Mod Kitchen

What Mod Kitchen does

Mod Kitchen is a Richmond, BC-based private company that operates a multi-restaurant online food ordering marketplace enabling customers to order from 10+ independent local kitchens (including Cantonese BBQ, Taiwanese fusion, sourdough pizza, halal smashed burgers, and bubble tea) through a single checkout at order.modkitchen.ca. The platform aggregates order flow across diverse local vendors and provides delivery across Richmond, Vancouver, Burnaby, Delta, and Ladner. Mod Kitchen also operates a commercial kitchen rental / ghost kitchen offering that provides fully equipped licensed kitchen space for food entrepreneurs launching delivery concepts, catering companies, food truck prep operations, or new restaurant brands, located at Unit 15, 11151 Horseshoe Way, Richmond, BC.

The company's core technology is a relatively standard online ordering marketplace built on Squarespace-hosted infrastructure; no proprietary features, patents, or disclosed AI capabilities are documented. Beyond the consumer marketplace, the company has added a catering vertical through an integration with CaterDash, giving customers access to 145+ meal options from 6 partner restaurants with no delivery fee, as well as a separate event catering service for gatherings. Restaurant vendor partners named include BBQ&CO, Bento Time, WOWGrill, Flavor Lab, PastaGO, and Paiman.

Mod Kitchen makes money via marketplace commissions on transactions routed through its platform; no pricing details, take rates, or per-order economics are publicly disclosed. The company is privately held, founder-led by co-founder Tony Ferreira, has 1-10 employees, and has not disclosed any venture funding. Its go-to-market is direct-to-consumer via its own website, Instagram organic social, and email newsletter, with no app presence and no documented paid acquisition channels. The customer base spans individual consumers and families (primary), office and corporate teams (via catering), event catering customers, and food entrepreneurs (as ghost-kitchen tenants).

Name

Mod Kitchen

Legal name

MOD Kitchen

Website

https://modkitchen.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Mod Kitchen is a Richmond, BC-based online marketplace that lets customers order from 10+ independent local restaurants in a single checkout, and also rents commercial kitchen space to food entrepreneurs across Metro Vancouver.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Food Delivery Marketplace

NAICS

Limited-Service Restaurants (722513), Food Service Contractors (72231), Caterers (722320)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Multi-Brand Cloud Kitchen Operators (THAFAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

CPO (Central Production/Commissary) + Satellite Ghost Kitchens (THAFAJAH)

Keywords

• Online food ordering
• Ghost kitchen rental
• Food delivery marketplace
• Commercial kitchen space
• Restaurant catering services

Headquarters

HQ city

Richmond

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Food Ordering Marketplace: MOD Kitchen operates a multi-restaurant online ordering platform where customers can order from 10+ independent local kitchens through a single checkout. The platform aggregates diverse cuisines including Cantonese BBQ, Taiwanese fusion, sourdough pizza, halal smashed burgers, and bubble tea, generating revenue through transaction fees from partner restaurants.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Mod Kitchen operates an online local food ordering hub that aggregates multiple restaurants into a single checkout, allowing customers to order from various cuisines in one transaction. The company also provides shared commercial kitchen space (ghost kitchens) for food entrepreneurs to operate their businesses. Catering services for offices, events, and gatherings are offered through the CaterDash platform integration.

Product overview

MOD Kitchen operates as a unified food ordering and culinary incubator platform based in Richmond, BC. The core offering consists of two interconnected services: (1) the MOD Kitchen Online Ordering Platform, which serves as a multi-vendor marketplace enabling customers to order from 10+ independent local restaurants in a single checkout, and (2) MOD Kitchen's Ghost Kitchen/Commercial Kitchen Rental program, which provides fully equipped kitchen spaces for food entrepreneurs to launch their brands. Catering services are available through both the main platform and the CaterDash integration, offering no-delivery-fee catering with 145+ meal options from 6 restaurant partners. The platform supports delivery across Richmond, Vancouver, Burnaby, Delta, and Ladner.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mod Kitchen Online Ordering Platform

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• CaterDashcoreTechnology or IntegrationCaterDash is a catering platform that powers MOD Kitchen's catering services. The integration allows customers to order from multiple MOD Kitchen restaurants (BBQ&CO, Bento Time, WOWGrill, Flavor Lab, PastaGO, Paiman) for events with no delivery fee and access to 145+ meal options.
• BBQ&COcoreOthersLocal Cantonese BBQ restaurant partner operating within the MOD Kitchen platform, offering catering menu options through CaterDash.
• Bento TimecoreOthersLocal bento restaurant partner within MOD Kitchen ecosystem, providing Japanese-style bento catering options.
• WOWGrillcoreOthersLocal grill restaurant partner within MOD Kitchen platform, offering grilled cuisine options for catering.
• Flavor LabcoreOthersLocal fusion restaurant partner within MOD Kitchen, offering creative fusion cuisine for catering orders.
• PastaGOcoreOthersLocal pasta restaurant partner within MOD Kitchen platform, providing Italian pasta options for catering.
• PaimancoreOthersLocal restaurant partner within MOD Kitchen ecosystem, offering unique cuisine options for catering orders.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• MrBeast Burger: MrBeast Burger is a virtual restaurant brand distributed through partner kitchens. It represents the brand-distribution model that some of MOD Kitchen's vendor partners operate within.

Broad incumbents

• DoorDash: DoorDash is one of the largest North American food delivery aggregators and a direct incumbent competitor in the BC market. MOD Kitchen competes with DoorDash for both restaurant partnerships and end-consumer order share.
• SkipTheDishes: SkipTheDishes is the leading Canadian food delivery aggregator, particularly strong in Western Canada. It is comparable as the dominant national incumbent against which MOD Kitchen's local curation must differentiate.
• Reef Technology: Reef Technology operates a large network of delivery-only ghost kitchens and neighborhood kitchens across North America. It is comparable as a broader incumbent in the multi-brand cloud kitchen space.
• Uber Eats: Uber Eats is a global on-demand food delivery aggregator with significant Greater Vancouver presence. It is the dominant broad incumbent against which MOD Kitchen's curated marketplace must compete for consumer attention and restaurant partners.
• CloudKitchens: Founded by Travis Kalanick, CloudKitchens operates delivery-only kitchen real estate and infrastructure at scale across multiple US and international markets. It is a broad incumbent in the same cloud kitchen category MOD Kitchen addresses in BC.

Direct peers

• Fantuan: Fantuan is a Canadian (Vancouver-based) food delivery platform focused on Asian cuisine with aggregated local restaurants. It directly competes with MOD Kitchen's marketplace in the same metro Vancouver geography.
• Kitchen United: Kitchen United operates multi-brand cloud kitchen facilities with shared infrastructure and centralized ordering. It is the most direct US analogue to MOD Kitchen's shared kitchen + multi-brand aggregation model.
• Ghost Kitchen Brands: Ghost Kitchen Brands is a Canadian ghost kitchen operator that runs multiple virtual restaurant brands from shared commercial kitchen facilities, directly comparable to MOD Kitchen's Canadian cloud-kitchen playbook.

Others

• ezCater: ezCater is the largest US corporate catering marketplace. It is comparable because MOD Kitchen's CaterDash integration sits in the same B2B/group catering category, though ezCater operates at vastly greater scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/modkitchen
• Facebookfacebook.com/Modkitchenca
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mod-kitchen

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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