The Kitchen

What The Kitchen does

The Kitchen, LLC is a privately held language localization studio founded in 2001 in Miami, Florida, and operated as The Kitchen, LLC (Florida LLC). It provides end-to-end services spanning dubbing, subtitling, translation, closed captioning, audio description, M&E recreation, graphic customization, audiobooks, sizzle reels, live simultaneous interpretation, and mixing (stereo, 5.1, Dolby Atmos Home), with specialized practices in video game localization and anime dubbing. The firm's technology stack includes a legacy proprietary end-to-end localization software suite (Television Academy Primetime Emmy Awards, 2002 and 2007; NAB AIM Award), plus an active working partnership with a leading AI provider to embed AI into everyday dubbing, subtitling, translation, and audio-description workflows; the company does not disclose in-house AI model development.

The Kitchen serves enterprise entertainment and media buyers — major studios, broadcast networks, streaming platforms, animation studios, and video game developers — including NBCUniversal, Paramount, Discovery, BBC, ITV, Hallmark, Fox, Sony, ZDF, Lionsgate, MTV, Telemundo, Comedy Central, Hasbro, and Fisher-Price. Its commercial model is B2B professional services: quote-based, custom-priced engagements delivered through an enterprise field-sales motion (US Sales led by Deeny Kaplan, European/Asian Sales led by Liz Clarke) supplemented by referral relationships from an international Board of Global Influencers. Operating geographies span North America, Latin America (Brazil), and EMEA (UK, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Hungary, the Netherlands, Romania), with physical offices in Miami (HQ, 5 floors, 17 dubbing suites), London (sales), Madrid (language hub/playout center, 2023), and a planned Los Angeles studio (Q3 2026). Content security credentials are central: three consecutive TPN Gold Badges (valid through May 2028) and a Next-Gen TPN Gold Star Shield for the Miami site.

Revenue is not publicly disclosed; the company is privately held with no funding rounds on record and is led by President/CEO Ken Lorber (founder, 25-year veteran; 2026 EGA Lifetime Achievement Award recipient), Chief Sales and Marketing Officer Deeny Kaplan (co-founder), and CFO Josh Pine (appointed April 2025; prior senior roles at Sony Pictures, Technicolor, and XL8.ai). Other operating leadership includes VP Operations and Technology Eutdel Garcia, Director of Global Sales Liz Clarke, Senior Manager of Global Operations Leia Fell-Murray, and Production Manager Ashley Perdigon. Total headcount is banded at 101–250, with the Miami headquarters alone comprising roughly 40 full-time and 30 part-time staff plus hundreds of contracted translators and voice actors; the firm runs 24/7/365 follow-the-sun production across its global sites.

Name

The Kitchen

Legal name

The Kitchen, LLC

Website

https://thekitchen.tv

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

The Kitchen is a Miami-headquartered Emmy Award-winning language localization studio providing dubbing, subtitling, video game, and anime localization services to major entertainment studios and networks. Founded in 2001, it operates 24/7/365 production facilities across the US, Spain, and the UK, with a planned Los Angeles studio in 2026.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Language Localization Services

NAICS

Sound Recording Studios (512240)

akta.pro primary industry

Dubbing & Voiceover Production (Casting, Recording, Lip-Sync) (MPAHAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Multilingual Multimedia Localization (Subtitling, Dubbing, Voiceover) (MPAAANAH), Voiceover Recording & Production (Narration, Promo, Commercial VO) (MPAHAEAK)

Keywords

• Language dubbing services
• Subtitling translation services
• Video game localization
• Anime localization services
• Media post-production

Headquarters

HQ city

Miami

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Dubbing Services: Language dubbing services to and from every language for all formats and genres of programming. Primary revenue stream for television, film, animation, anime, and video game content.
2. Subtitling Services: Language translation and subtitling services to and from nearly every language with centralized translation management teams.
3. Media Services: Editing, traffic and media services, audio description, closed captions, and mixing capabilities (stereo, 5.1, Dolby Atmos Home).
4. Video Game Localization: Complete video game localization including translation, adaptation, dubbing, sound effects, UI menus, revision, and casting.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Kitchen is a global language localization studio that provides end-to-end dubbing, subtitling, translation, closed captioning, audio description, M&E recreation, graphic customization, mixing, audiobook recording, sizzle reel production, and live simultaneous translation services to and from nearly every major language for television, film, animation, anime and video game content. The company also specializes in video game localization and anime dubbing, delivering these services through 17 dubbing suites and 24/7/365 operations across Miami, Madrid, and London for major studios, networks, and content distributors worldwide.

Product overview

The Kitchen is an Emmy Award-winning language localization studio offering a comprehensive suite of services for content localization. The company provides dubbing, subtitling, and media services to and from all major languages for all formats and genres of programming. Services include M&E Recreation, Graphic Customization, Audiobooks, Sizzle Reels, Live Simultaneous Translation, and Mixing. The company also specializes in Video Game Localization and Anime Localization, supported by an international Board of Global Influencers advisory panel. With headquarters in Miami, European hub in Madrid, and sales office in London, The Kitchen enables content creators to reach global audiences while maintaining creative authenticity.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dubbing Services
• Subtitling Services
• Video Game Localization Services
• Anime Localization
• Media Services
• Audiobook Production
• Live Simultaneous Translation

Quantifiable outcome

• 25 years in business as global language powerhouse
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Board of Global InfluencerscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024International advisory board established in early 2024 with members selected based on individual experience, area of expertise, dedication to the industry, and global reach. Includes Markus Andorfer, Christine Waage, Jennifer Chrein, Jonathan Blum, David Levine, Jonathan Abraham, Andy Singer, Dean Koocher, Summer Yang.
• Cisneros Television GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2001Founded as an offshoot of Venezuela-based Cisneros Television Group in 2001 specifically to provide language dubbing services for its 11 in-house networks. This original partnership established The Kitchen's foundation in the localization industry.
• TM SystemscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2001Original parent company that developed the Emmy Award-winning end-to-end language localization software. Together with The Kitchen, TM Systems gained industry recognition through its innovative technology.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Iyuno: Iyuno (formerly SDI Media) is one of the largest global media-localization companies, offering dubbing, subtitling and access services to Hollywood majors and streamers — directly comparable to The Kitchen's core dubbing/subtitling value proposition.
• Keywords Studios: Dublin-based provider of game localization, dubbing and media services to global gaming and entertainment clients; directly comparable for video game and anime localization services alongside TV/film dubbing.
• VSI Group: Well-established London-based dubbing and localization house serving major film and TV clients across multiple languages; directly comparable in market positioning, customer base and service mix (dubbing, subtitling, voiceover).
• Akom Productions: LA-based animation, dubbing and post-production provider with deep relationships with US studios; directly comparable in animation dubbing and localized post-production services, with West Coast proximity.
• BTI Studios: UK-based dubbing, subtitling and access services company serving broadcasters and streamers across European and global markets; directly comparable in TV/film localization services and customer base.
• ZOO Digital Group: Technology-enabled media localization provider offering dubbing, subtitling and media management for major entertainment clients; comparable in service offering, with a heavier emphasis on localization-tech platform.

Broad incumbents

• TransPerfect: Large, diversified language and localization conglomerate offering enterprise translation, interpretation and media localization at significantly broader scale than The Kitchen; overlapping capability set, but a much wider service portfolio.
• Deluxe: Global media-services platform spanning localization, post-production and content distribution to major studios; comparable in dubbing/subtitling/QC services but as part of a much broader content-supply-chain offering.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/thekitchenmiami
• Facebookfacebook.com/TheKitchenTV

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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