passion for cooking and their family recipes with Americans. View Article

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Ein New Yorker Start-up hilft geflüchteten Frauen

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:53:29 +0000

In dieser weltweiten Krise will Manal Kahi den Blick auf die Rolle der Unternehmen lenken. Sie ist sich sicher, dass eine Arbeit den Flüchtlingen ermöglichen würde, sich schneller zu integrieren und selbständig zu werden. Artikel anzeigen

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Cozinheiros refugiados vendem receitas tradicionais em delivery de NY

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:51:53 +0000

A mistura incomum de culinárias compõe o cardápio do Eat Offbeat, um serviço de refeições deilvery de Queens, Nova York. Os sete funcionários são todos refugiados ou pessoas em busca de asilo político que fugiram de seus países de origem. Ver artigo

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Hast du mich verstanden?

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:49:29 +0000

Ein unkonventionelles Projekt mit Expansionspotenzial. Doch auch außerhalb des Libanon scheint die Flüchtlingskrise wie ein Stimulus für kreative Joblösungen gewirkt zu haben. Statt auf starre Arbeitsmarktschemata wird auf die Stärken der Flüchtlinge gesetzt, daraus entstehen neue Nischen . Wie etwa das erfolgreiche Gourmet-Zustellservice “Eat Offbeat” in New York, wo Flüchtlinge aus dem Irak, Eritrea und Nepal als Küchenchefs die Big-Apple-Klientel mit Spezialitäten aus der Heimat bekochen und beliefern. Artikel anzeigen

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Giornata mondiale del rifugiato, l’Onu chiama Eat Offbeat: rifugiati-chef mettono sul piatto la propria cultura

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:48:15 +0000

Se ogni rifugiato è portatore di un gusto e di una tradizione, allora l’essenza dell’idea sta nel valorizzare la passione culinaria e i talenti dei rifugiati, salvaguardando le loro diversità e dando loro un’occasione di riscatto: “E’ un concetto unico: possiamo offrire menù variegati. Guarda l’articolo

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A startup que emprega refugiados que cozinhem comida tradicional

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:45:05 +0000

Os serviços de entrega de comida ao domicílio já começam a florescer em Portugal mas em Nova Iorque já são habituais. Uma dessas empresas, relata a NewsWeek, destaca-se de todas as outras por uma simples razão: só emprega refugiados que se tenham estabelecido nos Estados Unidos. Ver artigo

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Bocados de libertad

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:43:10 +0000

A quince minutos del corazón de Manhattan, en Long Island City, una cocina compartida se ha convertido en un oasis de paz y libertad para sus ‘chefs’ -refugiadas de Irak, Siria, Nepal, Eritrea y Tibet. Entre cacerolas y fogones, donde Eat Offbeat prepara pedidos de comida étnica para ‘aventureros’, estas mujeres se reinventan lejos del hogar que un día tuvieron que abandonar. Ver artículo

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Eat-Offbeat: Ein New Yorker Lieferservice-Start-Up stellt Flüchtlinge als Köche ein

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:41:06 +0000

Ob Chicken Choila aus Nepal, Sumaq Salat aus dem Irak oder das Linsengericht Adash aus Eritrea – auf dem Speiseplan des Lieferservice stehen rund 100 hausgemachte Gerichte. Nicht nur die New Yorker profitieren von dem Geschmacksgenuss, auch die sechs Flüchtlingsfrauen konnten sich mit dem Kochen in die Arbeitswelt integrieren und ein Leben in der neuen Heimat aufbauen. Unterstützt werden die Frauen von Chefkoch Juan Suarez de Lezo, der bereits in Restaurants mit Michelin-Sternen gearbeitet hat. Artikel anzeigen

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New Startup Offers NYC Foodies Authentic Dishes Cooked and Delivered by Refugees

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:38:54 +0000

“Eat Offbeat doesn’t consider itself a job training program. “We do train them, but it’s because we want to keep them,” Kahi says. Yet they’ve found that training is about more than just on-the-job skills. One employee tried to back out of work before the first day because she had never used the subway before. Kahi went to the employee’s house and commuted with her once or twice “until she learned how to use the subway.” It’s a small price to pay for the benefits Kahi’s business and the employees receive. “Having a first job in a different culture where you don’t speak the language and don’t have any connections is 10 times more difficult,” Kahi says. “We’re trying to find ways to help them through these challenges.” View Article

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In United States, refugees cook to win over hearts, minds and stomachs

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:37:44 +0000

A half dozen refugees have found work at Eat Offbeat. Until Rachana became a full-time chef, she scraped by for nearly a decade in New York, speaking no English at first and taking odd jobs. Now she tells other Eat Offbeat workers: “Don’t worry, you can get whatever you like here. This is America. View Article

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Layanan Antar Makanan Ini Pekerjakan Pengungsi Irak dan Nepal Sebagai Chef

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:36:18 +0000

Padatnya penduduk New York membuat banyak layanan antar makanan bermunculan. Namun berbeda dengan Eat Offbeat yang memperkerjakan para pengungsi sebagai chef. Lihat artikel

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Newyorská spoločnosť prišla s niečím nečakaným: Z utečencov urobili šéfkuchárov!

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:32:34 +0000

Spoločnosť sa rozhodla najať utečencov a naučiť ich kulinárskemu umeniu, a to čiastočne z altruistických príčin a čiastočne v rámci podnikateľskej stratégie. V New Yorku, kde je možné dostať veľa dobrého etnického jedla, je to spôsob, ako môže nová kuchyňa vyniknúť a upozorniť na seba. Zobraziť článok

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Your lunch delivery could support refugees, thanks to Eat Offbeat

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:30:19 +0000

Refugees and others new to foreign countries often have to adapt to their host country, but Kahi hopes Eat Offbeat is a place that adapts to the needs of her cooks instead. Kahi works around her employees other obligations, including time off for English classes and to take care of family, she said. View Article

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Eat OffBeat : commander son repas en ligne à des réfugiés

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:28:32 +0000

Embaucher des réfugiés pour qu’ils cuisinent les plats traditionnels de leur pays d’origine, c’est l’idée d’entreprise numérique solidaire que les Libanais Manal et Wissam Kahi ont lancée à New York. Eat OffBeat qui compte aujourd’hui une douzaine d’employés, dont six cuisiniers, propose des spécialités syriennes, irakiennes, népalaises, érythréennes et tibétaines pour environ 20 dollars le repas (salade, plat et accompagnement). Voir l’article

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Refugee chefs deliver food and spread culture in NYC

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:23:53 +0000

Kahi’s restaurant, Eat Offbeat’s, recruited six chefs with the help of the International Rescue Committee, have been trained in commercial food preparation by professional Juan Suarez de Lezo. They can whip you up an Iraqi Sumac salad, an Ethiopian lentil stew, Nepali cauliflower fritters and much more. View Article

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Eat Offbeat brings refugee cooking to New Yorkers—and jobs to refugees

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:21:37 +0000

Our motto is ‘Where adventurous eaters find refuge,’” says Kahi. “It’s really about us helping New Yorkers and not the other way around.” As well as providing curious New Yorkers with food they’ve possibly never tried, Kahi says Eat Offbeat gives refugees the opportunity to receive training, employment and a chance to get out of the house—something that’s especially important for those who have been resettled very recently. View Article

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Food delivery service Eat Offbeat employs refugee chefs from Syria, Iraq and Nepal

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:17:56 +0000

Anna Corcuera, who lives in the Financial District, has ordered from Eat Offbeat twice in one month for her office colleagues. She raves about the manchurian, hummus and lentils. “My colleagues were amazed,” Corcuera says. “It was a very strong flavor; very hearty, spicy and flavorful. We also tried a new dish with rice, cashews and chicken. I needed mostly vegetarian options, so they recommended the Iraqi Sumaq salad. “We’re eating good food and we’re supporting these chefs. That was an additional draw.” View Article

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Questa startup di New York assume rifugiati come cuochi

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:15:30 +0000

Poche cose uniscono popoli e culture totalmente diversi tra loro come il cibo. A chi non capita di fermarsi davanti a un ristorante etnico per leggere il menù e fantasticare sul gusto degli ingredienti e dei piatti misteriosi? Perché il cibo, si sa, è scoperta e coinvolge piacevolmente tutti i sensi. Guarda l’articolo

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Ventures hire refugees to harness talent and skills

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:12:36 +0000

But its founders – Lebanese immigrant siblings Manal and Wissam Kahi – point out that the social impact of their start-up was secondary to their main goal; giving locals the opportunity to enjoy “authentic” dishes without having to travel abroad. “We are not doing this just to help refugees – but to help the refugees bring delightful food to New Yorkers,” they told Al Jazeera. “People will come to us when they hear about the refugees, but they come back because they love our food.” Their slogan is: “Where the adventurous eaters find refuge.” View Article

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Η startup που προσλαμβάνει πρόσφυγες ως μάγειρες

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:09:35 +0000

Με αυτόν τον τρόπο δίνουν στους πρόσφυγες μια θέση εργασίας που τόσο έχουν ανάγκη, ενώ παράλληλα δίνουν στον κόσμο τη δυνατότητα να δοκιμάσουν κουζίνες από διαφορετικές μεριές του πλανήτη. «Φυσικά και θέλουμε να βοηθήσουμε τους πρόσφυγες και να τους βοηθήσουμε να βρουν μια εργασία, αλλά δε θα λέγαμε πως είμαστε εδώ για να βοηθήσουμε τόσο τους πρόσφυγες όσο να δώσουμε την ευκαιρία στους κατοίκους της Νέας Υόρκης να ανακαλύψουν κάτι νέο και να δουν τι μπορούν να προσφέρουν οι πρόσφυγες» δήλωσε η Manal Kahi συν-ιδρύτρια της Eat Offbeat. προβολή άρθρου

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This New York Startup Has the Best Way to Help Refugee Chefs Everywhere

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:06:46 +0000

New York City is a haven of great international cuisine. With the number of specialty restaurants that offer a variety of food from different countries in the city, it is certainly not easy for a restaurant to stand out even if they are offering unique meal options. However, there is something special about Eat Offbeat that sets it apart from other restaurants: its chefs are all refugees who were recruited from International Rescue Committee, an American refugee resettlement agency. View Article

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How to Get Authentic Iraqi Food Cooked By a Refugee Delivered to Your Door

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:04:54 +0000

The family recipes are humble and homey, but their pedigree is Michelin-starred. At the head of the culinary program is chef Juan Suarez de Lezo, formerly of Per Se and El Bulli, whose role is not to intercede but advance—training the cooks in technique and hygiene standards so they can translate their recipes to a commercial scale. View Article

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New York start up aims to help refugees through food delivery service

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 14:57:31 +0000

Eat Offbeat, a food delivery service that employs refugees as chefs, puts the spotlight on the role business has to play in the global refugee crisis (…) “I want people in the US to know that refugees have few opportunities here, but we bring our skills with us,” she said. “We come in difficult circumstances.” (…) “Ultimately we want to change the narrative around refugees, for New Yorkers and the rest of world to see that refugees don’t have to be a burden, they have economic value.” View Article

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Eat Offbeat, a New Service Where Refugees Cook and Deliver Authentic Ethnic Meals on Demand

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 14:55:59 +0000

Previously, momos, dolma and other culinary gems from the City’s large immigrant population were often tucked away in alley-way pop-up shops or hidden nooks behind cell phone stores. With Eat Offbeat, immigrants and resettled refugees have a venue to create, prepare and deliver food from their home countries, making these authentic food dishes accessible to the masses. View Article

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A food delivery service lets refugees in New York share their cuisines and build new lives

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 14:54:02 +0000

While the social impact aspect of helping refugees find employment is important to Kahi, she understands that it may not necessarily be crucial to their customers. (…) “The most important key is authenticity, but not just of the food, but also of their experiences,” Kahi says, “it’s all their recipes.” (…) “What we’re selling is also a discovery, an opportunity to taste food from a country you’ve never been to, or a cuisine you’ve never tried.” View Article

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Home cooking far from home

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 14:52:22 +0000

“My favorite dish to cook is momos. In Nepal, everyone likes to eat them because it’s a cold country and this is a hot dish that you can sell off the street,” Rachana Rimal says, as she starts to chop up onions with all the flair of a professional chef. Except Rimal isn’t a professional chef; she’s a resettled refugee from Kathmandu, Nepal, who came to New York in 2006. View Article

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The Tamer Center for Social Enterprise announces first social venture fund portfolio recipients

Manal Kahi — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 14:45:59 +0000

“I was on cloud nine for several days after I heard the Tamer fund awarded us the grant. This was the best thing that could happen to our company at that stage,” said Wissam Kahi BUS’04 of Eat Offbeat. “Beyond the much-needed funds, the Tamer Fund board’s trust gave the whole team a huge boost of confidence and motivation, and the process itself including the audit by the students was extremely helpful in refining our position and strategy.” View Article

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Food Delivery Startup Employs Refugees Who Cook Native Cuisine

VmspAV8z2uBR3M34 — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 19:55:04 +0000

The only hiring requirements for the chefs were that they liked cooking and that they had some experience cooking in the past, even if just for their families. (…) Kahi said they don’t just want to change the lives of these refugees — they want to change American attitudes as well. “We want New Yorkers to see that refugees have a lot to offer.” he said. “We want them to see that they are bringing in something great. And we can show that through their food.” View Article

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This Startup Hires Refugee Chefs To Cook You A Traditional Meal

VmspAV8z2uBR3M34 — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 19:53:32 +0000

If you live in New York and you’re tired of the offerings on Seamless, now there’s another option for lunch delivery: food you’ve probably never heard of before, prepared by a refugee chef. A mother from Nepal will make you dumplings called momos; an Iraqi mom will make you oroog, a tender, spicy beef patty. Eat Offbeat, a new meal delivery startup, finds the most talented cooks among new arrivals, hires them to work in a commercial kitchen, and then puts the most interesting food on the menu. View Article

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Eat Offbeat: Changing the Narrative Around Refugees One Home-Style Meal at a Time

VmspAV8z2uBR3M34 — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 19:52:17 +0000

We’ve been getting a lot of positive reactions, mostly from people who feel like they want to help refugees but don’t really know how to,” Manal Kahi told NBC News. “What’s interesting is that people first come to us because they’re intrigued by our mission, but they come back because they actually love the food – this is to say that the food prepared by our chefs is really outstanding, they are incredibly talented and they bring in great recipes View Article

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Restaurant staffs kitchen with refugees

VmspAV8z2uBR3M34 — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 19:41:30 +0000

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Refugees discover new opportunities in the food industry

VmspAV8z2uBR3M34 — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 19:38:24 +0000

Eat Offbeat doesn’t consider itself a job training program. “We do train them, but it’s because we want to keep them,” Kahi says. Yet they’ve found that training is about more than just on-the-job skills. One employee tried to back out of work before the first day because she had never used the subway before. Kahi went to the employee’s house and commuted with her once or twice “until she learned how to use the subway.” It’s a small price to pay for the benefits Kahi’s business and the employees receive. “Having a first job in a different culture where you don’t speak the language and don’t have any connections is 10 times more difficult,” Kahi says. “We’re trying to find ways to help them through these challenges. View Article

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New initiatives emerge to help refugees

VmspAV8z2uBR3M34 — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 19:35:49 +0000

New startups that have emerged as a result of the influx of refugees indicate a trend that is long overdue. Instead of reverting to the role of bystanders, the startup mentality, pervasive in cities across Europe and North America, is taking problem solving away from the public domain to the incentive-based domain of businesses. View Article

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Queens food delivery startup hires, trains refugees as chefs

VmspAV8z2uBR3M34 — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 19:34:06 +0000

Dahuha Jasim is from Iraq. “She’s responsible for potato kibbeh, those are potato croquettes, but at home she really cooks everything,” said Jasim, as translated by Kahi. “These are not cuisines you find at every corner in the city,” said Kahi. View Article and Video

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Inside Eat Offbeat, The Refugee-Run Kitchen That’s Satisfying Adventurous Eaters With A Taste For Social Good

VmspAV8z2uBR3M34 — Tue, 29 May 2018 20:31:57 +0000

While the operation is still small, Eat Offbeat’s social message has sparked sales, and the quality of its food brings clients back for more: 40 percent of their orders are repeat business. The kitchen, which currently caters to corporations, universities and non-governmental organizations, has its sights set on growth, and wants to bring its food to like-minded companies that share their passion for social good. View Article

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