Kids Kitchen Collective CIC

Name

Kids Kitchen Collective CIC

Legal name

Kids Kitchen Collective CIC

Website

https://kidskitchen.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Children's cooking education and family food programmes

NAICS

All Other Schools and Instruction (61169)

SIC

Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Cooking Classes & Chef-Led Workshops (THAJAGAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Professional Culinary Arts (Chef Training) (EDAOAKAA)

Keywords

• Family cooking sessions
• Children cooking education
• After school cooking clubs
• Community food hubs
• Cooking session training

Headquarters

HQ city

Herefordshire

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Session Fees: Revenue from face-to-face and online cooking sessions. After School Clubs charged at £10 per child per session. Some sessions offered free with optional donations or funded through grants.
2. Product Sales: Sale of cooking-related products including Family Cooking Essentials Kit (£12), Kids Kitchen Recipe Activities (£5), Kids knives and poster (£6.50), Organic Cotton Apron (£14), and The Essentials Printable Poster (£3). Also includes donation options (£5, £10).
3. Training Programme: Online training programme for individuals wanting to start Kids Kitchen sessions in their areas. Nine-week training programme with mentoring and support, some subsidised and funded places available.
4. Grant Funding: Social enterprise reinvests profits back into the organisation. Received National Lottery funding and other grants to support sessions and outreach activities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Kids Kitchen Collective CIC delivers hands-on family cooking sessions at physical hubs across the UK plus an Online Hub of virtual playgroup and cookalong sessions conducted via Zoom. It runs weekly after-school cooking clubs for Key Stage 2 children in partner primary schools, and sells physical and digital cooking products (kits, aprons, recipe activities, posters) through its online shop. It also runs a structured nine-week online training programme with mentoring for individuals wanting to set up their own Kids Kitchen hubs.

Product overview

Kids Kitchen Collective CIC is a social enterprise providing family cooking sessions and educational programmes. Its core offerings include in-person cooking sessions across multiple UK hubs (East London, South East London, Herefordshire, Wychavon, Gloucestershire, Suffolk), After School Cooking Clubs for Key Stage 2 children, and an Online Hub delivering virtual playgroup sessions and family cookalong sessions via Zoom. The product portfolio also encompasses a structured Training Programme for individuals to become session leaders and launch their own local hubs, and a Shop selling physical products including the Family Cooking Essentials Kit (£12), Kids Knives and Poster Bundle (£6.50), Organic Cotton Apron (£14), Kids Kitchen Recipe Activities digital download (£5), and The Essentials Printable Poster (£3), alongside donation options. Supporting offerings include the Recipe Club Waltham Forest (in partnership with the Early Help Team), Free Ingredients Bags at community locations, and Recipe Activity Videos on YouTube. As a Community Interest Company, all profits are reinvested to expand access to family cooking.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Online Hub: Virtual playgroup sessions and online cooking classes for families, launched during COVID-19 pandemic to reach families nationwide.

Products and services

• After School Cooking Clubs

Quantifiable outcome

• Thousands of toddlers, babies, adults and teens have cooked with Kids Kitchen over 10 years
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 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

Integration5 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Kinship HubcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 May 2022Partnership to deliver Zoom cooking sessions for kinship carers and families. Five online sessions run throughout May, June and July 2022, some exclusively for kinship families. Sessions funded by Lottery Fund making them free for families.
• The Big SkillcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with The Big Skill to deliver weekend virtual cookalong sessions for families. The Big Skill provides teaching and developing skills within the community through friendly, accessible workshops. Kate and Molly from Herefordshire Hub co-run sessions with The Big Skill team.
• London Borough of Waltham Forest Early Help TeammajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration to deliver Recipe Club programme providing families with recipe bags and cooking activities. Project scales up previous work offering families opportunities to cook together from scratch.
• Coram's FieldsminorOthersVenue provider for 10th anniversary celebration event in March 2023. Coram's Fields Playground and Hall in London hosted the party event.
• Wild Cat WildernessminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner providing outdoor kitchen space for cooking sessions. Monthly outdoor cooking sessions held at this venue following successful first session post-lockdown.
• Leominster Food ShareminorOthersPartner at Barons Cross Community Rooms providing surplus food alongside Kids Kitchen ingredient bags for local residents.
• SIGNAL (Lewisham)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLocal organisation in Lewisham area where trained session leaders run Kids Kitchen sessions on behalf of the organisation.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Cookery School at Little Portland Street: London-based cookery school offering classes for adults and children. Comparable in product category (cooking classes/workshops) and target market (overlap with parent demographic), though more commercially priced and adult-focused.
• The Kids Cookery School: London-based charity running free cookery classes for children, families, and schools. Most direct comparable to Kids Kitchen in mission, target audience (children/families), and community-based cookery workshop model.
• MiniCook: Provides cooking classes and workshops for children and families, including online programs. Comparable in target audience (children) and product format (cooking classes/workshops), though more commercial and US-anchored.

Regional players

• Taste Buds Kitchen: US-based cooking class provider for children and families. Comparable in cooking class/workshop format and children/family audience, though focused on US market rather than UK.
• Hands On Cookery: UK-based hands-on cookery workshops for children and adults. Comparable hands-on cooking workshop format and audience overlap with Kids Kitchen sessions.

Emerging players

• Sorted Food: Food education and recipe content platform with strong YouTube and social presence. Comparable in mission to teach cooking skills and engage younger audiences, though more oriented to adults and content/novelty versus in-person workshops.
• Food - a fact of life: Educational food, cooking, and nutrition resources for schools and teachers across the UK. Comparable in food education mission and B2B school channel, though primarily a curriculum resource rather than hands-on session provider.
• Rockets and Rascals: UK provider of children's cooking workshops and parties. Comparable in child-focused cooking workshop format and family audience marketing, though more party/event oriented than community social enterprise.

Others

• The Big Skill: UK community skills workshop provider that operates as a Kids Kitchen partnership collaborator. Comparable in community-led skills workshop format and family audience, though broader skills scope beyond cooking.

Broad incumbents

• Jamie Oliver's Cooking Classes: Major food education brand with school programs, recipes, and lessons. Overlap in mission to teach children to cook, though vastly larger scale and broader brand portfolio. A clear adjacent incumbent in the food education space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/kidskitchenorg
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCUMfCWwHYlXEUkBx6r1gvww
• Facebookfacebook.com/kidskitchencollective
• Instagraminstagram.com/kidskitchencommunity
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kids-kitchen-collective-cic

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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