La Cuisine Collective Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

What La Cuisine Collective Hochelaga-Maisonneuve does

La Cuisine Collective Hochelaga-Maisonneuve (La CCHM) is a non-profit social enterprise founded in 1986 and headquartered in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve neighborhood of East Montreal. The organization operates an integrated "fork-to-farm" platform spanning four core activities: collective cooking kitchens (cuisines collectives), a social-professional insertion enterprise providing culinary vocational training, an agricultural farm supplying fresh produce, and full-service catering for corporate and private events. Its mission is to promote healthy eating, food autonomy, and community capacity-building for individuals facing food insecurity or workforce integration barriers.

The organization's revenue mix is diversified across four streams: paid catering services (traiteur) sold to Montreal-based businesses and event organizers through an own-website storefront with unit pricing of $3.00-$9.00 per bite/sandwich and $8.00-$34.00 per person for complete menus; online grocery sales through the L'épicerie La Collective sub-brand at lacchm.ca (launched February 2025) offering prepared frozen meals and grocery products with delivery to homes and offices; agricultural produce baskets; and charitable donations processed through the Fondation de La CCHM (established 2022) via the CanadaHelps platform, supporting monthly giving, bequests, and stock donations. Customers fall into three primary segments: individuals and families in the East Montreal community (collective kitchen participants and grocery customers), corporate and SMB clients in Montreal purchasing catering, and individual/organizational donors.

Go-to-market is community-led: customer acquisition relies on direct community engagement, Facebook, an email newsletter, and word-of-mouth, with corporate catering distributed via direct sales and a vending machine program for offices. Operations are geographically constrained to Montreal for all paid services. Technology infrastructure is limited to standard commercial tools (own e-commerce site, Square gift cards, CanadaHelps donation processing) with no disclosed AI, proprietary platform technology, or data assets. The organization is governed by a Board of Directors for the operating entity and a separate Board for the Foundation, with Benoist De Peyrelongue serving as Director General of both.

Name

La Cuisine Collective Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

Legal name

La Cuisine Collective Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

Website

https://lacchm.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

La Cuisine Collective Hochelaga-Maisonneuve is a Montreal-based non-profit social enterprise offering collective cooking kitchens, culinary vocational insertion training, an agricultural farm, catering services, and an online grocery sub-brand to advance food security and workforce integration in East Montreal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Food Services and Social Enterprise Catering

NAICS

Caterers (722320), Special Food Services (7223)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Full-Service Catering (Off-Premise) (HSACAGAA)

Keywords

• Collective cooking programs
• Social enterprise catering
• Workforce insertion training
• Prepared meal delivery
• Community food services

Headquarters

HQ city

Montréal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Catering/Traiteur Services: Full-service catering for events including corporate lunches, buffets, receptions, and cocktail events. Menu categories include meat bites, vegetarian bites, seafood bites, sweet bites, sandwiches, salads, platter selections, and beverages. Orders require minimum quantities and 72-hour advance notice.
2. Grocery Sales (L'épicerie La Collective): Online grocery platform (lacchm.ca) selling prepared frozen meals for individuals and families, plus grocery products. Delivers to both office and home locations within Montreal.
3. Collective Kitchens (Social Mission): Core social mission activity where participants learn cooking skills in group settings. Revenue from participant contributions combined with social funding.
4. Agricultural Farm Products: Seasonal vegetable baskets from the organization's agricultural farm supporting food security and training programs.
5. Donations and Foundation Support: Registered charity accepting monthly donations, one-time gifts, planned giving (bequests, life insurance), and stock donations through the Foundation established in 2022.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

La Cuisine Collective Hochelaga-Maisonneuve (La CCHM) is a non-profit social enterprise operating collective cooking kitchens, a workforce insertion program, an agricultural farm, and full-service catering in Montreal. It sells prepared frozen meals and grocery products online via L'épicerie La Collective (lacchm.ca) and provides catering menus (appetizers, sandwiches, salads, platters, beverages, signature boxes) for corporate and private events.

Product overview

La Cuisine Collective Hochelaga-Maisonneuve (La CCHM) is a social economy organization operating as a unified platform of interconnected services. The core offerings include Cuisines collectives (collective cooking kitchens), Entreprise d'insertion (social-professional integration), La Ferme agricole (agricultural farm), and Services Traiteur (catering services). The Services Traiteur provides a comprehensive catering menu featuring Bouchées (appetizers in meat, vegetarian, fish/seafood, and sweet varieties), Sandwichs, Salades, Plateaux, and Boissons. L'épicerie La Collective serves as the online grocery sub-brand offering prepared frozen meals and grocery products. The Foundation, established in 2022, supports the organization's mission. All services emphasize local produce from their own farm, promoting healthy eating and community autonomy from 'fork to farm' (de la fourche à la fourchette).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cuisines collectives (Collective Kitchens) Group cooking education programs where community members learn culinary skills while preparing shared meals, promoting food autonomy, healthy eating, and social connection. Targeted at individuals and families in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve seeking to develop cooking capabilities and affordable access to nutritious food.
• Entreprise d'insertion (Social-Professional Insertion Enterprise) Vocational training and workforce integration program combining popular education with culinary trades training to help individuals facing barriers enter or return to the workforce. Targets marginalized individuals seeking employment pathways through the food service value chain.
• La Ferme agricole (Agricultural Farm) Operational agricultural farm producing fresh seasonal vegetables that supply the organization's kitchen and catering operations while supporting local food security. Sells seasonal vegetable baskets to individuals and families.
• Services Traiteur (Catering Services) Full-service catering offering complete menus including boxed lunches, buffets, appetizers, sandwiches, salads, platters, beverages, signature boxes, and themed receptions for corporate events, office lunches, and private gatherings. Requires minimum quantities of 5-10 units and 72-hour advance notice, with delivery across Montreal. Pricing ranges from $1.75-$110.00 per item and $8.00-$34.00 per person for complete menus.
• L'épicerie La Collective (Online Grocery) Online grocery storefront offering a range of products including prepared frozen meals in individual and family portions, plus grocery items. Delivers to homes and offices within Montreal.
• Plats préparés (Prepared Frozen Meals) Prepared frozen meals produced by La CCHM and sold through L'épicerie La Collective in both individual and family-size portions for home consumption.
• Coffrets Signature (Signature Boxes) Premium signature boxed meal offerings within the catering menu at $34.00 per person, including themed options such as Santorini végétarien, Cuzco poisson, and Angkor viande.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• FacebookminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSocial media presence for community engagement and marketing. Facebook page used for announcements and community connection.
• CanadaHelpscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCharitable giving platform partner for processing online donations. Enables monthly giving, one-time gifts, and tax receipting for donors.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Répit Providence: Montreal non-profit providing meals and social services to vulnerable populations — comparable as a community-food non-profit with prepared-meal distribution in the same metro area.
• Maison du Père: Montreal non-profit providing meals, housing, and reintegration services — comparable as a community-services organization combining food provision with social-insertion pathways.
• Moisson Montréal: Major Montreal food bank addressing food security through food recovery and redistribution — comparable as a Greater Montreal food-security non-profit, though operating at much larger scale.

Direct peers

• Bouffe-Action de Rosemont: Montreal collective-kitchen and food-security organization operating in Rosemont — directly comparable as a community food-security non-profit serving an East-end Montreal neighborhood.
• Réseau québécois des cuisines collectives: Quebec-wide network supporting collective kitchens — directly comparable as the umbrella for collective-kitchen organizing that La CCHM participates in.
• La Tablée des Chefs: Quebec non-profit that combines culinary training, food recovery, and educational cooking programs — closest analogue in mission, combining social insertion with food preparation at scale.
• Traiteur Cater Traiteur: Established Montreal off-premise caterer serving corporate events in the same metro area — comparable as a direct commercial competitor for the same corporate-catering spend pool in Montreal.

Emerging players

• La Transformerie: Quebec social enterprise that recovers surplus food to produce value-added prepared products — comparable as a food-system social enterprise with a commercial retail channel.
• Mama (Les Aliments Mama): Montreal social-enterprise food producer supporting workforce integration of immigrant women through prepared food production — comparable mission around food + workforce insertion in the same city.
• Le Pain dans les Voiles: Quebec social-enterprise bakery providing vocational training while producing commercial baked goods — comparable as a culinary social-insertion enterprise with a commercial product arm.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks3 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/LaCuisineCollectiveHochelagaMaisonneuve
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/la-cchm

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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